JSA announced the composition of its newly elected Executive Committee and the re-election of the Joint Managing Partners.
The five new Executive Committee members are:
Amit Kapur and Vivek Chandy have been re-elected as the Joint Managing Partners of the firm for the next three years. Both Amit and Vivek assumed their role as Joint Managing Partners in January 2019.
Commenting on the reconstituted Executive Committee:
Amit Kapur, Joint Managing Partner said, "Vivek and I are delighted to welcome Rupinder Malik and Varghese Thomas to the firm's Executive Committee for the first time. They are both seasoned practitioners with a strong track record of managing and leading teams. We look forward to their fresh perspectives and ideas as we drive our strategy forward.
On behalf of the Firm, we would also like to thank Amar Gupta and Upendra N Sharma, the outgoing Executive Committee members, for their leadership, hard work and invaluable contributions during their term, especially in successfully navigating issues during the pandemic and keeping our people safe. Equally, we are grateful to Dina Wadia for her passion in developing and harnessing our Talent portfolio in challenging circumstances and we look forward to working closely with her on the Talent front in this term as well."
Vivek K Chandy, Joint Managing Partner said, "Notwithstanding the unique issues and challenges faced by the industry at large during the last two years of the pandemic, JSA has continued to further build and cement its position as the leading law firm in India, having been involved in some of the most complex and first to market corporate transactions and litigation matters over the past 24 months. We are particularly pleased with the Firm's stellar financial performance and upswing across all operating metrices - including achieving significantly consistent high double-digit revenue and productivity growth across our core practice areas – corporate, disputes and finance."
The Executive Committee, comprising five members and with a three-year tenure, forms the senior leadership team of the firm with responsibility for the overall management, developing and implementing the firm's growth strategy, and managing the firm's operations across its seven offices.
Brief Biographies - New Executive Committee Members
Amit Kapur
Disputes
New Delhi
Amit has anchored JSA's Infrastructure regulatory practice
since 1997 with a focus on dispute resolution, public procurement,
PPP and Energy sector transactions (Power, Hydrocarbons, Natural
Resources); Climate Change & Sustainable Development; Transport
(Rail, Highways and Civil Aviation); Communications; Municipal
Infrastructure and Social Developmental projects.
Dina Wadia
Finance
Mumbai
Dina specialises in Banking & Finance, Investment Funds,
Financial Services, and Mergers & Cross Border Investments
& Acquisitions. She has extensive experience advising Indian
and multinational banks, NBFCs, financial institutions, development
financial institutions, debt funds, sovereign funds and corporate
borrowers on finance related transactions. She also leads the Debt
Capital Markets practice of the firm.
Rupinder Malik
Corporate
Gurugram
Rupinder has over 25 years of experience with more than a decade in
JSA. Her practice primarily focusses on Corporate, M&A/PE and
White-Collar Crime Investigations. Rupinder has extensive expertise
in advising clients on cross-border investments (inbound and
outbound); joint ventures; strategic alliances; restructurings,
employment, data protection, and related regulatory issue. She has
represented wide variety of industries, businesses, and sectors.
Rupinder also has handles compliance matters and investigations in
connection with fraud, cybercrime, money laundering and other
anti-corruption laws and sanctions.
Varghese Thomas
Disputes
Mumbai
Varghese specialises in handling matters related to the Insolvency
& Bankruptcy Code and debt recovery proceedings. With extensive
experience in commercial dispute resolution, he regularly advises
clients in arbitrations and court cases related to shareholder
disputes, commercial contracts, concession agreements supply, sale
contracts and engineering contracts. Varghese also advises on
private trusts and estate planning matters and on Exchange Control
regulations and Securities Regulations.
Vivek K Chandy
Corporate
Bengaluru
Vivek brings extensive experience in areas of private equity,
mergers and acquisitions, corporate commercial matters and real
estate advisory in India. He is also qualified to advise on
international commercial arbitrations and is a member of the
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb).