Sidharrth is the Co-Chair of the Corporate Practice at JSA. He specializes in General Corporate Commercial, Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity.
He has been representing multi-national companies in cross-border transactions, advising on foreign direct investments, outbound investments, Joint Ventures, technology transfers, retail & franchising and commercial contract issues. He has also handled some of the Capital Market related transactions such as FCCBs (Foreign Currency Convertible Bond) and GDRs (Global Depositary Receipts).
He has an extensive experience in advising clients in their investments into food business, pharma, medical devices, e-commerce and trading, financial technology, financial services and IT/ITes sectors.
Publications
- “Are they still start-ups? Embrace the new investor fear factors.” published in the India Today on 23 March 2022.
- “Lack Of Care For Healthcare: Budget 2022” published in the Outlook on 11 February 2022.
- “Education Un-Budgeted: Geared Enough For The Future?” published in the Outlook on 4 February 2022.
- “Doing business in: India” published in the Lexis Nexis in July 2021.
- “Revitalising insurance” published in the The Hindu Business Line on 1 September 2021.
- “Capital Markets: The IPO of the future” published in the Financial Express on 6 March 2021.
- “Healthcare in India: Changing times” published in the Express Healthcare on 25 January 2021.
- “Between a rock & a hard place” published in the Financial Express on 21 January 2021.
- “Articles Of Association v. Shareholders Agreement – The Conundrum” published in the Mondaq on 4 November 2020.
- “Robo-advisors & the way forward” published in the Financial Express on 4 November 2020.
- “The First Education Policy Of The 21st Century” published in the Mondaq on 23 October 2020.
- “The WhatsApp Pay Story: Gateways to digital payments blocked for global social media giants?” published in the ET BFSI on 18 June 2020.
- “India Trends and Developments” published in The Chambers Global Practice Guides, April, 2020.
- “Medical device software needs a ‘Light Touch’” published in Express Healthcare on 23 May 2020.
- “Digital Payments: Where’s the ‘Light Touch’?” published in CNBC TV18 on 21 May 2020.
- “Of Bail – Outs and Regulatory Stimulus” published in ET BFSI on 8 May, 2020.
- “Not in good health” published in Financial Express on 10 April 2020.
- “Get Thee Behind India, India Inc” published in The Economic Times on 23 April 2020.
- “Not the right cure” published in Financial Express on 3 March 2020.
- “This is what consumer and healthcare sector expects from Union Budget 2020” published in the CNBCTV18.com on 10 January, 2020.
- “India: Corporate Governance” guide published by Legal 500, December, 2019.
- “Here comes the Here comes the sun – the promise of AI in healthcare” published in the Economic Times, 16 October 2019.
- “The Road Less Travelled – What Lies Ahead for the Healthcare and Medical Devices Sector?” published in the Express Pharma, 13 September 2019.
- “Raise your legal shield: How SaaS start-ups can avoid unforeseen liabilities” published in the CNBCTV18.com, 27 August 2019.
- “Telemedicine In India: Is The Time Ripe?” published in the Express Healthcare, 10 July 2019.
- “Risks in acquiring distressed infrastructure assets” published in the India Business Law Journal (IBLJ), May 2019 issue
- “Growth outlook for the Indian Private Healthcare Industry” published in the ET Edge, 19 March 2019.
- “The Drugs and Cosmetics Art is archaic. It needs a refresh” published on Economic Times Prime, 26 February 2019.
- “Moves in the right direction?” published in Financial Express, 10 January, 2019.
Memberships
- Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa
- Supreme Court Bar Association
Education
- B.SL, LL. B, Symbiosis Law University, Pune (2001)
- Diploma in International Mergers and Acquisition from The College of Law, England and Wales
- Diploma in International Joint Venture from The College of Law, England and Wales
- Diploma in Private Equity Programme from ISB
Languages
- English
- Hindi