JSA advised Sentinel One, Inc., (“S1“) a cybersecurity platform company delivering autonomous security for endpoints, containers, cloud workloads, and IoT devices on its acquisition of Attivo Networks, Inc., and its Indian subsidiary Attivo Network Security India Private Limited (collectively, “Attivo“) in a cash and stock transaction. Attivo is a leading identity security and lateral movement protection company. JSA’s role in the transaction involved spearheading the due diligence at the India level and transaction structuring and documentation in relation to the India leg of the transaction.
Deal value: USD 616.5 million
JSA Deal team comprised Joint Managing Partner – Vivek K Chandy, Partner – Pallavi Puri, Senior Associate – Aditi Aggarwal and Garima Sharma, Associate – Aishwarya Gupta and Paralegal – Suma V R.
JSA Tax advisory team comprised Partner & Head of Practice – Direct Tax – Kumarmanglam Vijay, Partner – Shareen Gupta, and Senior Associate – Divyam Mittal.
Kumarmanglam is an equity partner of the firm and also heads the direct tax and regulatory practice at JSA. He has more than 25 years of experience in matters relating to direct taxation (including international taxation, transfer pricing, litigation, anti-avoidance laws, and M&A tax), accounting, and corporate laws including mergers and acquisition, joint ventures, foreign investments, market entry strategy, and corporate restructuring.
Shareen specializes in indirect tax laws including Goods and Services Tax, Customs Law and Foreign Trade Policy and erstwhile indirect tax laws such as Value Added Tax Laws, Service Tax, Excise duty. Shareen has 19 years of experience in providing advisory and litigation support services to large corporates as well as start-ups.
Vivek assumed office as the Joint Managing Partner of the Firm from January 2019. He has over 30 years of experience in areas of private equity, mergers and acquisitions, corporate commercial work and real estate advisory in India.