JSA Advises Coforge on USD 2.35 Billion Acquisition of Encora

  • Deal
  • December 30, 2025

JSA Advocates & Solicitors (JSA) acted as lead counsel to Coforge Limited on its acquisition of Encora, a digital and software engineering services company owned by Advent International and Warburg Pincus, for an aggregate consideration of approximately USD 2.35 billion.

The transaction represents one of the largest acquisitions by an Indian IT services firm.

The transaction was led by Anand Lakra, Lead Partner, from the Mergers & Acquisitions practice, with support from Niharika Mepani, Partner; Ami Shah, Principal Associate; Jinay Shah, Senior Associate; Shikha Tripathi, Senior Associate; Rishabh Sharma, Associate; Rahi Barfiwala, Associate; Viraja Shah, Associate; and Janhavi Jagtap, Associate.

The Employment aspects were advised by Gerald Manoharan, Partner, and Sonakshi Das, Partner, along with Devika Sreekumar, Associate; Lijin Varughese, Associate; and Shreeya Sucharita, Associate.

The Data Protection advisory was led by Yajas Setlur, Partner, assisted by Moushami Nayak, Associate.

The Finance aspects were handled by Pratish Kumar, Partner, and Sumitava Basu, Partner, with support from Arpita Mittal, Associate.

The Indirect Tax aspects were advised by Shareen Gupta, Partner, and Ruchita Modi, Principal Associate.