JSA advised Deloitte Consulting LLP (US) (acquiring through its Offshore India Delivery Centre – Deloitte Consulting India Private Limited) on the 100% acquisition of Ad2Pro Global Creative Solutions Private Limited and its Indian and overseas subsidiaries (Madras Global). The deal was consummated in late November 2021.
Madras Global is a content and creative technology company that works with leading brand and media clients across industries to develop solutions that combine creative thinking, technology and automation. Its approximately 1000-member team deliver continuous content for clients across the globe. Madras Global has studios and offices in India, the US, the UK and Australia.
JSA Transaction team comprised Joint Managing Partner – Vivek K. Chandy, Partner – Kuriyan KZ, Partner – Archana Tewary, Partner – Kumarmangalam Vijay, Senior Associate – Aditi Aggarwal, Associate – Aishwarya Gupta, Associate – Sandesh Atyam, Partner – Malini Raju, Partner – Karthik BM, Counsel – Sunanda G, Senior Associate – Prasanna Swaminathan.
Archana has worked in private equity, capital markets and general corporate teams and has primarily worked on investments by private equity investors in unlisted companies and offerings of equities and securities by listed and unlisted companies.
Karthik has extensive experience in advising on the entire gamut of Real Estate transactions. He regularly advises on structuring various real estate transactions and drafting agreements including leasing of large commercial and retail spaces, property acquisition, investments in real estate, and financing.
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.
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.