Bharat Bhushan Sharma

Bharat specialises in real estate and corporate advisory related matters. 

He has extensive experience in real estate related transactions including conducting of legal due diligence, drafting of lease deeds, leave and license agreements, joint development agreements and sale deeds. He has been engaged in reviewing of various agreements and contracts for real estate companies and construction-based projects. 

Bharat has also advised the Government of India, acting through the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation in formulating and finalising the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, which lays the legislative foundation of real estate development in India. 

Some of his recent advisory work includes: 

• Advised and assisted PepsiCo India Holdings Private Limited in relation to the closure and sale of its defunct plant located at Chembur, Mumbai 
• Advised and assisted Maruti Suzuki India Limited in connection with the purchase of land parcels in Pune, Delhi, Mangalore, Karnataka and Chennai for setting up car showrooms and automobile service workshops 
• Advised and assisted Hamdard Laboratories (India) in relation to the purchase of certain parcels of land in Gurgaon, Haryana (13 acres); Shendra MIDC area, Maharashtra (4 acres); and Aurangabad, Maharashtra (approximately 350 acres) in relation to setting up of its manufacturing unit and for cultivation of herbs and plants

Bharat has been working with JSA for more than nine years.