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J.Sagar Associates (JSA) has announced the constitution of its new Executive Committee and the re-election of Amit Kapur and Vivek Chandy as Joint Managing Partners.

Kapur and Chandy have been re-elected as Joint Managing Partners for the next three years as is the practice of the firm.
They were first elected to the post in 2019, & have now been re-elected as their previous tenure came to an end.

JSA, a leading national law firm in India with over 350+ professionals operating out of seven offices across India, constitutes an Executive Committee, comprising five members with a three-year tenure. The committee forms the senior leadership team of the firm with responsibility for the overall management, developing and implementing the firm’s growth strategy, and managing the firm’s operations across its seven offices.

This year saw the reconstitution of the committee with induction of Dina Wadia, Rupinder Malik and Verghese Thomas.

Dina Wadia, a partner at the firm’s Mumbai office, specialises in Banking & Finance, Investment Funds, Financial Services, and Mergers & Cross Border Investments & Acquisitions. Wadia leads the firm’s Debt Capital Markets practice of the firm.

Rupinder Malik, a partner at the firm’s Gurugram office, who has been with the firm for more than a decade, primarily focusses on Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions/PE and White-Collar Crime Investigations. Rupinder also handles compliance matters and investigations in connection with fraud, cybercrime, money laundering and other anti-corruption laws and sanctions.

Thomas Verghese, a partner at the firm’s Mumbai office, specialises in handling matters related to the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code and debt recovery proceedings. Varghese also advises on private trusts and estate planning matters and on Exchange Control regulations and Securities Regulations.

Speaking of the new entrants in the Executive Committee, Kapur, Joint Managing Partner, said, “Vivek and I are delighted to welcome Rupinder Malik and Varghese Thomas to the firm’s Executive Committee for the first time. They are both seasoned practitioners with a strong track record of managing and leading teams. We look forward to their fresh perspectives and ideas as we drive our strategy forward. On behalf of the Firm, we would also like to thank Amar Gupta and Upendra N Sharma, the outgoing Executive Committee members, for their leadership, hard work and invaluable contributions during their term, especially in successfully navigating issues during the pandemic and keeping our people safe. Equally, we are grateful to Dina Wadia for her passion in developing and harnessing our Talent portfolio in challenging circumstances and we look forward to working closely with her on the Talent front in this term as well.”

Chandy, said “Notwithstanding the unique issues and challenges faced by the industry at large during the last two years of the pandemic, JSA has continued to further build and cement its position as the leading law firm in India, having been involved in some of the most complex and first to market corporate transactions and litigation matters over the past 24 months. We are particularly pleased with the Firm’s stellar financial performance and upswing across all operating metrices - including achieving significantly consistent high double-digit revenue and productivity growth across our core practice areas – corporate, disputes and finance.”