Sidharrth Shankar (asialaw)

Sidharrth ("Sid") Shankar is the Co-Chair of the Corporate Practice at JSA Advocates & Solicitors, with a primary focus on private equity and mergers and acquisitions. He has substantial experience advising global private equity funds, multinational corporations and strategic investors on complex cross-border transactions across a wide range of industries, particularly life sciences, financial services, insurance and consumer sectors. He has over two and a half decades of experience, including more than two decades with JSA.

Sid regularly advises clients on structuring and executing inbound and outbound investments, joint ventures, strategic alliances, global restructurings and portfolio company management. He also counsels clients on foreign direct investment regulations, commercial arrangements, technology transfers and regulatory compliance in sectors including consumer products, insurance, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, fintech, e-commerce, financial services and IT/ITeS.

He has played a significant role in some of India’s most notable and award-winning transactions in life sciences, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, technology, manufacturing, consumer and green investment sectors, providing sophisticated transactional advice to leading global financial sponsors and strategic investors.