JSA Advocates and Solicitors has completed the onboarding of Equity Partners Iqbal Khan and Ambarish, along with their distinguished team of 18 lawyers, including three Retained Partners, from Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co (SAM). Khan joined as the National Corporate Lead. Khan and Ambarish boast of an impressive track record, having led landmark transactions for prominent clients, such as Advent, Bain, Brookefield, TPG, Biocon, L&T, LIC, PharmEasy, Reliance, Serum and TATA, among others. Khan’s exceptional expertise in handling large, complex private equity and M&A transactions — spanning listed, unlisted and cross-border deals — has earned him a sterling reputation in the legal fraternity. Prior to his tenure at SAM, he was with Paul Weiss and Kirkland & Ellis in the US. A member of the Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa and the New York Bar, Khan holds JD from Columbia Law School (Harlan Fisk Stone Scholar), Parker School Certificate for Achievement in International and Comparative Law and LLB from the London School of Economics and Political Science. In addition, Khan has been the Editor of the Columbia Journal of European Law. Ambarish brings with him 16 years of extensive experience at both SAM and the erstwhile Amarchand. His specialization in private and public M&A transactions, and matters involving SEBI, listed companies and corporate governance, along with his significant practice in Japan, makes him a strategic addition to JSA. He is highly regarded for his adept handling of some of the largest M&A and private equity transactions in India, representing both foreign and Indian majors. Ambarish has also been involved in assisting the government in drafting several key regulations....

Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow, the member firm of Baker McKenzie in Singapore, has added a team in Singapore, led by principals Shirin Tang and Ang Lip Kian. The team joins from Morrison Foerster, where Tang served as managing partner of the Singapore office and on the firm’s global executive committee, among other leadership roles. She will join as co-head of the Singapore M&A practice, jointly with Boo Bee Chun. Tang brings more than 20 years of experience in cross-border M&A and private equity transactions across Asia and the US, with a focus on complex and innovative transactions, including capital raising platforms, joint ventures and club deals, portfolio restructuring and exits. Her practice spans the institutional real estate, technology/e-commerce, life sciences and consumer sectors. Over the past several years, Tang has led transactions worth over US$35 billion in aggregate. Ang represents international funds, multinational corporations and financial institutions in large cross-border private equity, venture capital, M&A, real estate and fund transactions. His work spans a wide range of sectors, including real estate, fintech, life sciences, technology and consumer goods. Ang has significant experience in executing transactions involving cutting-edge technologies and assisting clients in entering into new strategies. He also maintains an active pro bono practice, with a particular interest in sustainability, education and refugee protection. Tang is admitted to practice in New York. Prior to joining Morrison Foerster as a partner in 2014, she spent 10 years at Shearman & Sterling (now A&O Shearman) in both the New York and Singapore offices. She holds an LLM from Harvard Law School and an LLB from the National University of Singapore....

JSA Advocates & Solicitors has further enhanced its Capital Markets practice with the addition of Anuj Pethia as a partner. Pethia brings with him over 16 years of extensive experience across a wide range of domestic and international capital markets transactions. He has advised companies, investment banks, promoters and investors across sectors on various public offerings, including, among others, IPOs of Ola Electric Mobility, RR Kabel, Rainbow Children Hospital and SBI Cards. He has also acted on various qualified institutions placements, further public offerings, rights issues and preferential issues by leading listed companies, such as Tata Steel, Jindal Steel & Power, Axis Bank, Yes Bank, Hindalco, Tata Motors, PVR, Zydus Wellness, Route Mobile and PDS. Moreover, Pethia has been involved in various cross-border listings, has advised on various GDR programs, and had been acknowledged for his contributions to the SEBI expert committee’s report on direct foreign listings. He has also acted for multiple brokers and sellers on numerous bulk and block trades and offers for sale on the stock exchanges. His practice extends to debt capital markets, having advised on various issuances of sustainability-linked bonds, high-yield bonds, FCCBs, MTNs and NCD issuances. Pethia has previously worked with Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and the erstwhile Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co in their Mumbai and Delhi...

Tilleke & Gibbins has added Patcharaporn Pootranon and Saravut Krailadsiri as partners in the firm’s Bangkok office, further strengthening its capital markets and tax practices. Pootranon joins the capital markets practice, bringing almost 20 years of experience in capital markets, corporate law, M&A and taxation. She has been involved in many significant domestic and international M&A transactions, including securities offerings under Rule 144A/Regulation S under the US Securities Act and under Thai securities law across different industries, including energy, food and beverages, retail and others. Krailadsiri joins as a partner in the tax and corporate restructuring practice. His primary focus for the past two decades has been on tax, corporate restructuring and cross-border M&A. He provides comprehensive legal and tax counsel, including risk management advice for group restructuring and entire business transfers (EBT). Krailadsiri also offers tax management and planning advice for setting up proper investment entities and development projects in ASEAN countries. He has particular expertise in the energy industry, having represented some of the largest investments in petroleum exploration and production in...

Phoenix Legal has added Rahul Deodhar as a partner on September 16, 2024. He will be a part of the firm’s General Corporate, M&A, Private Equity and Venture Capital practice, and will operate out of the firm’s Mumbai office. With over 13 years of experience, Deodhar’s areas of practice include M&A, joint ventures, private equity and venture capital transactions, corporate restructuring and reorganizations, and general corporate and commercial transactions. He has been advising large domestic companies, multinational corporations, private equity firms, venture capital funds, start-ups and early stage emerging companies. Before joining the firm, Deodhar was a partner with J Sagar Associates, and has previously worked with Desai & Diwanji and KPMG. He completed his LLB in 2011, and he is also a qualified Company Secretary...