JSA along with Khaitan & Co advised on Coforge’s USD 2.35 Billion Acquisition of Encora.
The transaction represents one of the largest acquisitions undertaken by an Indian IT services company.
JSA acted as lead legal counsel to Coforge Limited.
The transaction was led by Partner Anand Lakra, with support from Partner Niharika Mepani, Principal Associate Ami Shah, Senior Associates Jinay Shah, & Shikha Tripathi, and Associates Rishabh Sharma, Rahi Bariwala, Viraja Shah and Janhavi Jagtap. Employment aspects were advised by Partners Gerald Manoharan & Sonakshi Das, supported by Associates Devika Sreekumar, Lijin Varughese and Shreeya Sucharita. Data protection advisory was led by Partner Yajas Setlur, assisted by Associate Moushami Nayak. Finance aspects were handled by Partners Pratish Kumar & Partner Sumitava Basu, with support from Associate Arpita Mittal, while indirect tax matters were advised by Partner Shareen Gupta and Principal Associate Ruchita Modi.
Khaitan & Co advised Advent International on the sale of Encora Holdings to Coforge. The core deal team included Aashutosh Sampat, Tanushree Bhuwalka, Abhishek Dadoo, Vedika Agarwal, Bimbita Kateel, Gaurang Mansinghka, Sankalp Jain, Niyati Karia, Shrey Chhabra and Vishal Gupta with assistance from Deepak Kumar and Shabnam S. (Employment Law), Vaibhav Mittal (Capital Markets), Shailendra Bhandare (Intellectual Property) and Supratim Chakraborty (Data Privacy).
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