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Saurya specializes in domestic and cross border corporate matters, with special focus on M&A, joint ventures, investments/fund raise, asset and business sale, commercial contracts, corporate compliance and strategic advisory.
As a wide spectrum business lawyer with sixteen years of market-recognized experience, he has led large and complex transactions, as well as handled mid-market matters and deals in the SME/start up space. His clients have included prominent Indian business houses/conglomerates, listed entities, prominent multinational companies and investors. He takes an active interest in strategic and operational aspects of businesses, and their potential legal impact. Saurya is recognized as “Notable Practitioner” for Corporate/M&A in India by IFLR-1000 for 2020, 2021, 2022; and his deals have also been awarded/recognized. Before joining JSA, Saurya has been Partner with Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas as well as national Partner & Head of Kolkata Office, with HSA Advocates.
• Acted for Greaves Cotton in its acquisition of Excel Controlinkage Private Limited
• Acted for Mytrah Energy in the divestiture of its Renewables portfolio
• Acted for India divestments of a global professional services group
• Acted for Greaves Cotton in its acquisition of Bestway Agencies
• Acted for Greaves Cotton in its investment into MLR Auto
• Acted for Blanc & Fischer in exit from its Indian joint venture
• Acted for CE Capital Partners in its acquisition of an Indian supply aggregating company
• Acted for a leading shared e-mobility player in setting up its India passenger transport business
• Acted for Siemens in its acquisition of C&S Electric
• Acted for FDC Limited in its acquisition of “Enteroplus” and related assets from GSK Pharma
• Acted for Adani Transmission in its acquisition of Reliance Infrastructure’s Mumbai Power Division
• Acted for Adani Transmission in its acquisition of Reliance Infrastructure’s Gujarat and Maharashtra transmission assets
• Acted for Tomorrow Capital in relation to follow-on investment into ‘Generico’ pharma retail business
• Advised a global investment firm owned foreign pharmaceutical company on structuring and implementing its India entry
• Advised various large foreign companies regarding their India entry and incorporation
• Advised a listed pharmaceutical company in its dispute with marketing partner in Australia
• Advised a leading industrial power solutions provider in relation to its cross-border remittance and compounding issues
• Advised a listed IT/ITES company on all critical and strategic employment law issues
• Advised a leading e-commerce entity on implications of the proposed amendments to the E-Commerce Rules
• Advised a listed non-banking financial company in relation to viability assessment of surrendering NBFC registration
• Advised a listed pharmaceutical company on various operational situations like lockdown protocols and international supply contracts
• Advised a global medical devices company on structuring and documenting transfer of an India employee division
• Advised a global conglomerate on strategic and governance risks in relation to its global gas and power restructuring
• Advised a listed battery and chemicals company in relation to appointment and removal of independent directors
• Author, “UGC Draft Regulations On Foreign Campuses In India: Positives And Grey Areas”, Mondaq, January 2023
• Author, “Virtual Currencies and CBDC: Where Now and Headed Where?”, Achromic Point Knowledge Forum, March 2022
• Co-Author, “Equitable Access to Higher Education: An Analysis of India’s National Education Policy 2020 in a Post-Pandemic World”, Asian Journal of Legal Education (SAGE International), November 2021
• Guest Faculty, MBA (Law) Course, School of Business Management, NMIMS, Mumbai, October 2021
• Guest Speaker, “Workshop on PE-VC Fundraising”, Capital Quest, October 2021
• Lead Author, “Digital Intermediary Rules Leave Open Door for Misuse”, Law Dot Asia, October 2021
• Author, “Streamlining Outbound Investments”, Hindu BusinessLine, August 2021
• Author, “Cryptocurrency, CBDC and the RBI Act”, Hindu BusinessLine, July 2021
• Judge, HSF-NUJS Annual Corporate Law Moot Court Competition for over a decade
• Course Speaker, “Master Class on Legal Due Diligence” for the LLM Candidates, April 2023
• Guest Professor, “Corporate Restructuring and Transactions”, LLB Students, March-April 2023
• Course Speaker, full-semester credit course entitled “Advanced Practitioner’s Guide for Corporate Deals: From Inception to Integration”, June to November 2021
• Guest Speaker, “Parameters of Conduct and Carriage for Graduates in Corporate Law” – course component of the BCI mandated compulsory Clinical Paper in Professional Ethics for LLB Students, March 2021
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