Aditya Rathi

Aditya is a part of the Corporate practice group of the firm. Aditya has a diverse practice portfolio encompassing private Mergers & Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, Private Equity, Corporate Restructurings, Commercial Contracts, Private Client Practice and White-Collar Crime investigations. He advises clients on a wide range of corporate transactions and matters including on aspects that relate to structuring transactions, due-diligence, entry and exit strategies, corporate governance, contentions shareholder disputes and internal investigations in connection with white-collar crimes.

He advises several business families on succession planning and trust structures. His advisory includes drafting of family constitutions, restructuring family businesses as well as the creation of trusts and wills.

He has significant experience in transactions in diversified sectors, including infrastructure (ports and power), manufacturing, retail, real estate, services, hospitality, agriculture, etc.

IFLR1000 ranked him as a Notable Practitioner in Corporate and M&A for the Asia Pacific region for 2021 and 2022.

Aditya has over fifteen years of legal experience. Prior to joining JSA in 2008, Aditya worked with a leading law firm, Desai & Diwanji.

• Advised Ecolab USA Inc. in its acquisition of the Digital Centre (inter alia carrying out application development, digital development, data science/analytics, provision of information technology enabled services, software development and maintenance services, data review and entry services) from SMEDC Services.
• Advised Sledgehammer Oil Tools Private Limited (involved in oil tools and oil rig equipment business) and its promoters comprising of Mr. Pradeep Mohanty in sale of their 100% stake in the said company to Varel group based on an enterprise value of USD 30 Million.
• Advised Cello in the raising of funds from ICICI Venture Partners in a funding round of 480 Crores INR.
• Advised Temasek in its investment in DeHaat, in the Series D and Series E rounds.
• Advised Temasek in its investment in API Holdings Private Limited (owner of India’s largest online pharmacy PharmEasy), in a funding round of 240 Million USD.
• Regularly advising private equity funds, Ankur Capital and Artha99, in all their investments.
• Advised SBI in acquiring 100% stake in SBI Global Factors Limited.
• Investigated internal breaches by the management of Jet Privilege Private Limited.
• Investigating whistle blower complaints on internal management of the concerned companies.

• B.S.L., LL.B., ILS Law College, Pune (2007)
• Company Secretary, The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (2006)