Amit Kapur is a Partner with JSA since 2000. He has anchored the Firm’s Infrastructure practice since 1997 with focus on infrastructure sectors. Having served as Senior Partner of JSA since 01.04.2017, Amit served as the Joint Managing Partner of the Firm between 01.01.2019 and 31.03.2025.
His practice focusses on developing policy and regulatory frameworks, dispute resolution, public procurement, PPP and transactions in Energy (Power, Hydrocarbons, Natural Resources); Climate Change & Sustainable Development; Transport (Rail, Highways and Civil Aviation); Communications; Municipal Infrastructure and Social / Developmental projects.
He is regularly consulted on Infrastructure, Regulatory and PPP issues by several ministries / bodies of Central and State Governments (MoP, MNRE, MoEFCC, MoF); Developmental Financial Institutions (UNDP, the World Bank, PPIAF, WSP-SA, ADB); Competition & Sector regulators and leading Indian and foreign Corporates (like the Adani Group, the Tata Group, Aditya Birla Gorup, the Vedanta Group, the Reliance ADA Group, Larsen & Toubro, Torrent, Bajaj Hindustan, MB Power).
In recent past, he actively assisted the Kelkar Committee on Rejuvenation of Infrastructure Development (2015). He served as member of Ministry of Law appointed committee to review the Specific Relief Act, 1963 whose recommendations culminated in an amendment to the law in October 2018 providing for fast-track dispute resolution mechanism.
Currently, he serves as a member of the committee constituted by the Union Ministry of Law in January 2025 to examine and suggest modifications aimed at preventing contractual disputes on infrastructure and public procurement projects.
Amit has served as a member of the National CII Committees for Power and the Renewable Energy sectors over the past two decades where he contributes to policy and B2G dialogue. Most recently, Amit has been invited to serve as Vice-Chair of the CII National Committee on PPP in Infrastructure for the year 2025–26, furthering his engagement in public-private partnership initiatives.
He was recently elected Senior Vice President of the Society of Indian Law Firms, reflecting his leadership within the legal community. Amit is one of six lawyers selected by the Bar Council of India to form a committee tasked with examining and recommending solutions to concerns raised by Indian law firms regarding the entry of foreign lawyers and law firms into the Indian legal market.
In addition, he serves on the board of the NIIT Foundation, supporting initiatives in education and skill development.
He serves on the management committee and governing council of the CUTS Institute for Regulation and Competition, contributing to its mission of promoting fair competition and regulatory reform.
In the past, Amit actively assisted the Kelkar Committee on Rejuvenation of Infrastructure Development (2015), contributing to its strategic recommendations. He served as a member of the committee appointed by the Ministry of Law to review the Specific Relief Act, 1963, whose recommendations led to the October 2018 amendment introducing a fast-track dispute resolution mechanism.
