Anand Lakra

Anand is an equity partner at JSA’s Mumbai office. His practice includes private and public M&A, private equity, venture capital and capital market transactions, with a particular focus on securities law matters. Anand has successfully led some of the leading M&A and Private Equity transactions in India. He has represented leading private equity funds (EQT, Carlyle, Advent) and corporations (Bosch, Coforge, Singtel, Google, Virtusa, Indium, Sagility) across multiple transactions.

Clients have described Anand as “A thorough professional with a clear understanding of client requirements”, “His depth of knowledge and efficient approach to find win-win solutions make him a deal maker in the industry”, “Among the top 1% of lawyers I have worked with”, “I would highlight his strong dedication and service levels. I trust Anand to come to commercial solutions while adequately protecting downside risks. This is not common with lawyers in India.”

• Represented Coforge Limited, in its acquisition of
  • Encora Group from Advent and Warburg Pincus for approximately USD 2.35 Billion. The transaction marks the largest takeover by an Indian IT company in the engineering research and development segment, the fourth-largest ER&D deal globally, and the second-largest acquisition ever by an Indian IT services firm.
  • Cigniti Technologies for approximately USD 256 Million.
  • SLK Global for approximately USD150 Million.
  • Xceltrait, Inc.
  • TM Labs.
  • Rythmos Inc.
• Represented Coforge Limited, in its sale of Advantage Go to Sapiens International Corp.
• Represented Virtusa Corporation in its acquisition of Smart Soc Solutions.
• Represented Bertelsmann India Investments in its investment in Buildwealth Technologies Private Limited.
• Represented Donau Chemie group in its acquisition of Kalpa Char.

• B.L.S., Govt. Law College, Mumbai University (2005)
• L.L.B., Govt. Law College, Mumbai University (2007)