Bharati Joshi

Bharati specialises in Private Equity and Mergers and Acquisitions. She has been involved in large and complex transactions for Indian and global corporations.

Her practice also covers diverse areas of General Corporate Commercial. She has advised on setting up business in India, day-to-day business operations, corporate compliance and governance and business structuring and restructuring. Bharati also regularly advises on all types of commercial and corporate contracts.

In addition, she has also been involved in employment related advisory work including recruitment, terms of appointment, conditions of service, secondment / deputation of expatriates to India, employee rights and entitlements, employee benefits, principal employer’s obligations towards contract labour, disciplinary enquiry against delinquent employees, employee termination, suspension, dismissals, redundancy, lay-offs, separation and retrenchment in India.

Bharati has been with JSA since 2007.

• Advising Paramount Global on its exit from Viacom18 by selling its remaining 13.01% stake to Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) for ₹4,286 crores. As part of the larger transaction of USD 8.5 billion, RIL and The Walt Disney Company will form a joint venture that will merge the media undertaking of Viacom18 with Star India through a court-approved scheme of arrangement.
• Acted for Tata Capital Health Care Fund II, (TCHF II) in its primary and secondary investment in a dialysis chain Apex Kidney Care. TCHF II is a growth-oriented private equity fund focused on the healthcare and life sciences sector in India. TCHF II is sponsored by Tata Capital Ltd.
• Acted for a large investment fund in its secondary investment in Lenskart.
• Acted for Paramount Global in a strategic partnership between Reliance, Bodhi Tree Systems, to form one of the largest TV and digital streaming companies in India. The value of the deal was around USD 1.9 billion.
• Acted for a large investment fund in its primary investment in Delhivery.

• BSL, LLB.