Bangalore law firms J Sagar Associates, M&C Partners merge

Bangalore-based law firm J Sagar Associates (JSA), has announced that the entire practice of M&C Partners, another law firm from Bangalore, will merge with JSA to create one of the largest law firms in South India.

Murali Ananthasivan and Vivek K Chandy, founder partners of M&C, will join as equity partners of JSA. With this merger, JSA will have 39 lawyers, including five partners.

Jyoti Sagar, founder partner of J Sagar Associates, said, ''Murali and Vivek are outstanding lawyers and I am delighted and privileged to have them join JSA. With this merger we enhance our presence in Southern India in the practice areas of corporate restructuring, real estate and dispute resolution thereby increasing the depth and breadth of the offerings to our existing and prospective clients,'' he added.

M&C has carved a niche for itself in corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity, having in the last one year advised on some high profile acquisitions of listed and unlisted companies, in India and abroad.

JSA has also added indirect tax practice to its already existing bouquet of six practice areas, with Ashok Dhingra having joined the firm recently as an equity partner at the Gurgaon office. Sandeep Mehta and Venkatesh Prasad have also been elevated as equity partners.