INDIA Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Preetha Soman, Madhur Khandelwal and Aishwarya Maria Manjooran JSA Advocates & Solicitors
JSA Advocates & Solicitors is a leading law firm in India. The firm has over 500 attorneys operating out of seven offices in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Mumbai and New Delhi. For over 30 years, the firm has provided legal represen - tation, advice and services to leading international and domestic businesses, banks, financial services providers, funds, statutory authorities, Fortune 500 companies, and multilateral and bilateral institutions.
JSA’s labour and employment law expertise encom - passes a broad spectrum of services, ranging from day-to-day advisory support on both contentious and non-contentious matters, including the resolu - tion of complex labour disputes, to providing stra - tegic counsel on business restructuring, workforce planning, compliance with labour laws, and handling sensitive employee relations issues.
Authors
Preetha Soman is a partner in the employment laws practice at JSA, Bangalore. She regularly advises clients on intricate employee relations matters. She also advises on high- stakes employment issues in mergers
Aishwarya Maria Manjooran is a senior associate specialising in labour and employment laws at JSA, Bangalore. She has been regularly advising both international and domestic clients on various matters
and acquisitions. In 2022, she featured as one of the future leaders for labour and employment laws in India by International Employment Lawyer based on her involvement in high-profile projects and employment law matters. She is ranked by Chambers and Partners for Employment in Chambers Asia-Pacific. She was also recognised as one of the Top 40 lawyers in India (under 40 years of age) by BW Legal in 2024.
pertaining to policy formulation, hiring and separation strategies, closure of establishments, social security aspects, HR investigations, labour law compliances, trade union matters, and sexual harassment, among others. She was recognised as one of the Top 30 lawyers in India (under 30 years of age) by BW Legal in 2025.
Madhur Khandelwal is a senior associate specialising in labour, employment and benefit laws, at JSA, Bangalore. He regularly advises domestic and foreign clients on employment-related aspects in
transactions such as M&A, business restructuring, transfers of undertaking and slum sales. He also advises and assists clients in, inter alia, formulating and structuring personnel agreements and policies, managing engagement and separation of various categories of workforce (including c-suite employees), and resolving and managing their union and regulatory issues.
214 CHAMBERS.COM
Powered by FlippingBook