Nitin Potdar
Nitin specializes in Public and Private, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Restructuring, Asset & Share Purchase, Transborder Alliances & Joint Ventures, Private Equity and general Corporate advisory. He has a vast experience with transactions related to Foreign Direct Investments & Exchange Controls Regulations. He has advised several multinational companies on financial & technical collaborations in India, Strategies / options for commencing operations or consolidations in India, in a cross section of industries. His focus has been on foreign investments from US, UK, Germany and Japan.
The Asia Pacific Legal 500 has recognised Nitin Potdar for being ‘most influential & significant lawyer in 2019’. Chambers & Partners observed that, ‘Nitin Potdar maintains a busy M&A and foreign direct investment practice, as well as handling a steady stream of joint venture and private equity matters. He is also highlighted for his considerable expertise advising inbound foreign clients.’
Founder of India Power Talk, a platform wherein he invites International speakers to speak on how to revive India Growth Story.
He is a frequent speaker at several conferences and seminars organised by leading industry, institutions, and chambers on subjects like, Takeover Code, M&A, and structuring of Joint Ventures.
Prior to joining JSA, Nitin was a Partner with Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co., and prior thereto at Crawford Bayley & Co.
He is also the Chairman of Gandhi Films Foundation (set up immediately after the death of Mahatma Gandhi in 1948 which own the entire filmic material on Gandhiji); Member of Member Knowledge (Skill & Education) Committee) and the International Business Committee of the Indian Merchant’s Chamber (IMC); CII Western Region Startup Committee 2020-21; Member MSME Western Region Committee 2020-21; Member of the Incorporated Law Society; Ex-Member of the Managing Council of The Chamber of Tax Consultants, India; Ex-Corporate and M&A Law Committee of the International Bar Association; Member of the Governing Council of the Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce, Industry & Agriculture, Maharashtra.
