Rinku Ambekar

Rinku has a diverse corporate practice focused on cross-border M&A representing clients in the United States,  Europe, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Australia, United Kingdom and her experience extends to takeovers, buyouts, private equity transactions, creation of joint ventures, strategic alliances, stock acquisitions, business acquisitions, asset acquisitions, restructurings, corporate governance, commercial and corporate agreements.

Her practice spans over advising and assisting several global and domestic companies in varied sectors to set up business operations in and outside India including entity formation, due diligences, regulatory approvals, governance/secretarial compliances, employment compliances, day-to-day operations, commercial arrangements and contracts related to operational, real estate, employment, intellectual property and other aspects of business, as well as advising and assisting several companies seeking exit from or restructurings their ventures and operations.

Rinku has represented clients, to name a few Forum Engineering Inc., General Mills Inc., CFA Institute, CDI Corporation, Elliot Management Corporation, SGD Pharma, Kainos Worksmart Inc., Vertellus Specialities Inc., Superior Energy Services, Inc., Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc., Masco Corporation Inc., Nissan International Holding B.V., Hitachi Automotive Systems, Limited, T-Systems Enterprise Services Gmbh, Bayer HealthCare AG, TOTAL S.A., NTT Data Corporation, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Petronas Lubricants International Sdn Bhd, Camlin Limited, IDBI Asset Management Limited, Cognavi India Private Limited, IDBI Bank Limited, Future Capital Holdings Limited, Cravatex Limited, Centrum Capital Limited, 63 Moons Technologies (India) Limited, Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited, Unipath Specialty Laboratory Limited, CB Doctor Ventilators Private Limited, Behr Process Paints (India) Private Limited, Milgard Services India Private Limited, Kainos Software Technologies Private Limited, Garware Technical Fibres Limited.

She has been practicing law since 2000. Before joining JSA, she was with national laws firms – Vaish Associates and Udwadia, Udeshi and Berjis.

• M&A
• Private equity

• Advised and assisted SGD Pharma, France in setting up a joint venture in India with Corning Incorporated entity for a new glass tubing manufacturing facility, combining SGD Pharma’s vial-converting expertise with Corning’s proprietary glass-coating technology. The joint venture will help drugmakers respond to increasingly complex capacity and quality issues while meeting global demand for critical medicines.
  
  
• Advised and assisted IDBI Asset Management Limited, IDBI MF Trustee Company Limited and IDBI Bank Limited for transfer of all existing mutual fund schemes of IDBI Mutual Fund to LIC Mutual Fund, which included handing over the trusteeship of the IDBI mutual fund schemes to LIC Mutual Fund Trustee Private Limited and the asset management rights over the IDBI mutual fund schemes to LIC Mutual Fund Asset Management Limited.
  
  
• Advised and assisted Forum Engineering Inc., on its business alliance with Cresco Ltd. and SRM Global Consulting Private Limited and capital investments in Cognavi India Private Limited and evolve Cognavi platform for the Indian market – which is an AI-based skills-matching service based on the skills of mechanical and electrical engineers. Cognavi India Private Limited is engaged in operation of a job portal site specifically for engineers in India and development and operation of human resource technology services in India.
  
  
• Advised and assisted Unipath Specialty Laboratory Limited on the equity stake acquisition of Simira Healthcare Private Limited, an entity engaged in providing pathological and diagnostic services.
  
  
• Advised and assisted Kainos Group plc. in its acquisition of 100% stock of RapidIT-Cloudbera, Inc., a U.S. based entity. RapidIT-Cloudbera Inc. is the creator of Genie, a workday-focused automated testing product. Genie has the ability to rapidly auto-generate test cases, allowing customers to quickly launch their automated testing efforts. Genie will be fully integrated into Kainos’ existing Smart Test product.

• LL. B., University of Bombay
• LL. M., University of Bombay
• Solicitor, Supreme Court of England and Wales

• Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa
• Roll of Solicitors in England and Wales