Amit Kapur is a Partner with JSA since 2000. He has anchored the Firm’s Infrastructure practice since 1997 with focus on infrastructure sectors. Having served as Senior Partner of JSA since 01.04.2017, Amit served as the Joint Managing Partner of the Firm between 01.01.2019 and 31.03.2025.

His practice focusses on developing policy and regulatory frameworks, dispute resolution, public procurement, PPP and transactions in Energy (Power, Hydrocarbons, Natural Resources); Climate Change & Sustainable Development; Transport (Rail, Highways and Civil Aviation); Communications; Municipal Infrastructure and Social/Developmental projects.

He is regularly consulted on Infrastructure, Regulatory and PPP issues by several ministries/bodies of Central and State Governments (MoP, MNRE, MoEFCC, MoF); Developmental Financial Institutions (UNDP, the World Bank, PPIAF, WSP-SA, ADB); Competition & Sector regulators and leading Indian and foreign Corporates (like the Adani Group, the Tata Group, Aditya Birla Gorup, the Vedanta Group, the Reliance ADA Group, Larsen & Toubro, Torrent, Bajaj Hindustan, MB Power).

Amit currently serves as a Member of the Committee constituted by the Union Ministry of Law in January 2025, to examine and suggest modifications to prevent contractual disputes along with nominees of 4 Union Ministries and 4 Navaratna PSUs focused on Infrastructure and public procurement.

Amit is a Member of the Advisory Committee of the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), Ministry of Power, GoI mandated to suggest new reforms/activities for the Indian power sector as also to suggest amendments in Electricity Law, Rules and other related legislation/regulations et al.

Amit has served as a Member of the CII National Committees for both Power and Renewable Energy for the past 2 decades tasked with working closely with the Government & Industry to shape a supportive policy and regulatory environment. Current Committee is engaged in driving India’s clean energy transition and the vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat; to realize India’s clean energy goals, including achieving 500 GW generation capacity from non-fossil fuels by 2030, and to attain energy independence by 2047 as also India’s commitment to Net Zero emissions by 2070.

Amit has been invited to serve as the Vice-Chair of the CII National Committee on PPP in Infrastructure for FY 2025–26, tasked with addressing the structural gaps, propose institutional reforms and building investor confidence in next-generation PPP frameworks.

Amit was recently elected as a Senior Vice President of the Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF), reflecting his leadership within the legal community. In addition, he serves on the board of the NIIT Foundation, supporting initiatives in education and skill development.

Amit is one of six lawyers in the Committee constituted by the Bar Council of India (BCI) recently, tasked with examining and recommending solutions to the concerns raised by Indian Law Firms/Lawyers regarding the amended Rules notified by BCI in May 2025 for Registration & Regulation of Foreign Lawyers and Foreign Law Fims in India, 2022.

He serves on the Management Governing Council of CUTS Institute for Regulation & Competition (CIRC), contributing to its mission of promoting fair competition and regulatory reform.

In the past, Amit actively assisted the Kelkar Committee on Rejuvenation of Infrastructure Development (2015), contributing to its strategic recommendations.

He served as a Member of Ministry of Law appointed Committee to review the Specific Relief Act, 1963, whose recommendations led to the October 2018 Amendment to the Act providing for fast-track dispute resolution mechanism.