Jyoti Sagar

Chairman Emeritus & Founder at J. Sagar Associates

Jyoti Sagar has been practicing law since 1976. Jyoti founded K&S Partners in 1994. K&S is an IP boutique with over 120 professionals in five offices in India. He also founded a Corporate Commercial practice – J. Sagar Associates (JSA) – in New Delhi in 1991 as a solo practitioner. JSA is now one of the leading national firms with over 300 professionals.

Jyoti has led teams on significant assignments of the firms, providing both hands-on legal advice as well as overall strategic inputs. He has extensive experience in a range of practice areas including intellectual property, foreign investment and joint ventures and technology transfers. He has worked on several policy issues and has been associated with various committees of the Government of India and Chambers of Commerce.

He has pioneered a new paradigm in Indian law firm organization and management structures. Both JSA and K&S have features, which are unique to Indian law firms – a ‘no family’ rule; admittance to partnership without goodwill buy-in; retirement age for partners; innovative partner compensation mechanisms; and shared vision, mission & core values. Jyoti stepped down as an equity partner of JSA in April 2013 executing a decision he had taken in 2003. His current mentorship role at JSA focuses on training, knowledge management, external outreach, strategic and public policy issues. He currently serves as Managing Partner of K&S Partners.

Jyoti is Associate President of Society of Indian Law Firms; member of the Executive Committee of the Bar Association of India; and also one of International Vice Presidents of Asian Patent Attorneys Association. He is Past President of Asian Patent Attorneys Association (Indian Group).

He is also associated with the voluntary sector. He currently serves as Chairman of Society for Urban Regeneration of Gurgaon (a NGO which focuses on long term sustainable development issues for the city of Gurgaon); Trustee of Genesis Foundation (engaged in provision of critical medical assistance to orphans and underprivileged children with heart disorders); and supports Deepalaya (engaged in education of slum children in the National Capital Region). He also serves on the Board of Governors, The Scindia School, Gwalior.

Jyoti graduated with Honours in Economics from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi and received his Bachelor’s degree in Law from the University of Delhi. He has also attended the ‘Mergers & Acquisition Programme’ at the Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania. He received the C F Andrews Distinguished Alumnus Award from St. Stephen’s College in 2015.