International Corporate Finance

INDIA BEST LAW FIRMS

M&A

The firms are listed alphabetically within each band

FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS

LEADING

AZB & Partners Ajay Bahl, Zia Mody, Gautam Saha

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Cyril Shroff, Reeba Chacko

J Sagar Associates Dina Wadia, Berjis Desai, Vivek Chandy

Khaitan & Co Halgreve Khaitan, Ravindra Kulkarni, Bharat Anand

Luthra & Luthra Law Offices Rajiv Luthra, Mohit Saraf

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas Shardul Shroff, Akshay Chudasama, Gunjan Shah

Talwar, Thakore & Associates Kunal Thakore, Feroz Dubash

EXCELLENT

DSK Legal Anand Desai, Satish Kishanchandani

Platinum Partners Karam Daulet-Singh, Nihar Mody

S&R Associates Rajat Sethi, Uday Walia

Trilegal Sridhar Gorthi, Karan Singh, Yogesh Singh

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Bharucha & Partners Alka Bharucha, Justin Bharucha

Desai & Diwanji Apurva Diwanji

Majmudar & Partners Akil Hirani

Nishith Desai Associates Nishchal Joshipura

RECOMMENDED

ALMT Legal (Indian Advocates) Aliff Fazelbhoy

Dua Associates Manoj Menon

Economic Laws Practice Suhail Nathani

Kochhar & Co Stephen Mathias

Phoenix Legal Abhishek Saxena

Rajani, Singhania & Partners Prem Rajani

Seth Dua & Associates Atul Dua

Tatva Legal M K Dilip

Mohit Saraf

L eading Partners:
Mohit Saraf and Sameer
Dudhoria
E stablished:
1990

Track record: The firm is known for its com-

plex M&A work for multinational conglome-

rates and activities revolving around exits

in India. It recently advised on Zee Media

Corporation’s investment in Today Merchan-

dise Private and Today Retail. Other clients

include Mandala Capital, Huron Consulting

Group and Guardian Life Insurance Com-

pany of America.

Team & differentiation: With 246 lawyers and

52 spread out across its four offices, Luthra

& Luthra Law Offices is one of the largest

full service law firms in India. Head of the

corporate practice, Mohit Saraf, is known

for his unshakeable dedication to his clients’

interest. Vaibhav Kakkar is a rising star in

corporate and M&A matters. The firm places

a lot of importance on pro bono cases and

social issues like women’s advancement.

LUTHRA & LUTHRA LAW OFFICES:
A TOP-TIER INDIAN FIRM WITH A GLOBAL VISION

Halgreve Khaitan

L eading Partners:

Halgreve Khaitan, Ravindra

Kulkarni and Bharat Anand

E stablished:

1911

Track record: Senior partner Halgreve Khai-

tan assisted GlaxoSmithKline with the Indian

part of the global their $20 billion transac-

tion with Novartis. The firm has advised a

large number of very well-known clients

in the past, including Lindsay Goldberg

Vogel, Harley Davidson, Nippon Life and

The Blackstone Group.

Team & differentiation: Founded in 1911,

Khaitan & Co has the distinction of being one

of the oldest law firms in India. The firm was

established by Debi Prasad Khaitan who

was one of the seven members of the Draf-

ting Committee which framed the Constitu-

tion of India. There are currently about 360

lawyers across five offices, and an Executive

Committee elected by its 84 partners heads

the firm.

KHAITAN & CO:

ONE OF THE OLDEST FULL-SERVICE LAW FIRMS IN INDIA