Anhad Law

Corporate, Commercial and Regulatory, Dispute Resolution, Employment & Labour, Mergers & Acquisitions, ESG

Managing Partner

Manishi Pathak is the Founder and Managing Partner of ANHAD LAW.

Manishi has experience of over three decades. His areas of practice include dispute resolutions, labour and employment, corporate investigations, compliance audit and investigation into non-compliance of anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws, besides advisory and transactional supports on matters involving other corporate and commercial laws.

He is also known for his expertise in the area of mergers and acquisitions/ joint ventures, corporate restructuring and re-organizations besides his government relations work.

Manishi also has vast experience of delivering advisory support in areas of law, including contentious commercial disputes, regulatory compliances (involving exchange control regulations in addition to other regulatory matters), compliance advisory under various corporate and commercial laws, rules etc.

His primary area of interest and specialization besides dispute resolution and government relations is Labour and Employment laws.

He also leads members of the Firm on matters involving employment audits, whistle-blower investigations, closure of establishments, transfer of business and undertakings, sexual harassment complaints, employer and employee rights and matters involving trade unions.

Prior to founding Anhad Law, Manishi has been the Partner of other renowned law firms of India. Chambers and Partners lists Manishi in Band 1 for Employment Law, and he has recently been recommended by India Business Law Journal 2023 for labour and employment, litigation, mergers and acquisitions and real estate practice areas and by Who’s Who Legal for labour, employment, and benefits. He has been recognised as a leading employment law specialist in India since 2013. He has been ‘Top Ranked’ for 2023 by Chambers and Partners (Asia-Pacific).  Asia Law Profiles 2022 has ranked him as an “Elite Practitioner’ for Labour & Employment Law in India. He was also earlier listed by Asia Law Profiles in 2017, 2019 and 2020. He has been listed in the Who’s Who Legal of Indian practitioners in the field of Labour & Employment law since 2009. Legal 500 has further recognised him amongst India’s leading lawyers for the last several years including 2021.