General Corporate & Private Client Practice

Radhika is Co-Head of the Private Client practice at the Firm, specializing in estate and succession planning (especially its cross border aspects and interplay with the Indian exchange control regime, takeover regulations and personal laws), family settlements and constitutions and establishment of trusts. Radhika has extensive experience in advising families, promoters of large corporate houses as well as professional wealth management and fiduciary service providers in relation to establishment and operation of trusts (both in India and overseas), restructuring of existing trust structures, establishment of private trust companies, rights and obligations of the fiduciaries and the beneficiaries and preparation of wills and family constitutions. She has been instrumental in negotiating and implementing high-profile family settlements. She also advises on establishment of charitable institutions to aid and promote the philanthropic endeavours of individuals, families and corporates.

In addition to Private Client Practice, she regularly advises on general corporate matters, with a special focus on private acquisitions (especially in the financial services space – wealth management, asset management and insurance) and India inbound and outbound foreign investments. She is an active part of the Japan Desk of the Firm and travels regularly to Japan for India focused seminars. Her expertise on Japan related relationships and transactions has been greatly fortified by her secondment to the Tokyo office of Anderson, Mori and Tomotsune, one of the leading law firms in Japan for a period of 9 months. She has also authored articles on investments into India from Japan as well as estate planning.

Partner

She completed her B.A., LL.B with honours in international trade and investment at the National Law University, Jodhpur, she joined the Firm in June, 2006. She is enrolled with the Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa.