Corporate; Mergers & Acquisitions; Private Client

He is a key part of the Firm’s Corporate team, specializing in foreign investments into India, private mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, and property / real estate transactions. He also has worked on a number of manufacturing sector related transactions. He had worked in the Firm’s Projects and Projects Finance team for 2 years (2007 - 2009).

He is the Co-Head of the Firm’s Japan Desk, and works very frequently with Japanese clients. He has been part of the Japan Desk for over 9+ years, and during this time has advised a number of leading Japanese and international companies on their investments into India. He is responsible for managing the Indo-Japanese transactions handled by the Firm, and for building and maintaining relationships with its clients in Japan. He regularly travels to Japan for speaking and participating in various Indian focused seminars.

He is the Co-Head of the Firm’s Private Client practice, specializing in family settlements / constitutions, trusts, wills and succession planning; and he also advises promoters of Indian business on issues concerning their personal and corporate (i.e. ‘next-generation’) succession planning.

He had worked for 3 months in Homburger AG (Zurich, Switzerland) in 2008 as part of a Secondment Program between the Firm and Homburger AG. He was also seconded to Withers LLP (London) in August 2013 for 4 months.

Inter-Pacific Bar Association(IPBA); Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners(STEP); Indian Merchants' Chamber(IMC); International Bar Association(IBA)

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He completed his LL.B at the London School of Economics, London, England.He was admitted as an advocate in the Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa in 2007. He is also a Solicitor, Supreme Court of England and Wales.