Khaitan & Co.

Corporate & Commercial, Joint Venture & Collaboration, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity, Regulatory

Partner

Rabindra Jhunjhunwala is a Partner and a senior member in the Corporate & Commercial Practice Group in the Mumbai office. He started with the Firm in its Kolkata office in 1990 and co-founded the Mumbai office in 2001.

He heads the Firm's IBA, France desk and Germany desk initiatives. He also sits as a Conference Coordinator Asia Pacific on the IBA Corporate and M&A Committee. He has been elected as vice president of the Bar Association of India.

His practice spans a range of areas, including domestic and cross-border M&A, PE investment, transaction documentation work and advises his clients regularly on all aspects of foreign investments (both inbound and outbound) and regulatory approvals. He has advised several multinationals and Indian companies on complex and big-ticket M&A transactions.

Awards & Recognitions:

Who’s Who Legal has recommended him in their M&A and Governance Global Guide 2020, 2021 & 2023. Who’s Who Legal has recommended him as ‘Thought Leader’ for India Ranked consistently by Chambers and Partners Asia Pacific 2017-2024 for Corporate/M&A work. Ranked by Chambers and Partners Global 2022, 2023 and 2024 for Corporate/M&A work. Ranked consistently by Legal 500 for Corporate/M&A work from 2017- 2023. Endorsed as a Leading Lawyer in India - Highly regarded by IFLR1000 consistently from 2017- 2023. Ranked by Asialaw Leading Lawyers as one of the Leading Lawyers in Mergers & Acquisitions consistently from 2019- 2023. Asia Legal Business have listed him as ALB India Super 50 Lawyers 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2024. India Business Law Journal lists him as a Legal Icon in The A list of India’s top 100 lawyers consistently from 2016- 2023. Law Wiser have listed him as one of the Super 30 Most Influential Law Firm Professionals of 2023. Legal Era Leading Lawyer Champion in Corporate & M&A 2022 & 2023. Intelligent Legal Solutions (Ipleaders)-recommended him as top ten corporate lawyer in India 2017. Lexis Nexis have listed him as 100 Legal Luminaries of India. India M&A Atlas Awards who have appraised him and his team as the Private Equity Law Team of the Year. Lawyer Monthly who included him in its leading LAWYER 100 list for 2011. RSG Consulting who have listed him in the established second generation of Indian Lawyers in the RSG India report 2010 & 2019. Asian Legal Business as the only Indian lawyer in the Movers & Shakers section of its cover story, ALB Hot 100: the Hottest Lawyers of 2008. Meritas, an international alliance of law firms, has also honoured Rabindra in April 2009 for his distinguished service to the organisation.

Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa Bar Association, Calcutta High Court Incorporate Law Society, Calcutta High Court High Court Club, Calcutta High Court The Trade Mark Registry and The Patent Office, India International Bar Association

B.A. LL.B., (Hons.), National Law School of India University, Bangalore (1999)