We are pleased to announce that Oishika Dasgupta, Akshat Kulshrestha, Meher Mehta and Kinnari Sanghvi have been designated as retained partners at S&R Associates.

Oishika Dasgupta’s practice focuses on equity and debt capital markets, regulatory and general corporate matters. She advises issuers, investment banks and selling shareholders on a range of capital markets transactions. She received a B.Sc., LL.B. (Hons.) from Gujarat National Law University in 2014. Oishika is based in the Firm’s Mumbai office.

Akshat Kulshrestha’s competition law practice includes merger control in M&A transactions and investigations relating to anti-competitive agreements and abuse of dominance. Akshat received a B.S.L., LL.B. (Hons.) from Navalmal Firodia Law College, Pune in 2010 and a diploma in EU Competition Law from King’s College London in 2018. Akshat is based in the Firm’s New Delhi office.

Meher Mehta’s practice covers mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, regulatory and general corporate matters, with significant experience in the infrastructure sector, including airports, renewable energy and telecommunications. She received a B.A. (Hons.) from St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi in 2011 and an LL.B. from Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi in 2014. Meher is based in the Firm’s New Delhi office.

Kinnari Sanghvi’s practice covers mergers and acquisitions, private equity, banking and finance and general corporate matters. She received a B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) from Symbiosis Law School, Pune in 2009 and an LL.M. from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2012. Kinnari is based in the Firm’s New Delhi office.

We are also pleased to announce that Shiv Bhargava and Apurv Sharma have been designated as counsel at the Firm.

Shiv Bhargava’s practice covers equity and debt capital markets, corporate governance and regulatory matters. He received a B.B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) from Symbiosis Law School, Pune in 2015. His prior experience includes working with Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas in New Delhi. Shiv is based in the Firm’s New Delhi office.

Apurv Sharma’s practice covers mergers and acquisitions, private equity, insolvency and restructuring and general corporate matters. He received a B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) from the NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad in 2015. His prior experience includes working with Trilegal in New Delhi. Apurv is based in the Firm’s Mumbai office.

S&R Associates has offices in New Delhi and Mumbai with approximately 130 lawyers, including 38 partners and counsel. The Firm's practices include mergers and acquisitions; capital markets; private equity; investment funds; litigation and arbitration; anti-corruption, fraud and investigations; banking and finance; restructuring and insolvency; corporate governance and ESG; competition/antitrust; real estate; tax; international trade; intellectual property and data privacy; employment; regulatory and general corporate.