Bharucha & Partners

Private Equity / Venture CapitalMergers & AcquisitionsEmployment & Human ResourcesGeneral Corporate Advisory

Partner

Vandana commands a strong reputation from market commentators and clients alike. Clients state that, "she foresees business and legal issues, and is very proactive in addressing potential concerns".Vandana leads the Firm’s Private Equity Practice and advises on complex private equity investments, which include structuring and negotiating the investments and exits across sectors for leading fund houses and financial institutions. She also has extensive experience advising on investments, both in equity and structured products in the real estate sector in India.

Her mergers and acquisitions experience includes structuring and advising on joint ventures, foreign investment by non-resident investors, overseas investment by Indian companies, court-based restructuring, business and asset transfers, takeovers, and preferential allotments by listed companies.Vandana has garnered some of the most marquee names in her practice area as her clients, like ApolloGlobal, Ivanhoé Cambridge, General Atlantic, and Macquarie Infrastructure & Real Assets, to name a few.

English, Hindi, Konkani

Successfully cleared the New York State Bar Examination

B.A. LL.B (Hons.), National Law School of India University, BengaluruLL.M, Columbia Law School, New York | James Kent Scholar (top 1-3% of the graduating batch)