The insurance practice at AZB & Partners works in close collaboration with the firm’s wider teams to advise on the full range of transactional mandates in the insurance sector, including market entry, joint ventures, and consolidation transactions. Darshika Kothari specialises in private equity investments and joint ventures in the sector; Kashish Bhatia and Niladri Maulik are other names to note here. Other key names in the team include litigator Rajendra Barot, Anil Kasturi, who advises insurance companies on market entry strategies, and M&A specialist Ashwath Rau.

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Key clients

  • Dabur Invest Corp
  • Max Life Insurance Company Ltd, Max Financial Services Ltd
  • Max Ventures Investments Holdings Pvt Ltd
  • Bharti Life Ventures Pvt Ltd and Bharti AXA Life Insurance Company Ltd.
  • ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Ltd
  • Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd
  • Housing Development Finance Corporation
  • ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Ltd
  • Kotak Mahindra General Insurance Company Ltd
  • Aegon India Holding B.V.
  • Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd through its subsidiary, FAL Corporation

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Rajendra Barot, Ashwath Rau, Kashish Bhatia, Anil Kasturi, Niladri Maulik

Other key lawyers

Darshika Kothari