Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co adeptly assists clients from the aerospace, banking, manufacturing, media, healthcare, pharma and IT sectors. The team also has substantial expertise in offering guidance on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious employment law matters. Delhi-based Pooja Ramchandani, whose workload spans workforce structuring, social security law and transition of employees matters, heads the practice and is supported by Kriti Kaushik, who is a go-to for compensation, benefits and executive engagement matters. Suryansh Gupta is recommended for employment agreements, restrictive covenants, HR policies and immigration, and Suruchi Kumar excels in industrial relations and actions.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The team is highly skilled, patiently listens to the issues, delves into the issues, does proper research on the case laws and then shares their advice, including mitigation steps which help the client in devising the strategy, ensuring compliance at the top.’
  • ‘Worked closely with Suryansh Gupta on some of the high-stake labour matters. An excellent team to work with.’
  • ‘The team has in-depth knowledge of the labour and employment practice. A diverse team is their key strength.’
  • ‘Kriti Kaushik is one the best legal partners I have ever worked with. Her continuous support and in-depth knowledge of the practice have helped us.’
  • ‘The team provides grounded and practical advice.’
  • ‘Pooja Ramchandani provides exceptional quality advice, which is ground and practical.’

Key clients

  • Warburg Pincus
  • Synopsys (India) Private Limited
  • Seagate
  • Standard and Poor
  • ITC Infotech India Limited
  • Reliance Industries Limited and Viacom18 Media Private Limited
  • Eris Lifesciences Limited
  • TPG Global, LLC.
  • Delhivery Limited
  • Zero North A/S

Work highlights

  • Assisted Reliance Industries Limited and Viacom18 Media Private Limited with the joint venture with Disney Enterprises Inc., Star India Private Limited and other Star group entities.
  • Advised Warburg Pincus on its 100% acquisition of the shareholding of Watertec (India) Private Limited.
  • Assisted Eris Lifesciences Limited in its acquisition of Biocon Biologics’ Limited (“Seller”) business relating to commercialisation of branded generic dermatology and nephrology formulations and certain in-licenced products.

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Pooja Ramchandani

Other key lawyers

Suryansh Gupta, Suruchi Kumar, Kriti Kaushik