Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co has a commanding presence in the market with top-tier practices across all practice areas and industry sectors. It is routinely considered one of the best firms in a highly competitive market for transactions and a first port of call for selective international clients. This year the firm climbs up a notch in the IP table. The firm offers the best of all worlds: large capacity, pan-India presence, depth of expertise and experience, and market-leading professionals. It regularly advises the largest multinationals, Indian conglomerates, and private equity players and funds. The capital markets team continues to represent issuers in many of the country’s largest IPOs and the M&A group remains unmatched for its high-stakes, high-value transactions. Pallavi Shroff is well known for her extensive experience in dispute resolution, and Shardul Shroff is renowned for his expertise as a general corporate lawyer. There were multiple notable movements in the course of the last 12 months.
Client feedback
“They find practical solutions in complex capital markets transactions.” – Capital markets
“The firm renders their services to our satisfaction and delivers their performance with promptness and alacrity.” – Construction
“The lawyers are well-versed and have a thorough knowledge in the legal domain, able to put forth points that need company attention in a clear and precise manner, positive attitudes and are very prompt in delivering solutions to key issues.”– Corporate and M&A
“They were incredibly supportive and responsive. SAM was always happy to provide us with the support we needed. The quality of their work was unmatched and has made a tremendous positive impact on our business operations in India.” – Labour and employment
“Excellent quality of work and accessibility of the team.” – Private equity
“The firm provides practical legal solutions that address business needs.” – Regulatory
“Solution-oriented approach.” – Restructuring and insolvency
“Meticulous, professional, sincere and knowledgeable approach.” – Restructuring and insolvency
Sayantan Dutta
“Extremely proactive and open for ideas.”
Abhishek Guha
“The partner Abhishek Guha deserves a special mention. His calm and pleasing manners together with the ability of strongly putting forth his arguments in a convincing manner goes a long way in bringing people together on deals.”
Manish Gupta
“Manish has been the most trusted counsel for our firm and has consistently provided us with the best legal advice. His ability to grasp issues, tailor solutions and render advice in the most cost-efficient manner, are a few of the most important attributes about him.”
Lalan Gupta
“Highly efficient and professional with the ability to provide practical legal solutions.”
Kriti Kaushik
“Incredibly supportive and responsive. She went the extra mile to provide us with the advice and support we needed. Fantastically detailed legal advice that has had a positive impact on our business.”
Jagriti Mohata
“She has good domain knowledge, is very receptive, prompt and keeps to timelines. She is an effective communicator and can lead the team well.”
Pranav Nanda
“Efficient and effective in delivering the services.”
Misha P
“Solution-oriented approach.”
Veena Sivaramakrishnan
“Sound legal knowledge, meticulous, sincere, adept at negotiations, excellent temperament, good administration and team leader.”
Work highlights
Represented International Seaport Dredging on its arbitration case against Kamarajar Port.
Defended Pigeon Education Technology on proceedings initiated against it by the Directorate of Enforcement for alleged violations of the Foreign Exchange Management Act.
Work highlights
Advised Reliance Industries on its strategic $8.5 billion JV with Disney, combining the businesses of Viacom18 and Star India.
Acted for Suven Pharmaceuticals on its $3 billion merger with Cohance Lifesciences.
Work highlights
Acted for Mankind Pharma on its IPO, India’s largest of 2023.
Represented Samhi Hotels as the issuer on its IPO.
Work highlights
Advised WhatsApp and Meta Platforms on a litigation matter related to the data protection and privacy laws of India.
Represented godaddy.com in a dispute involving the obligations of intermediaries that provide domain name registration services. The main contention in the matter is the infringement of well-known registered trademarks when unauthorised entities register domain names that are identical or similar to such well known and registered trademarks.
