Ashima Obhan

Ashima Obhan is the Senior Partner at Obhan & Associates, ranked among India’s leading firms. She heads the Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) practice and co-chairs the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) practice. She is ranked Band 1 for TMT: Media & Entertainment by Chambers Asia-Pacific, and has also been recognised by Asian Legal Business as “one of India’s top TMT / Fintech Lawyers.”

She is an integral pillar of the firm, which is regarded as “a reputed source of high-quality legal solutions for clients from across India and abroad,” and that “offers prompt, effective advice, and aids prominent businesses with everything from managing large portfolios to prosecution, licensing and contentious proceedings.” Clients especially appreciate her for having “built a committed team that is willing to do what it takes to meet aggressive deadlines.”

The firm’s highly experienced corporate law and M&A practice, under Ashima’s leadership, provides a broad range of transactional and advisory services to institutions and entrepreneurs alike, as well as public and private companies. The team, which is equipped to handle corporate transactions across sectors, prides itself on building personal relationships with its clients, and providing responsive services tailored to meet specific client needs. Clients have particularly noted the “simply fantastic” ensemble, and the firm’s culture where “all members of staff ensure that each and every issue is treated with individual care and consideration”.

Ashima’s extensive experience ranges across joint ventures, M&As and private equity transactions, including domestic and cross border deals involving assets or share sales, option arrangements, international joint venture transactions and group re-organisations. Ashima represents both sellers and buyers in complex transactions across business sectors. She has advised various multinational corporations and private equity funds in relation to foreign investment into India as well as outbound investments. She has advised clients across varied sectors, with a focus on fintech, renewable energy, EV, media, publishing, education and information technology.

The practice led by Ashima is acknowledged for working “fast, competently and efficiently” and has been routinely lauded for being “exceptional”, “very responsive”, “reliable”, “a good staff of people”, who are dedicated, hard-working and have a meticulous thought process.