Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. welcomes Manish Gupta, Pratyush Khurana and Ashish Ahluwalia as Partners in the General Corporate Practice, based out of the firm’s Gurugram office.
Manish Gupta, who joins SAM & Co. as Equity Partner, has more than 19 years of experience in cross-border and domestic M&A, Private Equity, and Venture Capital transactions, spreading across various sectors, including E-commerce, Fin-tech, Ed-tech, IT & ITES, Logistics, Real Estate, Education, Healthcare, Power and Renewable Energy, Airports, Roads and other Infrastructure, etc. Manish has also successfully represented clients in various financial and strategic investments, joint-ventures, acquisitions, divestments & exits, business transfers, corporate and business restructuring, including for dispute settlement, general corporate advisory, due diligence, etc. Manish has previously worked as a partner with IndusLaw and Dentons Link Legal, as a Managing Associate with Luthra & Luthra Law Offices and as an Associate with Titus & Co. He holds a B.A.LL. B (Hons.) degree from National Law Institute University, Bhopal.
Manish Gupta
Pratyush Khurana has over 14 years of experience in transaction practice involving mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, business transfer, PE/ VC transactions and General Corporate advisory. Pratyush has previously worked as a Partner with IndusLaw and as an Associate Partner with Dentons Link Legal. His clientele included Info-edge, Waterbridge Ventures, 360 One, Classplus, to name a few. He holds a B.B.A.LL.B degree from Symbiosis International University, Pune and is also a qualified Company Secretary.
Pratyush Khurana
Ashish Ahluwalia has over 9 years of experience in general corporate and transactional work like M&A, joint ventures, private equity and venture capital. He regularly advises clients on a range of matters across sectors (EdTech, Consumer Goods, E-Commerce, Healthcare, FinTech, Airports and Roads) in relation to M&A and private equity / venture capital transactions. This is Ashish’s second stint at SAM & Co and previously, he worked as a Partner at IndusLaw. His clients include Big Capital and Rukam Capital apart from clients in the PE/VC space. He holds a bachelor’s degree in law from Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi and is also a qualified Company Secretary.
Ashish Ahluwalia
Along with the above Partners, the firm has also added 7 new associates to the Gurugram office.
On their appointment, Managing Partner, Pallavi Shroff said, “We believe that the addition of three General Corporate Partners to our firm will strengthen our presence in Gurugram as they bring a wealth of knowledge and experience across industries. We wish them all the success and look forward to a long and exciting journey ahead.“
Managing Partner Akshay Chudasama said, “Manish, Pratyush and Ashish will undoubtedly add value to our team with their varied experience. We look forward growing the firm together with them.”
About Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co:
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co., founded on a century of legal achievements, is one of India’s leading full-service law firms. The Firm’s mission is to enable business by providing solutions as trusted advisers through excellence, responsiveness, innovation, and collaboration. SAM & Co. is known globally for its exceptional practices in mergers & acquisitions, private equity, competition law, insolvency & bankruptcy, dispute resolution, international commercial arbitration, capital markets, banking & finance, tax, intellectual property, data protection and data privacy, technology law and projects & infrastructure.
The Firm has a pan-India presence and has been at the helm of major headline transactions and litigations in all sectors, besides advising major multinational corporates on their entry into the Indian market and their business strategy. Currently, the Firm has over 822 lawyers including 166 Partners, offering legal services through its offices in New Delhi, Mumbai, Gurugram, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Bengaluru, and Chennai.
