Akshoy, is one of the founding partners of the Firm and heads the Corporate Division. He has done his LLB (1984) from Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh, followed by an LLM (1985) and also SJD from Harvard Law School, Cambridge (USA). Akshoy has over 35 years of experience in the corporate legal field. He has assisted several foreign companies in setting up their businesses in India starting from the liberalization of the Indian economy. He has also been instrumental in advising overseas clients in numerous joint ventures, mergers and acquisition transactions and also company formation and their smooth and successful operation in India. He has been advising big corporate houses in India and multinational companies (MNC) on corporate restructuring and assisting in negotiating business alliances. He has also advised foreign companies in creating infrastructure projects in India that includes mixed use townships, hotels, leisure resorts, Ports, highways, transmission lines etc.
He is actively involved in advising various State Governments, local bodies etc. in setting up infrastructure projects in multifarious sectors on Public Private Partnership (PPP) basis all over India.
Practice Areas:
Acquisition and Mergers
Banking, Insurance & Securities laws
Corporate Law, Capital Markets, Due Diligence, Contracts, Employment, immigration requirements etc.
Energy and Telecommunications
Foreign investments, International finance
Information Technology
Real Estate and Public Infrastructure
Intellectual Property
Shipping, Trading & Maritime Law
