Clarence & Partners

Labour and Employment, Corporate Advisory

Varnika Sharma is the co-founder of Clarence & Partners, with a practice focused on employment and labour law, data privacy, regulatory advisory, and contentious employment matters. She regularly advises Indian and multinational employers on sensitive termination scenarios, workplace investigations, compliance strategy, and operational employment risk management.

She is particularly valued for her ability to combine precise legal analysis with practical, risk‑aware decision‑making, often acting as the primary point of contact for in‑house HR, people operations and compliance teams.

Varnika advises on: Employment termination strategy and dispute management, Workplace investigations and POSH‑related matters, Labour law compliance and wage structuring, Employment‑linked regulatory and data privacy issues, Employment aspects of corporate and transactional matters, and Drafting and responding to legal notices and pre‑litigation correspondence

Her work frequently involves urgent, high‑sensitivity matters where reputational risk and regulatory exposure are central considerations.

Varnika was a partner at Poovayya & Co. for a number of years and before that held senior positions at Themis & Co, PRA Law Offices, Vaish Associates and Juris Corp.

Recent work includes:

Advising multinational employers on termination strategy, response positioning and document preservation in contentious separation scenarios, including guidance on automated HR systems and audit logs Drafting and leading responses to legal notices in sensitive employment and workplace investigation matters Advising companies on labour code compliance, wage restructuring and auditor‑driven compliance validations Supporting employers on POSH‑related issues, including response strategy, regulatory positioning and pre‑dispute correspondence Providing data privacy guidance in recruitment and employment processes, including recording of interviews and cross‑border access considerations

English, Hindi

Registered to practice with the Bar Council of Delhi

Varnika graduated with an LLB degree from Amity IP University in 2008