Mr Neerav Merchant > Majmudar & Partners > Mumbai, India > Lawyer Profile

Majmudar & Partners leverages its considerable TMT practice to assist clients in the tech, IT, telecoms, and e-commerce sectors on a range of data protection issues, including regulatory, compliance, and transactional matters. Akil Hirani, Neerav Merchant and N. Raja Sujith jointly oversee the practice. Sujith, based in Bengaluru, leads the firm’s South India practice and advises on the data protection elements of corporate transactions. Hirani, triple-qualified in India, England and Wales and California, and Merchant, who draws on in-house experience from the software industry, work alongside Sujith and co-lead the practice from Mumbai.

Displaying considerable strength in the transactional technology, e-commerce and regulatory spaces, Majmudar & Partners acts on behalf of international financial institutions and technology services providers. Akil Hirani and Neerav Merchant co-head the department from Mumbai, with the former specialising in IT regulatory matters and data protection, whilst the latter’s expertise lies in privacy issues and trade marks. Raja Sujith heads up the firm’s South India practice out of Bengaluru, and is an expert in Indian outsourcing transactions and tech company M&A.

Majmudar & Partners has a strong and developing offering across healthcare, pharma, health tech, and life sciences, with notable strengths in M&A, licensing and regulatory approvals, intellectual property, and internal employment and governance advice. The firm works with a number of major domestic clients, including hospital networks and drug manufacturers, as well as advising international life sciences companies on operations and investments in India, as well as outsourcing. The team is led by Mumbai-based duo Neerav Merchant, an experienced advisor on IP and life sciences regulatory issues, and Akil Hirani, who has strong multijurisdictional expertise across M&A, regulatory matters, outsourcing, and data, acting for a number of major global names in the space. In Bengaluru, N. Raja Sujith is a key name for transactional healthcare work.

With particular strength in transactional and contentious employment matters, as well as employee tax issues, Majmudar & Partners’ employment team routinely advises clients in the tech, construction, and financial services sectors. The team is noted for its ‘knowledge and expertise in labour and employment law’. Neerav Merchant and N. Raja Sujith jointly head the team; Merchant, in Mumbai, is an experienced employment litigator, while Sujith leads the Bengaluru office and the firm’s broader south India employment practice.

In addition to its transactional IP capabilities, Majmudar & Partners excels in patent and trademark advisory and contentious matters. Neerav Merchant (in Mumbai) and N. Raja Sujith (in Bengaluru) co-head the practice, which offers expertise in the life sciences, education, manufacturing, consumer goods and tech industries.

The full-service dispute resolution offering at Majmudar & Partners spans the full spectrum of industry sectors, with recent areas of activity including banking and insolvency disputes, employment litigation, and breach of contract cases. Neerav Merchant oversees the group; the ‘very practical’ Merchant has expertise in commercial, IP, and insolvency litigation. Fraser Alexander is another key name here. All mentioned lawyers are based in Mumbai.