Mr Hemang Parekh > DSK Legal > Mumbai, India > Lawyer Profile

DSK Legal‘s practice regularly advises limited partners and private equity mangers on the creation of alternate investment funds, and foreign and domestic venture capital funds in different jurisdictions. Anand Desai oversees the practice as the managing partner, whilst Harvinder Singh and Gaurav Mistry remain key members of the team. Hemang Parekh  focuses on advising domestic and international investee corporates and funds across the education, e-commerce, pharmaceutical and agriculture sectors. Sharath Chandrasekhar focuses on advising start-ups and investment funds in the fintech, hospitality, and power sectors on structuring transactions.

DSK Legal is focused on transactional work across the primary healthcare and pharma space, advising healthcare providers, drug companies, and private equity investors on M&A, joint ventures, and complex transactional arrangements such as demergers, as well as handling corporate structuring and post-acquisition integration issues. The team enjoys strong connections across the Indian life sciences and healthcare space, and also regularly works with international investors, and is able to provide regulatory support throughout cross-border transactions, as well as respond to contentious elements through the newly-arrived team based in New Dehli led by Bobby Chandhoke, recruited in July 2022 from Luthra and Luthra Law Offices India. Key team members include Hemang Parekh , Jayesh Kothari, and Gaurav Mistry in Mumbai, New Dehli-based Rishi Anand  and Harvinder Singh , and Bengalaru’s Sharath Chandrasekhar , all accomplished commercial and M&A practitioners with strong links to the space.

DSK Legal has continued to expand its footprint in the M&A space, combining a high volume of transactions with involvement in complex, often cross-border deals in key sectors such as manufacturing, technology, and life sciences. The team expanded in Bengalaru with the recruitment of Srinivas B.R. and Siddharth Suresh from Dua Associates in April 2022, increasing the firm’s national reach. Clients include businesses in a diverse range of industries, as well as international private equity investors, with the team also offering notable regulatory and contentious capabilities across multijurisdictional mandates. Key members of the team include Aparajit Bhattacharya, who maintains a successful record in cross-border deals, particularly in the renewable energy and manufacturing spaces, Hemang Parekh, who advises healthcare and life sciences companies, as well as a number of private equity funds, and New Dehli’s Rishi Anand, who specialises in tech sector work. Also in New Dehli, Harvinder Singh is active on behalf of growth and innovation clients, advising on strategic acquisitions and venture capital investments. Gaurav Mistry has a growing reputation for private and public M&A, cross-border joint ventures, and commercial agreements. Lawyers are in Mumbai unless otherwise stated.