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DSK Legal Offices

DSK Legal
1203, One World Centre, Tower 2B,
Floor 12B, 841, Senapati Bapat Marg,
Elphinstone Road, Mumbai – 400013, India
India
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Mr Gaurav Mistry

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+91 98200 46417 gaurav.mistry@dsklegal.com View profile

Work Department

Corporate M&A, Private Equity and Venture Capital

Position

Partner

Career

Gaurav is a transaction lawyer and focuses on corporate and commercial matters such as mergers and acquisitions in the private and public space, strategic alliances and joint ventures involving domestic and international clients, investments by private equity and venture capital investors.

Gaurav specializes in corporate laws, foreign investment laws, securities laws, and regularly advises on structuring of commercial transactions and documentation.

Gaurav’s experience is spread across various sectors such as pharmaceuticals, food and beverages, education, logistics, healthcare, infrastructure, retail, manufacturing, insurance, media, microfinance, etc.

Gaurav has been a part of DSK Legal since 2012. Prior to joining DSK Legal, Gaurav was associated with Khaitan & Co (Mumbai).

 

Relevant Experience

  • Advising large multinational and domestic clients on various corporate and commercial matters including structuring, documenting and negotiating complex commercial transactions, more particularly those relating to acquisitions, corporate restructuring, strategic alliances, joint ventures and other similar transactions.
  • Advising clients in various capital market transactions including initial public offers, offer for sale, qualified institutional placements, open offer, etc.
  • Advising large domestic and foreign private equity funds in various types of transactions viz. minority, control or acquisition transactions and advising them on exits to strategic or other financial investors.
  • Advice and documentation pertaining to corporate restructuring through mergers, demergers, slump sale and asset sale.
  • Rendering general corporate advisory services to clients in connection with a host of corporate laws including company law, securities law, exchange control regulations, takeover regulations, and competition law.
  • Advised clients in relation to their compliance obligations and risk mitigation under various Indian laws.

 

Publications

Gaurav has publications on diverse subjects to his credit including publications in the Business Standard, MoneyControl and other journals and websites.

 

Awards and Recognition

  • In 2022 Gaurav has been enlisted in the Forbes India Legal Powerlist 2022 as one of the Top 100 Individual Lawyers above 10 years’ experience for – Joint Venture, M&A, PE and VC.
  • Identified as one of ‘India’s Future Legal Leader’ by India Business Law Journal 2022.
  • Gaurav has been ranked as a ‘Next Generation Partner’ for Corporate and M&A by Legal500 Asia-Pacific 2023 and ranked as ‘Recommended Lawyer’ for Corporate and M&A, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Private Equity and Investment Funds and Capital Market by Legal500 Asia-Pacific 2023.
  • Awarded ’40 under 40 Rising Star of the Year 2021’ at the Legal Era Awards 2021.
  • Gaurav has been recommended as a key lawyer in India for Mergers and Acquisitions by Legal 500.

 

Client Speak

  • Clients describe Gaurav as “agile and aggressive” whilst acknowledging his “good drafting skills” – Legal 500.
  • “Integrity, dependable, domain knowledge of Gaurav Mistry is appreciable” – Legal 500 (Asia Pacific – 2022).

Languages

English, Hindi, Gujrati and Marathi

Memberships

  • The Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa
  • Bombay City Civil & Sessions Court Bar Association

Education

  • L.B, University of Mumbai
  • B. Com, University of Mumbai

Lawyer Rankings

India > Life sciences and healthcare

(Leading Individuals)

Gaurav Mistry – DSK Legal

DSK Legal advises a broad range of clients, including pharma companies, drug and medical device developers, hospitals, and private equity-backed investors, on the full range of transactional matters alongside complex strategic regulatory and governance issues. The firm works with clients on cross-border transactions as well as compliance with both domestic and international regulatory regimes, most notably FDA rules, and is also able to represent throughout disputes. Key names in the team include  Hemang Parekh  and Gaurav Mistry, who is particularly active on cross-border transactions in the pharma space, alongside Harvinder Singh , noted for his specialism in hospital M&A. Mistry, alongside Akanksha Tiwary, is also heavily involved in promoter-side work, advising a number of healthcare administrators and experienced practitioners on investments and transactions. All lawyers mentioned are in Mumbai.

India > Corporate and M&A

(Next Generation Partners)

Gaurav Mistry – DSK Legal

Demonstrating significant strength in the corporate advisory, M&A, and regulatory compliance spaces, DSK Legal’s team provides a bespoke service to international and domestic entities. The firm’s sector-specific expertise is particularly broad, covering industries ranging from life sciences to real estate, and the addition of Kunal Mehra from Luthra and Luthra Law Offices India in June 2022 bolsters the group’s offering on de-mergers and private equity transactions. From Mumbai, managing partner Anand Desai has over 30 years of domestic and international experience, and Hemang Parekh focuses on client’s investments. New Delhi-based Aparajit Bhattacharya is an expert on joint ventures and corporate restructurings, whilst Gaurav Mistry specialises in foreign investments law matters.

India > Capital markets

DSK Legal has notable expertise in handling initial public offerings, foreign currency convertible bonds, domestic debt matters and secondary issuances. The department is co-led by Ajay Shaw and Gaurav Mistry from Mumbai, while Saurabh Tiwari leads the practice from Delhi and regularly advises lead managers, selling shareholders and investors on equity transactions.

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