Phoenix Legal

Partner.

Rahul Deodhar is a Partner in the Firm's General Corporate, M&A, Private Equity and Venture Capital practice and operates out of the firm’s Mumbai office. He has more than 15 years of experience. His areas of practice include mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity and venture capital transactions, corporate restructuring and reorganizations, employment and labour laws, general corporate and commercial transactions. Rahul has been advising large domestic companies, multinational corporations, private equity firms, venture capital funds, start-ups and early stage emerging companies.

Rahul also regularly advises domestic and multinational clients on a broad range of employment and labour law matters, including the new labour codes, and provides end-to-end implementation support. His experience includes conducting gap assessments, reviewing and restructuring remuneration structure, employment policies and documentation, and developing compliance strategies.

Rahul also assists clients with conducting gap assessments under the DPDP framework and provides support with its implementation.

Rahul works closely with his clients, who value his proactiveness, experience, problem-solving abilities, and his ability to understand the complexities involved in a transaction.

Before joining the Firm, Rahul was a Partner with J. Sagar Associates (JSA), and he has previously worked with Desai & Diwanji and KPMG.

Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa

He has graduated from Savitribai Phule Pune University (2011).