Phoenix Legal

Antitrust and Competition

Kunal Mehra is a Partner in the Firm and heads the Antitrust and Competition practice. Kunal also actively advises on M&A, Private Equity and General Corporate matters and operates out of the Firm’s New Delhi office. Kunal is a seasoned lawyer with almost 20 years of work experience.

Kunal actively advises on competition related matters including merger control filings with the Competition Commission of India, abuse of dominance cases, cartels and also undertakes competition compliance programmes for leading corporates. Kunal also has extensive experience in the areas of mergers and de-mergers including cross-border mergers, acquisitions, private equity transactions, joint ventures, general corporate advisory, drafting and negotiating transaction documents.

Before joining the Firm, Kunal was a Partner with DSK Legal, and he has previously worked with AZB & Partners, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, Dua Associates and Luthra & Luthra Law Offices. Kunal holds a Master of Laws in International Business Laws from Queen Mary, University of London and a Bachelor of Laws from ILS Law College, Pune.

Awards and Recognitions:

Listed in India Business Law Journal’s The A-List of India’s top lawyers in 2024, 2023 and 2022. Listed in Forbes Legal Powerlist 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020 listing India’s Top 100 Lawyers. Listed as ‘Recommended Lawyer’ by Legal500 in Antitrust and Competition, Corporate and M&A, and Private Equity Funds. Recognised as ‘Rising Star’ by Asian Legal Business India 2021. BW Legal World 40 Under 40 Elite Club of Lawyers and Legal Influencers, 2021. Awarded 40 Under 40 ‘Rising Star’ Award 2020 by Legal Era. Awarded ‘Deal of the Year’ by the India Business Law Journal 2023 for a transaction involving Morgan Stanley and Banyan Tree Capital exit from NSPIRA Management Services. Awarded ‘Deal of the Year’ by the India Business Law Journal 2020 for a matter that secured the highest percentage fine in any abuse of dominance matter. Advised The Dow Chemical Company in its USD 130 billion merger with DuPont and the deal was awarded Matter of the Year globally at the prestigious Global Competition Review Awards.

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Bar Council of Delhi Supreme Court Bar Association Competition Law Bar Association