Mahendra Bhavsar & Co

Mahendra Bhavsar & Co. is a Gujarat-focused law firm, headquartered in Ahmedabad since 1982. The firm acts for businesses, institutions and families with legal needs in Gujarat and across India, and for overseas clients and international law firms who need Indian counsel on Gujarat-linked matters.

Founded in 1982 by Mahendra Bhavsar, the firm has grown with Gujarat’s economy: from property, land and civil work to corporate transactions, commercial contracts, disputes and arbitration, projects, institutional finance, private client and NRI work, technology and employment. Its lawyers appear before the Gujarat High Court, the commercial courts, the National Company Law Tribunal and arbitral tribunals, and work with revenue, registration and industrial authorities across the state.

The firm has one office, in Ahmedabad. A team in Surat serves South Gujarat, and the firm works with a network of established advocates, counsel and consultants across the State.

Who the firm acts for

Multinationals and foreign companies entering or operating in Gujarat; international banks and lenders; foreign government authorities and international institutions; international law firms seeking Indian counsel; Indian corporates, promoters and business families; investors and acquirers; manufacturers and exporters; and NRI, OCI and overseas Gujarati families with property, succession and business interests in the state.

Gujarat law and practice

Gujarat law has its own instruments: three tenancy regimes, non-agricultural permission, GIDC transfer rules, the Gujarat Stamp Act, Jantri rates, and revenue appeals before the SSRD and the Gujarat Revenue Tribunal. The firm’s lawyers work with them alongside the Central law that governs each transaction.

How the firm works

• An assessment first: the firm looks at the matter and says what Indian law and Gujarat practice will require before any engagement.

• Scope and fees in writing before work starts, with exclusions stated.

• One point of responsibility for each matter.

• Selective by design: the firm takes on work where its Gujarat and Indian-law judgment adds real value, and says so when another adviser is needed.

The kinds of matters the firm handles

• Enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards before the Gujarat High Court, and resisting enforcement where grounds exist.

• Setting up and operating manufacturing businesses in Gujarat for overseas groups, including industrial land, approvals and local authority dealings.

• Large property and industrial land acquisitions, title investigation and project-related security.

• Domestic and international arbitration, and commercial litigation before the Gujarat courts.

• Property, succession and inheritance matters for NRI and overseas families.

What we do

Real estate and property

• Title due diligence before a purchase, lease or loan.

• Sale, lease, development and redevelopment agreements, with stamp duty and registration.

• Revenue matters, including non-agricultural (NA) permission, tenure and GIDC plot transfers.

• Title, possession and partition disputes, and RERA matters.

Corporate

• Company formation, governance and shareholder agreements.

• Acquisitions, joint ventures and investment documents, with due diligence.

• Companies Act matters before the NCLT, including oppression and mismanagement and schemes of arrangement.

• Foreign investment into Gujarat, with specialist FEMA input where needed.

Commercial contracts and trade

• Supply, manufacturing, distribution and agency agreements.

• Standard terms of business and contract reviews.

• Export, import and cross-border sale contracts.

• Breach of contract claims.

Litigation, arbitration and disputes

• Commercial and civil suits, including commercial court matters in Gujarat.

• Domestic and international arbitration, and related court applications.

• Injunctions and other urgent interim relief.

• Enforcement of decrees and arbitral awards; insolvency, restructuring and NCLT proceedings.

Projects, infrastructure and energy

• Land, approvals and contracts for industrial, infrastructure and energy projects in Gujarat.

• EPC, construction and supply contracts.

• Project disputes, with the firm’s disputes lawyers.

Banking and institutional finance

• Loan, security and guarantee documents.

• Indian-law legal opinions for lenders.

• Trade and export finance, and ECB transaction support with specialist FEMA input where needed.

• Title and security checks on Gujarat assets, including land and GIDC plots.

Private client and NRI

• Wills, succession and probate.

• Partition and family settlements.

• Gujarat property for NRIs and OCIs: sale, purchase and powers of attorney.

• Family business arrangements.

Technology, data and intellectual property

• Technology, SaaS and outsourcing contracts.

• Data protection under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, within technology work.

• Trade mark, copyright and design filings and disputes.

• Legal response to data breaches.

Employment

• Employment contracts, policies and senior executive terms for employers.

• Exits, restrictive covenants and workplace disputes for employers.

International and cross-border

• Indian-law support to international law firms on Gujarat matters.

• India entry and investment into Gujarat.

• Enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards in India.

• Cross-border contracts and disputes with Indian counterparties.

Recognition

Named a winner at the India Business Law Journal Regional Law Firm Awards 2026 in Arbitration & ADR (Ahmedabad) and Real Estate (Ahmedabad).