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Chadha & Co Offices
S-327, GREATER KAILASH II
NEW DELHI 110 048
India
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Chadha & Co > The Legal 500 Rankings
India > Corporate and M&A Tier 3
Based out of New Delhi, Chadha & Co has in-depth knowledge of handling corporate transactions, ranging from joint ventures, M&A, and structuring complex shareholder agreements. Frequently representing clients from across the automotive, finance, and energy industries, the practice leverages the broad expertise of its partners to provide regulatory and transactional support. The firm is jointly led, with Rahul Chadha being an expert on private equity matters, Ashish Gupta handling foreign collaborations, and Neeraj Prakash bringing extensive knowledge on foreign direct investment to the group.Practice head(s):
Rahul Chadha; Neeraj Prakash; Ashish Gupta
Key clients
Hitachi Ltd., Japan
Hitachi Power Europe GmbH
Shindengen Electric Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
GHESA Ingenieria y Tecnologia, S.A.
RTB House
Best Auto Private Limited
Cognivity Ai Sweden Ab
Ocean’s group Asia Limited
Swedish Chamber of Commerce India
Kept Tax and Advisory LLC
TPF Engineering Private Limited
YMER Renewable AB – Sweden
Agardsdotter & Co. AB
Work highlights
- Advised Agardsdotter & Co. AB regarding a joint venture deal for setting up a resort in India.
- Advised Ymer Technology AB and Kanak AB on the restructuring of its Indian subsidiary.
India > Labour and employment Tier 4
Work highlights
Chadha & Co > Firm Profile
The firm: Chadha & Co. was founded in 2002 by Namita Chadha, one of India’s leading women corporate lawyers. The firm started by advising foreign corporations doing business in India on FDI and corporate/commercial matters. Today, the firm has strong and reputed practices across industries and areas of law. The firm is led by Ms Namita Chadha, founder and managing partner, and Mr Rahul Chadha, managing partner.
Both the managing partners of the firm are able to bring to the table their practical experience of having worked in-house and establishing and managing businesses in India. This distinguishes the firm from its competitors and enables it to quickly understand complex issues and provide practical, easy to implement legal solutions to clients. The firm is known for its business-savvy approach to legal problem-solving.
The firm comprises experienced, passionate and business-savvy lawyers and consultants with an international perspective and strong problem-solving abilities. The team comprises five partners and 36 advocates. The partners of the firm are involved in a hands-on manner on every assignment. This ensures that the quality of work does not have peaks and troughs – the know-how, experience and commercial understanding of the partners is crucial to the firm’s ability to provide consistent, world-class service.
The team is supported by management professionals, chartered accountants and company secretaries and, where necessary, technical experts. It works with correspondent lawyers across India and is able to provide the same high quality of service in a cost-effective manner anywhere in the country.
The firm’s clients, from over 32 countries, include leading Fortune 500 corporations as well as small and medium enterprises and family-owned companies. Clients primarily are from the US/Canada, Western Europe and Japan.
The firm’s offices are located in New Delhi, but more than 50% of the work that the firm does is outside the national capital region. It routinely acts for clients in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra (especially Mumbai and Pune), Karnataka (Bangalore), Andhra Pradesh/Telengana (Hyderabad), Tamil Nadu (Chennai), and West Bengal (Kolkata).
Areas of practice:Â Chadha & Co. is a full-service corporate and commercial law firm. It is reputed for high-quality, practical, proactive and cost-effective legal advice.
The firm has a specialised inbound practice in advising foreign corporations doing business in India on all Indian laws and regulations that are relevant to their business. It advises clients on their India entry strategy, structuring their entry, establishing Indian operations, and on legal and regulatory issues while they conduct their operations in the country.
The firm has expertise in the areas of inbound investments; M&A; joint ventures; technology transfer; corporate and commercial, private equity; banking, restructuring; corporate/project finance; tax; corporate governance; compliance; litigation and arbitration; white-collar crime; labour, employment, industrial relations; real estate; infrastructure; information technology and outsourcing; and competition.
The firm advises clients from the following industries: agriculture; automotive; aviation; chemicals; consulting services; defence; energy – power, mining; food and beverages (including liquor); financial services – banking, private equity, insurance; information technology and semiconductors; infrastructure – roads, railways, ports; life sciences – healthcare, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology; manufacturing; railways; real estate and construction; retail (single-brand, multi-brand, luxury) and trade; security and private investigations; sports and entertainment; telecommunications; and travel, tourism and hotels.
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Banking | Rahul Chadha | ||
Banking | Neeraj Prakash | ||
Commercial contracts | Namita Chadha | ||
Commercial contracts | Ashish Gupta | ||
Competition | Namita Chadha | ||
Competition | Sakshi Arora | ||
Corporate/company | Ashish Gupta | ||
Corporate/company | Aditya Kumar | ||
Corporate governance | Namita Chadha | ||
Corporate governance | Rahul Chadha | ||
Dispute resolution/white-collar crime | Namita Chadha | ||
Dispute resolution/white-collar crime | Savita Sarna | ||
Foreign investment | Rahul Chadha | ||
Foreign investment | Ashish Gupta | ||
Immigration | Savita Sarna | ||
Immigration | Manila Sarkaria | ||
Infrastructure | Rahul Chadha | ||
Infrastructure | Neeraj Prakash | ||
Joint ventures and technical collaborations | Ashish Gupta | ||
Joint ventures and technical collaborations | Neeraj Prakash | ||
Labour and employment | Namita Chadha | ||
Labour and employment | Savita Sarna | ||
Mergers and acquisitions/private equity | Rahul Chadha | ||
Mergers and acquisitions/private equity | Ashish Gupta | ||
Mergers and acquisitions/private equity | Neeraj Prakash | ||
Project finance | Rahul Chadha | ||
Project finance | Neeraj Prakash | ||
Real estate | Savita Sarna | ||
Real estate | Manila Sarkaria | ||
Regulatory approvals | Ashish Gupta | ||
Regulatory approvals | Neeraj Prakash | ||
Statutory compliance | Namita Chadha | ||
Statutory compliance | Ashish Gupta | ||
Statutory compliance | Savita Sarna |
Staff Figures
Number of lawyers : 36Languages
English Japanese Hindi (and several Indian regional languages)Memberships
International Practice Group- Corporate and M&A