Seasoned legal counsel with experience in a wide variety of industries. Particular interest and focus on healthcare/pharmaceutical and technology. Proven people leader and business counselor.

Experienced in M&As and restructuring of companies, FDI, Indian Direct Investment Outside India, Contracts, Litigation Management, Risk Management, Corporate Laws, Board and related procedures, Real Estate Laws, Compliances under Companies Act, RBI etc., Ethics and Compliances (including FCPA and UKBA), Data Privacy, Employment & Industrial Labor Laws, Direct and Indirect Taxation Laws

Prasenjit Chakravarti is a Partner in the M&A, Corporate and Commercial practice group. With nearly two decades of experience, Prasenjit specialises in mergers and acquisitions, including share transactions, asset transactions, business transfers, and joint ventures. He has extensive M&A experience across a range of sectors including automobile, renewable energy, chemicals, telecoms, and technology.Prasenjit has worked on significant domestic and cross border transactions for both sellers and buyers including strategic buyers and financial sponsors advising on a range of legal, commercial, regulatory and governance issues. He regularly advises offshore clients and is a member of the Firm’s US and German Desk. He was recognised by India Super 50 Lawyer by Asian Legal Business 2023, Leading Lawyer Champion (Corporate and M&A) by Legal Era in 2023 and M&A law expert of the year by Leaders in Law Legal Era 2023, Recommended Key Lawyer (M&A) Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023 and as one of Leading Lawyer (Best Corporate & M&A Lawyers) for 2022.

Ritu Shaktawat is a Partner in the Direct Tax Practice Group in the Mumbai office. With over a decade in the profession, Ritu has advised clients in the areas of corporate taxation and international taxation including bilateral tax treaties and transfer pricing.   She focusses on matters involving transaction tax advisory, structuring and documentation of domestic, cross-border and global M&A deals having an India leg; complex interpretational issues pertaining to income characterisation and permanent establishment (Indian taxable presence of foreign entities) aspects; taxation of EPC contracts; domestic business restructurings; taxability of the ever-evolving e-commerce business models; and funds taxation and documentation.Ritu has been advising clients on recent additions to Indian tax law such as General Anti Avoidance Rules and Place of Effective Management which are new age issues and are becoming critical across jurisdictions. Over the years, Ritu has developed a deep understanding of transactional tax issues, which she supplements with cutting edge practical inputs. She was part of the team advising NTT Docomo INC in relation to its dispute with Tata. She advised Docomo on the taxability of the amount receivable under the arbitration award, assisted them in their negotiations with Tata and obtaining a favourable withholding tax certificate from the tax authorities.

Sameer is a Partner with the corporate / commercial team at Khaitan & Co. He has over a decade and half of experience in M&A, private equity, and foreign investment related work. Leading publications such as Economic Times, Business Standard, Mint, Times of India, Business Line, Express Pharma, Express Healthcare, DNA, Financial Chronicle, etc., have quoted him and carried his writings.