Recognition
- Mr. Rishi Anand, Partner has been recognised in the Asia Super 50 TMT Lawyer 2022 list by the Asian Legal Business.
- Partner, Ms. Brijita Prakash have been recognized as “Star Women Lawyers of the Year” at the 4th Annual Legal Era Women in Law Excellence Awards 2022.
- Deputy Managing Partner, Mr. Sajit Suvarna and Partner, Mr. Hemang Parekh have been recognised in the ALB India Super 50 Lawyers 2022 list by the Asian Legal Business.
- DSK Legal has been recognised as a “Recommended Firm” by the IFLR1000 2022 guide.
- Managing Partner, Mr. Anand Desai; Partners – Mr. Anjan Dasgupta, Mr. Ajay Shaw, Mr. Aparajit Bhattacharya, Mr. Dinesh Pardasani, Mr. Harvinder Singh, Mr. Rishi Anand, Mr. Niraj Kumar, Mr. Aninda Pal, Mr. Ashish Pahariya and Mr. Avinash Kumar Khard have been all ranked by the IFLR1000 2022 lawyer rankings.
- DSK Legal has been ranked as an “Outstanding Law Firm” by Asialaw Profiles 2023 rankings.
- Managing Partner, Mr. Anand Desai has been ranked as “Elite Practitioner;” Deputy Managing Partner, Mr. Sajit Suvarna & Partners – Mr. Ajay Shaw, Mr. Dinesh Pardasani, Mr. Anjan Dasgupta, Mr. Aparajit Bhattacharya and Mr. Abdullah Hussain have been all ranked as “Distinguished Practitioner” & Partners, Mr. Kirat Singh Nagra, Mr. Prashant Pakhiddey, Mr. Rishi Anand, Ms. Chandrima Mitra and Mr. Vikrant Singh Negi have been all ranked as “Notable Practitioner” by the Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2023 rankings.
- DSK Legal has been ranked as a Tier 1 Firm by the Asian Legal Business’s Asia M&A Rankings 2022.
- Ms. Chandrima Mitra, Partner and Mr. Rishi Anand, Partner have been recognised in the India Top TMT/Fintech Lawyers 2022 list by the Asian Legal Business.
- DSK Legal’s 6 practice areas have received awards in the India Business Law Journal’s Indian Law Firm Awards 2022 in the categories of Aviation, Fintech, Litigation, Media & Entertainment, Real Estate and Shipping & Maritime.
- Mr. Anand Desai, Managing Partner and Partners, Mr. Dinesh Pardasani & Mr. Vikrant Singh Negi have been ranked as “Litigation Stars” and Mr. Kirat Singh Nagra, Partner as a “Future Star” by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2022 rankings.
- DSK Legal has been ranked as a “Highly Recommended Firm” by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2022 rankings.
- Mr. Anand Desai, Managing Partner has been awarded with “Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year” at the 11th Annual Legal Era (Indian Legal Awards) 2021-22.
- DSK Legal has been awarded with, “Real Estate & Construction Law Firm of the Year,” “Insolvency Law Firm of the Year” and “Cyber Crime Law Firm of the Year” at the 11th Annual Legal Era (Indian Legal Awards) 2021-22.
- DSK Legal Managing Partner, Mr. Anand Desai; Deputy Managing Partner, Mr. Sajit Suvarna and Partners – Mr. Ajay Shaw, Mr. Anjan Dasgupta, Mr. Aparajit Bhattacharya, Mr. Kirat Singh Nagra, Mr. Vikrant Singh Negi and Ms. Chandrima Mitra have been enlisted in the Forbes India Legal Powerlist 2021 as one of the Top 100 Lawyers (Above 10 years’ experience) by Forbes India.
- DSK Legal’s practice areas – (i) Real Estate & Construction; (ii) Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy; (iii) Litigation; (iv) Infrastructure & Projects and (v) Joint Venture, M&A, PE & VC have been enlisted in the Forbes India Legal Powerlist 2021 as one of the Top Law Firm (Above 10 years’ experience) by Forbes India.
- Ms. Saloni Mody, Partner has been recognised as ALB India Rising Star 2022 by the Asian Legal Business.
- Mr. Aparajit Bhattacharya, Partner has been recognised amongst Dealmakers of Asia 2021 by the Asian Legal Business.
- DSK Legal Managing Partner, Mr. Anand Desai; Deputy Managing Partner, Mr. Sajit Suvarna and Partners – Mr. Ajay Shaw, Mr. Aparajit Bhattacharya, Mr. Anjan Dasgupta, Mr. Dinesh Pardasani, Mr. Rishi Anand and Ms. Chandrima Mitra have been all ranked by the Legal Era Leading Lawyers Rankings 2022.
- Mr. Rishi Anand, Partner; Mr. Avinash Kumar Khard, Partner and Mr. Nakul Batra, Associate Partner have been recognised by India Business Law Journal’s Future Legal Leaders 2022, comprising of 50 future legal leaders.
- Mr. Anand Desai, Managing Partner and Partners – Mr. Anjan Dasgupta, Mr. Aparajit Bhattacharya and Mr. Dinesh Pardasani have been all ranked by the Chambers and Partners Global 2022 rankings.
- DSK Legal practice areas, Banking & Finance; Corporate/M&A : The Elite; Dispute Resolution and Projects, Infrastructure & Energy have been ranked by the Chambers & Partners Global 2022 rankings.
- Mr. Anand Desai, Managing Partner has been recognised in the Asia’s Top 15 Litigators 2022 list by the Asian Legal Business.
- Mr. Ashish Pahariya, Associate Partner and Ms. Roochi Loona, Principal Associate have been ranked as “Rising Star” by The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2022.
- Partners, Ms. Chandrima Mitra, Mr. Vikrant Singh Negi and Ms. Saloni Mody & Associate Partner Mr. Ashish Pahariya have been ranked as “Next Generation Partner” by the Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022.
- Mr. Anand Desai, Managing Partner; Mr. Sajit Suvarna, Deputy Managing Partner & Partners, Mr. Anjan Dasgupta, Mr. Ajay Shaw and Mr. Aparajit Bhattacharya have been ranked as “Leading Individual” by the Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022.
- DSK Legal has been ranked as a “Leading Firm” by the Legal 500 in their 2022 Asia-Pacific rankings and has been ranked for 12 practice areas.
- Mr. Anand Desai, Managing Partner & Partners, Mr. Anjan Dasgupta and Mr. Aparajit Bhattacharya have been recognised by India Business Law Journal’s The A-List 2021, comprising of India’s top 100 lawyers and 50 legal icons. Mr. Anand Desai has also been recognised as one of the 50 Legal Icons.
- Mr. Anand Desai, Managing Partner; Mr. Sajit Suvarna, Deputy Managing Partner and Partners – Mr. Anjan Dasgupta, Mr. Aparajit Bhattacharya, Mr. Ajay Shaw, Mr. Dinesh Pardasani, Ms. Chandrima Mitra, Mr. Sagar Kadam and Ms. Saloni Mody have been all ranked by the Chambers Asia-Pacific 2022 rankings.
- DSK Legal has been ranked as a “Top Ranked” Law Firm by Chambers and Partners in their 2022 Asia-Pacific rankings.
- Mr. Anjan Dasgupta, Partner has been recognised in the IFLR Asia Best Lawyers 2021 list.
- Mr. Samir Malik, Partner and Mr. Gaurav Mistry, Associate Partner have been recognised as “40 under 40 Rising Stars 2021” by the Legal Era.
- Mr. Anand Desai, Managing Partner has been ranked as an “Elite Practitioner;” Deputy Managing Partner, Mr. Sajit Suvarna & Partners – Mr. Aparajit Bhattacharya, Mr. Anjan Dasgupta and Mr. Dinesh Pardasani have been all ranked as “Distinguished Practitioner” & Partner, Ms. Chandrima Mitra as a “Notable Practitioner” by the Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2022 rankings.
- DSK Legal has been ranked as an “Outstanding Law Firm” by Asialaw Profiles 2022 rankings.
- Mr. Anand Desai, Managing Partner and Partners – Mr. Anjan Dasgupta, Mr. Ajay Shaw, Mr. Aparajit Bhattacharya, Mr. Harvinder Singh and Mr. Dinesh Pardasani have been all ranked as “Highly Regarded”; Partners – Mr. Rishi Anand, Mr. Niraj Kumar and Mr. Aninda Pal have been all ranked as “Notable Practitioner” & Associate Partners – Mr. Ashish Pahariya and Mr. Avinash Kumar Khard have been ranked as “Rising Star” by the IFLR1000 2022 lawyer rankings.
- DSK Legal has been recognised as a “Recommended Firm” by the IFLR1000 2022 guide.
- Mr. Avinash Khard, Associate Partner has been recognised in the IFLR Asia Future Leaders 2021 list.
- Ms. Chandrima Mitra, Partner and Mr. Rishi Anand, Partner have been recognised in the “India Top TMT/Fintech Lawyers 2021” list by the Asian Legal Business.
- DSK Legal has been awarded with, “Real Estate & Construction Law Firm of the Year,” “Media & Entertainment Law Firm of the Year” and “White Collar Crime Law Firm of the Year” at the 10th Annual Legal Era (Indian Legal Awards) 2021.
- Mr. Anand Desai, Managing Partner has been awarded with “TMT Lawyer of the Year” and Mr. Sajit Suvarna, Deputy Managing Partner with “Real Estate & Construction Lawyer of the Year” at the 10th Annual Legal Era (Indian Legal Awards) 2021.
- DSK Legal’s 6 practice areas have received awards in the India Business Law Journal’s 2021 Indian Law Firm Awards in the categories of Anti-Corruption & White-Collar Crime; Aviation; Infrastructure & Project Finance; Litigation; Media & Entertainment and Real Estate.
- Mr. Anand Desai, Managing Partner has been recognised as a Global Leader for M&A and Corporate Governance in the 2021 Global Guides announced by Who’s Who Legal (WWL).
- DSK Legal has been ranked as a “Recommended Firm” by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2021 rankings.
- Mr. Anand Desai, Managing Partner has been ranked as a “Litigation Star” and Mr. Kirat Singh Nagra, Partner as a “Future Star” for Commercial and Transactions by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2021.
- DSK Legal’s practice areas – (i) Infrastructure & Projects; (ii) Insolvency & Bankruptcy; (iii) Litigation; (iv) Media & Broadcasting and (v) Real Estate & Construction have been enlisted in the Legal Powerlist 2020 as one of the Top Law Firms (Above 10 years experience) by Forbes India.
- Mr. Anand Desai, Managing Partner has been enlisted in the Legal Powerlist 2020 as one of the Top Managing Partners (Above 10 years experience) by Forbes India.
- Ms. Padmini Rathore, Chief Executive Officer has been recognised as one of the Most Promising Women Leaders 2021 by The Economic Times.
- Ms. Chandrima Mitra, Partner has been recognised in the “India’s Top 50 Rising Stars” list by the Asian Legal Business.
- Mr. Anand Desai, Managing Partner and Partners – Mr. Anjan Dasgupta, Mr. Nirav Shah and Mr. Dinesh Pardasani have been all ranked by the Chambers and Partners Global 2021 rankings.
- DSK Legal’s practice areas – Banking & Finance; Corporate/M&A; Dispute Resolution and Projects, Infrastructure & Energy have been ranked by the Chambers and Partners Global 2021 rankings.
- Mr. Anjan Dasgupta, Partner and Mr. Aninda Pal, Partner have been recognised by India Business Law Journal’s Future Legal Leaders 2020, comprising of 50 future legal leaders.
- DSK Legal has been ranked as a “Leading Firm” by the Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021.
- Mr. Sajit Suvarna, Deputy Managing Partner and Mr. Anjan Dasgupta, Partner have been ranked as “Leading Individual” by the Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021.
- Ms. Chandrima Mitra, Partner; Mr. Vikrant Singh Negi, Partner; Ms. Saloni Mody, Associate Partner and Mr. Ashish Pahariya, Associate Partner have been all ranked as “Next Generation Partner” by the Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021.
- Mr. Anand Desai, Managing Partner; Mr. Sajit Suvarna, Deputy Managing Partner; Partners – Mr. Ajay Shaw, Mr. Anjan Dasgupta, Mr. Aparajit Bhattacharya, Mr. Kirat Singh Nagra, Mr. Niraj Kumar, Mr. Nirav Shah, Mr. Jatin Pore, Mr. Dinesh Pardasani, Mr. Vikrant Singh Negi, Mr. Hemang Parekh, Mr. Sagar Kadam, Ms. Chandrima Mitra, Mr. Rishi Anand, Mr. Aninda Pal & Mr. Harvinder Singh and Associate Partners – Mr. Ashish Pahariya & Ms. Saloni Mody have been all ranked as “Recommended Lawyer” by the Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021.
- Mr. Hemang Parekh, Partner is one of the recipients of the “Asian Dealmaker of the Year 2020” by Asian Legal Business.
- Mr. Anand Desai, Managing Partner and Mr. Aparajit Bhattacharya, Partner have been recognised by India Business Law Journal’s The A-List 2020, comprising of 100 A-List Lawyers and 50 Legal Icons. Mr. Anand Desai has been also recognised as one of the 50 Legal Icons.
- Mr. Anand Desai, Managing Partner; Mr. Sajit Suvarna, Deputy Managing Partner and Partners – Mr. Anjan Dasgupta, Mr. Aparajit Bhattacharya, Mr. Ajay Shaw, Mr. Dinesh Pardasani, Ms. Anuja Tiwari, Ms. Chandrima Mitra and Mr. Sagar Kadam have been all ranked by the Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific 2021 rankings.
- DSK Legal has been ranked as a “Top Ranked” Law Firm by Chambers and Partners in their 2021 Asia-Pacific rankings.
- Ms. Saloni Mody, Associate Partner and Mr. Kartik Yadav, Associate Partner have been recognised as “40 under 40 Rising Stars 2020” by the Legal Era.
- DSK Legal has been recognised as a “Recommended Firm” by the IFLR1000 2021 guide.
- Mr. Anand Desai, Managing Partner and Partners – Mr. Anjan Dasgupta, Mr. Ajay Shaw, Mr. Aparajit Bhattacharya, Mr. Harvinder Singh, Mr. Dinesh Pardasani and Mr. Ravi Prakash have been all ranked as “Highly Regarded”; Partners – Mr. Rishi Anand, Mr. Niraj Kumar and Mr. Aninda Pal have been all ranked as “Notable Practitioner” & Ms. Anuja Tiwari, Partner and Mr. Avinash Kumar Khard, Associate Partner have been ranked as “Rising Star” by the IFLR1000 2021 lawyer rankings.
- Mr. Anjan Dasgupta, Partner has been recognised in the IFLR Asia Best Lawyers 2020 list.
- Mr. Anand Desai, Managing Partner has been ranked as an “Elite Practitioner” and Partners – Mr. Sajit Suvarna, Mr. Aparajit Bhattacharya, Mr. Anjan Dasgupta and Mr. Dinesh Pardasani have been all ranked as “Distinguished Practitioner” and Ms. Chandrima Mitra as a “Notable Practitioner” by the Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2021 rankings.
- DSK Legal has been ranked as an “Outstanding Law Firm” by Asialaw Profiles 2021 rankings.
- Mr. Anand Desai, Managing Partner has been ranked as a “Recommended” Global Leader for Corporate Governance, Data – Information Technology and M&A by Who’s Who Legal, 2020.
- Mr. Anand Desai, Managing Partner has been ranked as a “Litigation Star” and Mr. Kirat Singh Nagra, Partner as a “Future Star” for Dispute Resolution, Commercial and Transactions by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2020.
- DSK Legal has won four awards in India Business Law Journal’s 2020 Indian Law Firm Awards in the categories of Litigation; Media, Entertainment & Sports; Real Estate and Technology & Telecommunications.
- Ms. Chandrima Mitra, Partner has been awarded with “Star Women in Law of the Year” at the Legal Era – Women in Law Awards 2020.
- Mr. Anand Desai, Managing Partner has been awarded with “Leadership Excellence Award for Continuous Growth as a Lawyer” at the Legal Era – Indian Legal Awards 2019-20.
- DSK Legal has been recognized as “Real Estate & Construction Law Firm of the Year” and “Media & Entertainment Law Firm of the Year” at the Legal Era – Indian Legal Awards 2019-20.
- DSK Legal has been recognized as “Construction & Real Estate Law Firm of the Year” at the Asian Legal Business (ALB) India Law Awards 2020.
- DSK Legal has been awarded, “Media & Entertainment Law Firm of the Year,” Real Estate Law Firm of the Year” and “Litigation Law Firm of the Year” by India Business Law Journal Indian law Firm Awards 2019.
- DSK Legal Managing Partner, Mr. Anand Desai has been ranked as a “Dispute Resolution Star” by Benchmark Litigation 2019.
- DSK Legal has been ranked as a Tier 2 law firm for Dispute Resolution in “Commercial and Transactions” by Benchmark Litigation 2019.
- DSK Legal Partner, Mr. Aparajit Bhattacharya has been recognized for “Exemplary Contribution to Corporate Law” at the “India Ahead: Leading the New Age Economic Laws Summit” by Legal League Consulting.
- DSK Legal Partners, Ms. Anuja Tiwari; Mr. Rishi Anand and Mr. Hemang Parekh have been recognized as “40 under 40 Rising Stars 2019” by Legal Era.
- DSK Legal Managing Partner, Mr. Anand Desai and Partners, Mr. Sajit Suvarna, Mr. Aparajit Bhattacharya and Mr. Anjan Dasgupta have been all ranked as “Distinguished Practitioner” by Asialaw Leading Lawyers 2020.
- DSK Legal has been ranked as a “Recommended Law Firm” by Asialaw Profiles 2020 rankings.
- DSK Legal Partner, Ms. Anuja Tiwari and Associate Partner, Mr. Avinash Kumar Khard have been ranked as “Rising Star” by IFLR1000 2020 rankings.
- DSK Legal Partners, Mr. Niraj Kumar and Mr. Aninda Pal have been ranked as “Notable Practitioner” by IFLR1000 2020 rankings.
- DSK Legal Managing Partner, Mr. Anand Desai and Partners, Mr. Aparajit Bhattacharya, Mr. Anjan Dasgupta, Mr. Ravi Prakash, Mr. Ajay Shaw and Mr. Harvinder Singh have been all ranked as “Highly Regarded” by IFLR1000 2020 rankings.
- DSK Legal practice areas – Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate and M&A, Project Development and Restructuring & Insolvency have been all recognised by IFLR1000 2020 rankings.
- DSK Legal Managing Partner, Mr. Anand Desai and Partners, Mr. Anjan Dasgupta, Mr. Aparajit Bhattacharya, Mr. Sajit Suvarna, Mr. Sagar Kadam and Mr. Ajay Shaw have been all ranked by Chambers & Partners 2020 (Asia Pacific).
- DSK Legal practice areas – Dispute Resolution, TMT, Real Estate, Corporate/M&A, Private Equity and Projects, Infrastructure and Energy have been all recognised by Chambers & Partners 2020 (Asia Pacific).
- DSK Legal Managing Partner, Mr. Anand Desai has been recognized as one of the “Top 35 Legal Icons” by India Business Law Journal's 2019 A List, comprising of India's Top 100 Lawyers and 35 Legal Icons.
- DSK Legal Partner, Mr. Anjan Dasgupta has been ranked as a “Leading Individual” for Projects & Energy practice area by the Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2020.
Welcome to DSK Legal
DSK Legal is one of the leading full service law firms in India with over 300 fee-earners and 58 partners and associate partners across offices in Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru and Pune.
Profile
DSK Legal was set up in 2001 and has since established an excellent reputation for its integrity and value based proactive, pragmatic and innovative legal advice and its ability to help clients effectively traverse the legal and regulatory regime in India. With offices in Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru and Pune, DSK Legal has grown rapidly on the strength of its expertise to a multi-disciplinary team with over 300 fee-earners, including 58 partners and associate partners. We are modern and inclusive in our outlook, and have a solution oriented approach.
Strengths
DSK Legal’s strength lies in the quality of its lawyers. Their depth of specialization is combined with breadth of experience and a keen commercial focus.
We pride ourselves in having achieved proficiency across diverse service lines, including being recognized by legal journals for aviation, banking and finance, capital markets (debt and equity), corporate & commercial, dispute resolution, environment,
Our Sectors & Services
- Antitrust & Competition
- Art Law
- Intellectual Property Rights
- POCSO
- POSH
- Banking & Finance (including Project Finance)
- Corporate, Commercial and M&A
- Employment
- Technology
- Infrastructure, Energy and Projects
- Litigation & Arbitration
- Media & Entertainment
- Real Estate
- International Trade / WTO
- Restructuring & Insolvency
- White Collar Crime & Fraud Investigations