Aninda PalPartner
Mumbai Office
1701, One World Centre
Floor 17, Tower 2B
841, Senapati Bapat Marg
Mumbai – 400013, India
Service Lines
- Corporate & Commercial Laws
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Private Equity and Venture Capital
- Joint Ventures and Foreign Investments
About Aninda Pal
Aninda is a partner at the firm’s Mumbai office. He is a part of the Corporate Commercial, M&A and PE-VC practice group and his core areas of practice include mergers & acquisitions (in-bound and out-bound), private equity, venture capital, joint ventures, corporate restructurings and reorganizations (including insolvency), regulatory advisory and general corporate. He also focuses on stress asset buy-outs including assets under IBC.
He has 16+ years of experience and advises clients on all aspects of transactions/assignments – structuring from an Indian legal & regulatory perspective, strategizing transactions/exits, due diligences (including anti- corruption), documentation, negotiation and closing. He advises a range of clients across industries on a diverse range of cross-border and domestic transactions be it, buy side or sell side. The kind of industries he has advised include manufacturing (across diverse sectors), FMCG, pharma, retail, infrastructure (including roads, airports and ports), power/ energy (including renewable energy), health-care, hospitality, IT and e-commerce.
He also has extensive non-transactional experience and advices clients on corporate, securities & foreign exchange laws, setting up of new business, assisting in day-to-day business issues and operations, raising funds and securing approvals from various authorities including RBI, SEBI, DPIIT, MIB, MHA.
Prior to joining DSK Legal, he was a partner with HSA Advocates, before which he worked as a Counsel at Trilegal, Mumbai, as a senior member of the corporate practice group – where he has lead and was part of teams which won ‘deal of the year awards’.
Aninda is also actively involved in pro bono work and regularly advises a NGO – FromU2Them (www.fromu2them.org).
Awards and Recognition
- Ranked as a ‘Recommended Lawyer’ by Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022 & 2023.
- Identified as one of India’s Top Lawyers | A-List 2022-23 by India Business Law Journal.
- Identified as one of India’s Future Legal Leader by India Business Law Journal 2020.
- Regularly recognized as a ‘Notable Practitioner’ by the IFLR1000.
Client Testimonials
- “I was lucky to have Aninda Pal at my side, not only because he guided me through the complexity of the Indian legal system with ease (focusing on corporate and M&A, but on real estate matters too), but also because he would would work around the client’s needs to find the best practical.” – Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2021
- “Very good lawyer, reliable and knowledgeable.” – Asialaw Profiles 2022
