Competition/Antitrust - India
What the team is known for
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has a substantial national competition law practice, especially in Mumbai and Delhi, and is active across the full range of contentious, transactional and compliance mandates. Its competition practice is noted both for its merger control practice, which operates in coordination with the firm's standout M&A team, and for its handling of high-profile or especially complex disputes. The team is renowned for its ability to advise on global transactional questions and for its experience of precedent-setting litigation up to Supreme Court level. The firm represents many leading Indian and global clients from sectors including technology, automotive and transportation. Clients include Viacom 18, Essar and Advent International. It is experienced in supporting clients with investigations, including dawn raids.
Strengths
"Their competition law team are very strong and able to advise on matters irrespective of the complexity involved."
"They have a good team with a strong commercial bent of mind."
Work highlights
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advised Advent International on its acquisition of a 10% stake in Yes Bank and assisted with filings for procuring the approval of the Competition Commission of India.
Notable practitioners
Avaantika Kakkar heads Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas's competition law department from Mumbai and is highly respected for advising on both contentious matters and merger control. "Avaantika's depth of knowledge is excellent. She has very good commercial understanding and excellent turnaround time." "She and her firm are easy to deal with and their performance is very good."
Vijay Pratap Singh Chauhan has experience acting on a range of contentious and non-contentious competition law matters in India, operating from the firm's Delhi office. His experience includes merger control, dawn raids and cartel investigations.
Dhruv Rajain is a partner in Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas's Delhi office, acting for leading Indian and global corporates. He focuses on merger control issues, advising on pre-merger notifications, approvals, enforcements and related investigations.
