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Trilegal

Asia-Pacific Guide 2025

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022-40791000

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Firm Details

Managing Partners: Management Committee

Number of Partners: 135

Number of Lawyers: 1000+

Firm Overview

Founded in 2000, Trilegal has rapidly grown into one of India’s most prominent and dynamic full-service law firms. With five offices across Delhi, Gurugram, Mumbai, and Bengaluru, the firm has built a formidable team of over 1,000 lawyers, including more than 130 partners, who deliver practical, result-driven legal counsel through a client-centric approach across various industries. The firm’s consistent growth and recognition as one of the top law firms in India underline their strong presence in the country’s legal landscape.


Trilegal's team of top-tier lawyers brings together vast expertise and significant experience in legal services across key practice areas. The firm’s partners are recognized as some of the best lawyers in India, with extensive experience in high-stakes transactions, regulatory matters, and disputes and a proven track record in sectors such as venture capital, finance, intellectual property, renewable energy, infrastructure, and telecom. The firm has been pivotal in shaping key policy initiatives and advising government bodies, industry bodies and stakeholders on critical national matters. With years of involvement in policy development and law-making, they have earned a reputation as trusted advisors, delivering impactful outcomes.


Main Areas of Practice
  1. Asset Management & Funds: Representing clients in structuring and establishment of investment platforms, co-investment structuring, carried interest and compensation arrangements, buy-outs, spin-offs, JVs, sidecar funds and secondaries, fund-related disputes, extensions and restructuring, governance-related issues, and more.
  2. Banking & Finance: Market-leading expertise in structured financing, including acquisition finance, project finance, private DCM, securitisation, debt restructuring, distressed investments, enforcement, advisory, regulatory matters, and M&A in the financial services sector.
  3. Capital Markets: Expertise in issuing equity and equity-linked instruments, including IPOs, preferential issues, private placements, QIPs, FCCBs, and overseas listings of GDRs.
  4. Competition: Advise clients on a full spectrum of competition matters, including merger control, cartel investigations, abuse of dominance, and competition law compliance.
  5. Corporate: Known for handling complex, high-value cross-border and domestic transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity transactions, high-value debt restructuring, distressed asset management, special situations, and insolvency matters for major Indian corporate groups.
  6. Dispute Resolution:Market-leading practice with expertise in commercial litigation, arbitration, white-collar crime, and ADR. Represented clients in landmark decisions, particularly in the power, aviation, and oil and gas sectors.
  7. Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and Climate Change: Advise businesses on policy, compliance with UN SDGs, waste management, carbon solutions, e-mobility, inclusive finance, affordable housing, green supply chains, and climate tech. Also work with investors and sovereign wealth funds to mobilise finance for green and ESG objectives.
  8. Financial Regulatory: Expert advisory on licensing, business expansion, compliance, financial technology innovation, risk management, internal controls, governance, and derivatives, including ISDA documentation and OTC regulations.
  9. Insolvency & Restructuring: Admission of insolvency applications, advisory through all stages of the resolution or liquidation process and acquisitions arising out of insolvency and corporate restructuring, and more
  10. Labour & Employment: Likely the only top-tier Indian firm with a dedicated team of employment lawyers. The Practice advises on employee compensation and benefits, retention policies, workforce reorganizations, business closures, employee transfers in acquisitions, restrictive covenants, workplace training, disciplinary matters, trade union disputes, and representation before regulatory authorities, including immigration issues.
  11. Private Clients:Providing comprehensive and bespoke solutions for high-net-worth individuals and family businesses on a broad range of issues, including domestic and cross-border succession, family governance, family disputes, tax and regulatory compliances, philanthropy, art and luxury assets, ESG interests, and more.
  12. Projects: Specialised in power, mining, transportation, and social infrastructure, the firm collaborates with governments, multilateral agencies, and private investors to provide solutions in project development, financing, and restructuring.
  13. Real Estate:Assist with investments, joint ventures, and property transactions, including acquisitions, sales, and leases. Expertise includes title due diligence, structuring acquisitions, stamp duty, registration, and negotiating development, construction, project management, and EPC agreements. Impanelled by the Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry for sector-specific expertise.
  14. Tax: Assist with tax advisory, controversy resolution, due diligence, M&As, and international tax structuring, including transfer pricing and litigation.
  15. Technology, Media & Telecom: Support tech businesses globally with solutions across M&A, regulatory and commercial advice, and policy guidance. Services cover data privacy and protection, trademark, IoT, AI/ML, OTT, new media, cloud, mobile, satellite, and other emerging technologies.
  16. White Collar Crimes:Expertise with complex internal and cross-border investigations into inter alia, financial statements frauds, bribery and corruption, kickbacks, vendor fraud, concerns such as workplace misconduct and other behavioural issues at the workplace, data theft, etc.


Key Industries We Serve:

  • Agriculture, Agrichemicals and Fertilisers
  • Airports & Aviation
  • Automotive & Electric Vehicles
  • Banking, Financial Services & Insurance (BFSI)
  • Central & State Government Work
  • Chemicals
  • Construction
  • Defence
  • E-commerce
  • Education & Ed-Tech
  • Fin-Tech
  • Food & Beverages
  • Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, & Life Sciences
  • Hospitality
  • Manufacturing
  • Media & Entertainment
  • Power Transmission &Renewable Energy
  • Metros & Railways
  • Space & Communications


Offices

Bengaluru

6th & 7th floor, Marks Square, No. 61, St. Marks Road, Bangalore, Karnataka-560001

Contact No.: 080-43434646


Mumbai - Fort

One Forbes, 2D, 2nd floor, VB Gandhi Marg, Kala Ghoda, Fort, Mumbai – 400001

Contact No.: 022-40791700


Mumbai - Lower Parel

One World Centre, 10th floor, Tower 2A & 2B, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel, Mumbai – 400013

Contact No.: 022-40791000, 022-49108000


National Capital Region- Delhi

1st floor, Wing A & B, Prius Platinum, D-3, District Centre, Saket, New Delhi-110017

Contact No.: 011-42599200, 011-41639393


National Capital Region -Gurugram

DLF Cyber Park, Tower C, 1st Floor, Phase II, Udyog Vihar, Sector 20, Gurugram – 122008 Haryana, India

Contact No.: 0124-6253200, 0124-6253299

Ranked Offices

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India - Head office
India
  • Bangalore
    Prestige Poseidon, 139 Residency Road , Bangalore, Karnataka, India, 560025
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    Gurgaon
    DLF Cyber Park, Tower C, 1st Floor, Phase II, Udyog Vihar, Sector 20, Gurugram , Gurgaon, Haryana, India, 122008
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    New Delhi
    1st floor, Wing A & B, Prius Platinum, D-3, District Centre Saket , New Delhi, Delhi, India, 110017
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Trilegal rankings

Asia-Pacific Guide 2025
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Banking & Finance
1 Department
2 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Banking & Finance
1
Banking & Finance
1
Band 1
Lawyers
Kannan Rahul
2
Kannan Rahul
2
Band 2
Ameya Khandge
4
Ameya Khandge
4
Band 4
Capital Markets
1 Department
Department
Capital Markets
2
Capital Markets
2
Band 2
Capital Markets: Debt
2 Ranked Lawyers
Lawyers
Bhakta Patnaik
2
Bhakta Patnaik
2
Band 2
U
Murtaza Zoomkawala
U
Up and Coming
Capital Markets: Equity
4 Ranked Lawyers
Lawyers
Bhakta Patnaik
2
Bhakta Patnaik
2
Band 2
Richa Choudhary
3
Richa Choudhary
3
Band 3
Vijay Parthasarathi
3
Vijay Parthasarathi
3
Band 3
U
Murtaza Zoomkawala
U
Up and Coming
Competition/Antitrust
1 Department
2 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Competition/Antitrust
2
Competition/Antitrust
2
Band 2
Lawyers
Gautam Chawla
U
Gautam Chawla
U
Up and Coming
Rudresh Singh
U
Rudresh Singh
U
Up and Coming
Corporate/M&A: Bengaluru-based
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
Kosturi Ghosh
3
Kosturi Ghosh
3
Band 3
Corporate/M&A: Mumbai-based
4 Ranked Lawyers
Lawyers
Nishant Parikh
2
Nishant Parikh
2
Band 2
Sridhar Gorthi
2
Sridhar Gorthi
2
Band 2
Delano Furtado
4
Delano Furtado
4
Band 4
Harsh Maggon
4
Harsh Maggon
4
Band 4
Corporate/M&A: New Delhi-based
3 Ranked Lawyers
Lawyers
Amit Khansaheb
1
Amit Khansaheb
1
Band 1
Yogesh Singh
2
Yogesh Singh
2
Band 2
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