MAHESHWARI & CO - Key Persons
Akhand is a practicing Advocate with an experience of more than a decade. He has a comprehensive understanding and vast knowledge of Indian civil, industrial, and labour laws. He has handled some of the highly complex and complicated matters pertaining to Constitutional law, service & labour, company and criminal and have also handled the due diligence process.
He has extensive experience of appearing and arguing before the Supreme Court of India, Delhi High Court, Allahabad High Court, and various tribunals such as Debt Recovery Tribunal, National Green Tribunal, Consumer Forum, State Commission Delhi, State Commission U.P. at Lucknow, National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission, Central Administrative Tribunal, Central Government Industrial Tribunal, District & Sessions Courts and Arbitral Tribunals. In the past he has served counsel for State of Uttar Pradesh before Supreme Court of India.
Akhil has vast experience in various areas of Direct Taxes including Income Tax, TDS, Transfer Pricing, Foreign Remittance, Foreign Inwards; Indirect Taxes including Service Tax, VAT & CST.
He has been assisting various multinationals in corporate law matters and holds expertise in the field of Tax Audits, Internal Audits & Statutory Audits of various corporates etc.
He renders advisory, planning & compliances services and provides compliance services related to Accounting Standards as applicable to companies, firms etc.
Arash is having diverse experience in corporate laws. She assists various Indian and multinational corporations in transactions relating to cross border merger and acquisition, Joint Ventures, company formations, restructuring, technology transfer, private equity funding and intellectual property. She assists in drafting of commercial contracts and other documents relating to transactional work. She renders services to both public and private sector corporations. She works across various sectors including pharmaceuticals, specialized medical equipment, automotive, manufacturing, retail, etc. She has wide experience in dealing with various authorities, government departments and Embassies.
Dhananjay has a comprehensive understanding of Indian civil and corporate laws having a practice of more than thirty years.
He has been appearing before Hon'ble Mumbai High Court, various other district courts in Maharashtra, Labor Courts / Administrative Authorities in Mumbai. He acts and appears in diverse complex multi-jurisdictional national and international commercial arbitrations, and disputes involving tortious and contractual aspects of civil law.
He has experience in handling matters related to the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code and debt recovery proceedings. He routinely appears for Indian and foreign banks. He has advised several clients in arbitrations and court cases related to shareholder disputes, commercial contracts, concession agreements supply, sale contracts and engineering contracts.
Job Titles:
- Advisor
- Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Diksha is an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and a Post Graduate. She is practicing primarily in the fields of Audit and Assurance, International Taxation and advisory. She is driving the mission of creating a highly "client centric and people centric organisation". A firm believer of the entrepreneurial model, she inspires and ignites passion, creativity and innovation in those around her. She has experience is handling domestic client on Accounting Concepts, Compliance under various law like companies act and income Tax act, Effective control and procedure
She has been actively involved in Preparation of financial statement, Annual Reports and Individual tax Audit and Consolidation of financial statement.
Gunjan is having more than 10 years of extensive experience in the field of Company Law Matters including mergers and amalgamations (M&A), de-mergers, restructuring, Corporate Insolvency & Bankruptcy matters, winding up matters, stamp laws matters, Banking Laws matters along with other commercial and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) law matters.
She has been regularly appearing before various courts and quasi-judicial bodies including National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), District Courts, and High Courts. She is also involved in the formation of Companies, LLPs, and trusts.
She has also been involved in the drafting of legal opinions, contracts, agreements, etc. for various commercial transactions for the public as well as private sector entities.
J B Singh has vast knowledge and a rich experience of more than 30 Years in Arbitration and Litigation matters. He has comprehensive understanding of Indian civil and criminal laws. He specializes in Industrial Laws.
He also has good command over conveyance, drafting, and interpretation of various type of contract/agreement such as collaboration, joint venture, consortium, Employment Contract, Employee Hand- book, Sale Deed, Lease Deed, Memorandum of Understanding, Builder Buyer Agreement, Franchisee Agreement, Business Conducting Agreement, Escrow Agreement Guarantees Regulation and Technology Transfer Agreements General Power of Attorney.
Job Titles:
- Head - Corporate Practice
Jyotsna is specialized with an extensive experience in Merger & Acquisition, Foreign Collaboration particularly in the field of technological collaboration where the technologies are transferred between the JV Partners and handled various Corporate Advisory work.
She has an extensive experience of more than 15 years. She has experience on the complete spectrum of corporate laws and transactional advisory matters: mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, venture capital transactions, private equity, foreign collaborations including joint ventures. She has also worked on various compliance issues across India.
She has done various cross-border transactions and extensively structured Shareholders Agreements, Joint Venture Agreements, and Technology Licensing Agreements. She has been advising upon various employment matters. She has an experience of working in various sectors including Automotive, FMCG, Manufacturing, Real Estate, Health Care, Education, Insurance and Financial Services. She has dealt on various FEMA issues advising Foreign Companies affecting their entry into India. She has represented Companies before various authorities including DIPP, Reserve Bank of India, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Competition Commission of India and National Company Law Tribunal.
She has spoken on various National and International Conferences and Seminars and has written various articles on different issues pertaining to her specialization sectors.
Karishma has extensive experience in voluntary and compulsory Insolvency, Bankruptcy and Winding up matters.
She has been working on various cases in National Company Law Tribunal along with SARFAESI and Debt Recovery Tribunal. She assists in technical aspects of Foreign Direct Investments, Company Laws and liaisons with government offices like Regional Director, Registrar of Companies, Reserve Bank of India.
She works closely with start-ups assisting them in registration, funding, etc. She is actively involved in corporate due-diligence of companies.
Ketan specializes in Trade Mark prosecution, portfolio management, creating filing strategies for and prosecuting applications, oppositions, invalidation actions and working out amicable resolutions/settlements in contentious proceedings.
He is also actively involved in the litigation matters in courts appellate tribunals, and boards for trademarks and copyright matters. He provides strategic consultation to clients to safeguard their work under the IP Laws of India.
He has successfully defended 300+ TM portfolios for large corporations in India. He also has specialization in drafting IP matters specially in Trademark & Copyright filing and has also drafted various IP Assignments legal agreements contracts, applications, petitions on various commercial and corporate matters pertaining to E-commerce, Startups, etc.
Konark is a practicing advocate with significant experience in fields of civil disputes, writ jurisdiction, criminal laws, arbitration and mediation and corporate & commercial laws.
He has successfully handled matters for Government organizations, Public Sector Undertakings, National and International Banks.
He has extensive and in-depth knowledge of International Arbitration Laws, Intellectual Property Law, Cyber Laws, Fintech Laws, Commercial & Contractual Laws and Global Diplomacy.
He has done various certification from Ivy League Universities and Foreign Universities.
Job Titles:
- Vice President of the Indo - German Lawyer Association
Markus is the Vice President of the Indo-German Lawyer Association. He is the head of Saxon Chapter of the German-Indian-Round Table Network (GILT) and alumni of the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Umberto Grella is a distinguished Italian legal professional with a robust background in international cross-border transactions and corporate law. His expertise extends to various legal areas, including urban planning, construction, real estate, environmental management, employment, bankruptcy, sports law, and mergers and acquisitions.
In his capacity as an active member of the Indo-Italian Business Collaboration, he has amassed significant experience in advising on diverse transactions related to inbound and outbound cross-border activities between India and Italy. Furthermore, he has offered strategic consulting services to multinational corporations. Over the course of his distinguished career, He has also effectively overseen a multitude of Litigation & Arbitration cases spanning various courts in both the European Union and India.
He is a member of the Monza Bar Association in Milan (N°739) and holds affiliations with the Lombard Society of Administrative Lawyers, as well as the Society of Italian, French, and German Administrative Lawyers. He is duly registered in the special register of lawyers before the Court of Cassation and higher jurisdictions, and serves as the Secretary of the Administrative Chamber of Monza and Brianza.
Praveen Maratha is an experienced lawyer with a comprehensive understanding of Indian civil, criminal and commerical laws. He has successfully done various criminal trials.
Shantanu at Maheshwari and CO.is a practicing advocate, who is part of the team which isactively involved in dealing with high stake litigation and dispute resolution matters.
He is involved in matters pertaining to commercial as well criminal litigation andregularly appears before various courts and tribunals including District courts, High Court,Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT), Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal (DRAT), Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA), National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and Consumer court for representation of matters. He is also involved inthe drafting of various legal documents including Notices, Complaints, Applications, petitions, pleadings, etc. for giving valuable representation to clients.
Sharad has 10 years of experience in litigation. He has been dealing with matters relating to Industrial and Labour Laws, litigation of various nature at different High Courts, Debt Recovery Tribunals, SARAFAESI cases, Central Government Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Courts, Industrial Dispute cases, Labour Authorities in Payment of Gratuity and Conciliation cases and State Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission, District Consumer Forum. He has also handled various civil suits, recovery suits.
He has also handled litigation pertaining to various national and multinational banks, public sector undertakings and multinational corporations. He has gathered a good amount of experience in Labour Laws, Consumer Laws and Service laws and family laws.
Shekhar is former Executive Director from Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited. He has a rich experience of more than 35 years in the Oil & Gas sector .
He has comprehensive understanding dealing in complex arbitration matters pertaining to the Oil & Gas sector and advising on various Agreements with stakeholders including customers/contractors/JV partners, providing opinions and settling strategy for dealing with critical issues including mergers and restructuring of affiliate companies.
Shyamli specializes in Intellectual Property Laws and has a comprehensive understanding of Data Protection Laws, Labour Laws, Banking Laws and their compliances. She has a good command over drafting and interpreting various Contracts and Agreements, term sheets, Employment Agreements, drafting SLPs, and Writ Petitions. She has attended various matters before various judicial and quasi-judicial bodies like National Company Law Tribunal, National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, District Courts, and High Courts and has done number of Trademark, Copyright and Patent filing.
Subodh is an accomplished professional with top-ranking academic distinctions. Bachelor of Science (Engineering), MBA, Management Development Programme from University of Leeds, UK. He evolved start-up organisations in India (BSNL, MTNL, Telecom Consultants India Limited and Reliance Communications) and overseas (wireless Indonesia and Hayat Communications, Dubai) into successful enterprises, through ingenious and tactical initiatives.
He has rich experience of more than 34 years', including 15 years in development of City Gas Distribution (CGD) Networks & Natural Gas and Petroleum Product Pipelines. He has comprehensive understanding of Demand assessment & project viability assignments, Technical Tie-up, arranged Investor Meet for large fund managers in Oil & Gas sector. He has an expertise in preparingFeasibility Report, Financial Appraisals, Online Consultancy assignments through consulting aggregators, Advisory on Regulatory, Commercial & Financial Areas with Risk Evaluation, Investment Due Diligence (CGD Network design, Demand & Cost Review), Advisory on Merger & Acquisition (M&A) proposal in CGD Sector, Training & Development in Functional Areas & Strategy Workshops.