Competition/Antitrust - India
Band 1
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. It is experienced in supporting clients with investigations, including dawn raids.
Strengths
The advice and guidance provided by them has been very professional and deep.
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas are extremely responsive and make themselves available for all initiatives and opinions we reach out to them for.
Work Highlights
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advised Warburg Pincus and Shriram Finance on the competition law aspect of Shriram Housing Finance's acquisition by Warburg Pincus through its affiliate Mango Crest Investment.
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 the best competition lawyer in India. For the hardest matters, she is the person to go to.
We respect Avaantika's expertise and knowledge, and appreciate the sound advice we always receive.
Dhruv Rajain is a partner in Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas' 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.
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.
Vijay is very responsive and provides commercial advice on complex issues.
Kaustav Kundu boasts a growing profile in this space, harbouring extensive experience in high-profile competition law matters. He is particularly active on merger control and antitrust litigation.
Kaustav is a gem.
Kaustav is very detail-oriented and helpful.
