Veritas Legal is a multi-faceted, niche law firm founded in 2015 by Abhijit Joshi and based in Mumbai, India. The team comprises of experienced lawyers who aim to provide clear client-focused legal advice and solutions based on an in-depth knowledge of the legal, regulatory, and commercial environment in India and International jurisdictions.

The firm has a total of 16 Partners who specialize in M&A, Private equity, and Litigation while also expanding their expertise in Real Estate, Private Client Practice, Dispute Resolution and White-collar Crime, Banking & Finance, Projects & Infrastructure, Competition, Labour & Employment etc.

Our Founding and Managing Partner, Abhijit Joshi is a dual-qualified solicitor in India and England, being regarded among Asia’s Top 15 Private Wealth and M&A Lawyers with a noteworthy legal career spanning 3 decades. Over the years, Abhijit has advised various business houses and promoter families and has also represented global conglomerates and large private equity houses across industry sectors on numerous complex deals and cases. Among his many accolades, has also been awarded with the Financial Times Innovation Award (Asia Pacific) for his work on a complex merger transaction. Additionally, he has also provided services to many clients in the hospitality sector.”

Over the years the Firm has been consistently recognized by Resight India, (earlier known as RSG India), Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, Forbes India, Asian Legal Business (ALB), India Business Law Journal (IBLJ), Benchmark Litigation, Asia Law, IFLR1000, Who’s Who Legal to name a few.

Our experienced lawyers possess considerable expertise in the following areas:

Practice Areas

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity & Venture Capital
• Litigation & Dispute Resolution
• Real Estate
• White Collar Crime
• Anti-Trust/Competition
• Joint Ventures
• Private Client Practice
• Direct & Indirect Tax
• Labour & Employment
• Projects & Infrastructure
• Banking & Finance
• Restructuring & Insolvency
• Private Equity in Real Estate (PERE)
• ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)
• Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment, Data & AI

Sectors

• Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare
• Retail & Franchise
• Hotels & Hospitality
• Media, Entertainment & Telecommunications
• Food & Beverages
• Information Technology, Data & AI
• E-Commerce
• Education
• Transport, Logistics & Warehousing
• Financial Services
• Fintech
• Energy
• Oil & Gas
• Water & Waste

Over the years, Veritas Legal has been recognized by the following publications and platforms such as:

FORBES INDIA

• Recognized as a ‘Top Law Firm’ (above 10 years of experience) for Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity and Venture Capital, Joint Ventures in the Legal Powerlist 2023.
• Recognized as a ‘Top Law Firm’ (below 10 years of experience) for Life Sciences& Pharmaceuticals, Mergers& Acquisitions, Joint Venture, Private Equity & Venture Capital, Real Estate, and White Collar Crime in the Legal Powerlist 2022.
• Recognized as a ‘Top Law Firm’ (below 10 years of experience) for Life Sciences & Pharmaceuticals, Mergers & Acquisitions, Joint Venture, Private Equity & Venture Capital, Real Estate & Construction, White Collar Crime and Family in the Legal Powerlist 2021.
• Recognized as a ‘Top Law Firm’ (below 10 years of experience) for Life Sciences & Pharmaceuticals, Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity & Venture Capitalin the Legal Powerlist 2020.

RSG India Report

• Ranked amongst Top 100 Law Firms Ranking 2024 and 18th in Profile and Reputation.
• Ranked 15 in the Top 50 India Ranking 2019.
• Ranked 27 in the Top 40 India Ranking 2017.

Chambers & Partners Asia-Pacific Guide

• Ranked in Band - 3 for Corporate/M&A (The Elite) in 2022, 2023 and 2025.
• Ranked in Band - 3 for Private Equity(India) in 2022 - 2025.
• Ranked in Band - 3 for Real Estate (Mumbai)in 2025.
• Ranked in Band - 4 for Real Estate(Mumbai) in 2022 - 2024.

Chambers & Partners Global Guide

• Ranked in Band - 3 for Corporate / M&A: The Elite (India) in 2023 - 2025.
• Ranked in Band - 2 for Corporate/M&A (India-The Elite) in 2022.
• Ranked in Band - 3for Corporate/M&A (India)in 2019 - 2021.

Chambers & Partners High Net Worth Guide

• Ranked in Band - 2 for Private Wealth Law (India) in 2022 and 2024.

Legal500Asia Pacific Guide

• Ranked in Tier - 2 for Private Client in 2021 - 2025.
• Ranked in Tier - 2for White Collar Crime in 2021 - 2024.
• Ranked in Tier - 3 for White Collar Crime in 2025.
• Ranked in Tier - 3 for Corporate and M&A in 2021 - 2025.
• Ranked in Tier - 3 for Private Equity Funds (including Venture Capital) in 2024 and 2025.
• Ranked in Tier - 3 for Antitrust and Competition in 2022 - 2024.
• Ranked in Tier - 4 for Antitrust and Competition in 2025.
• Ranked in Tier - 4 for Banking and Finance in 2025.
• Ranked in Tier - 4 for Real Estate and Construction in 2025.
• Recognized as ‘Firms to Watch’ for Real Estate and Construction (India) in 2022 - 2024.

IFLR1000

• Ranked in Tier - 3 for Mergers and Acquisitions in 2023 and 2024.
• Ranked in Tier – 3 for Private Equity in 2023 and 2024.
• Ranked as a 'Notable Firm' for Banking in 2023 and 2024.
• Ranked as a 'Notable Firm' for Real Estate in 2024.
• Ranked as a 'Notable Firm' for Financial Service Regulatory in 2024.
• Awarded ‘Rising Star Firm of the Year’ by IFLR1000 India Awards 2020.
• Ranked as a ‘Notable Firm’ for Mergers and Acquisitions (India) in 2019 - 2021.

Asialaw Profiles

• Recognized as a ‘Highly Recommended Firm’ for Corporate and M&A and Private Equity in 2022 and 2024.
• Ranked as a ‘Recognized Firm’ for Dispute Resolution and Real Estate in 2022 and 2024.
• Ranked as a 'Recognized Firm' in Banking and Finance in 2024.
• Recognized as a ‘Recommended Firm’ in Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences in 2022 and 2024.
• Recognized as a ‘Notable Firm’ for Construction, Competition/Antitrust, Technology and Telecommunications in 2022 and 2024.

Asian Legal Business

• Recognized as a ‘Notable Firm’ for Banking & Finance (India) in 2023.
• Recognized as a ‘Notable Firm’ for Competition (India) in 2022 and 2023.
• Named as a ‘Recognized Firm’ for Dispute Resolution and Real Estate in 2023.
• Recognized as a ‘Notable Firm’ for Technology and Telecommunications (India) in 2021 and 2022.
• Recognized as a 'Tier 2 Firm' in M&A Rankings in 2019 - 2021, 2023 and 2024.
• Awarded ‘M&A Deal of the Year (Mid-size)’ by ALB India Law Awards 2022.
• Recognized as ‘Boutique Law Firm of the Year’ by ALB India Law Awards 2021.
• Recognized as ‘India Firms to Watch’ by Asian Legal Business 2021.
• Awarded ‘Rising Law Firm of the Year’ in the ALB India Law Awards 2020.

India Business Law Journal

• Awarded ‘Winning Law Firm’ for Private Client Practice in the Indian Law Firm Awards 2021 - 2024.
• Awarded ‘Winning Law Firm’ for Corporate & Commercial in the Indian Law Firm Awards in 2019, 2020 and 2024.

Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific

• Recognized as ‘Recommended Law Firm (Mumbai)’ in 2023 and 2024.
• Ranked in Tier - 4 for Government & Regulatory in 2023 - 2024.
• Ranked in Tier - 3 for Commercial & Transactions in 2022 - 2024.
• Recognized as a ‘Recommended Firm’ for White Collar Crime from 2020 - 2024.
• Recognized as a ‘Notable Firm’ for Insolvency in 2023 - 2024.
• Recognized as a ‘Notable Firm’ for Government & Regulatory in 2022.
• Recognized as a ‘Notable Firm’ for International Arbitration in 2022 - 2024.
• Recognized as a ‘Notable Firm’ for Construction in 2020 - 2024.
• Ranked amongst ‘Impact Case of the Year’ list along with other firms in Anupam Mittal (Shaadi.com) v Westbridge Ventures II Investment Holdings second time in a row.

Business World

• Awarded ‘Private Equity Firm of the Year’ by the Business World Global Legal Summit and Legal Leaders Awards 2021.
• Awarded ‘Pharma & Life Science Law Firm of the Year’ by the Business World Legal Leaders Awards 2019.

Legal Era

• Awarded Mid-Size Law Firm of the Year in the LegalEra Awards 2023.
• Awarded ‘Most Promising Law Firm of the Year (3 years & above)’in the Legal Era Indian Legal Awards 2019 - 2020.

League Table Rankings

VCCircle Awards

• Awarded 'Law Firm of the Year (Emerging)' award at VCC Awards 2023.

Mergermarket

• Ranked No. 8 by deal count in the Mergermarket M&A (India) Legal Advisory League Table 2021.

Bloomberg

• Ranked No. 8 by deal count for India Announced Deals in the Bloomberg Global M&A Legal Rankings 2022.

Venture Intelligence

• Ranked No. 13 by deal value in the Venture Intelligence Private Equity League Table 2024.
• Ranked No. 20 by deal count in the Venture Intelligence M&A League Table 2024.
• Ranked No. 16 by deal count in the Venture Intelligence M&A League Table 2022.
• Ranked No. 17 by deal value in the Venture Intelligence Private Equity League Table 2022.
• Ranked No. 7 by deal count for Healthcare & Life Sciences in the Venture Intelligence M&A League Table 2022.
• Ranked No. 2 by deal value and deal count (PE) for Media & Entertainment in the Venture Intelligence League Table 2022.
• Ranked No. 10 by deal value and deal count (PE) and Ranked No. 2 by deal count (M&A) for Retail in the Venture Intelligence League Table 2022.
• Ranked No. 4 by deal value (PE) for Shipping & Logistics in the Venture Intelligence League Table 2022.
• Ranked No. 10 by deal count (M&A) for IT & ITES in the Venture Intelligence League Table 2022.
• Ranked No. 3 by deal count (M&A) for Textile & Garments in the Venture Intelligence League Table 2022.
• Ranked No. 9 by deal count (M&A) for BFSI in the Venture Intelligence League Table 2022.

Refinitv

• Ranked No. 16 (Asia Pacific Advisors) in the Refinitiv Global Private Equity and Venture Capital League Table 2021.
• Ranked No. 20 (Asia Pacific Advisors) in the Refinitiv Global Small-Cap M&A Legal Advisory League Table 2021 and 2022.