Anshul Prakash is a Partner with the Employment Labour and Benefits practice group in the Mumbai office. Anshul exclusively advises several prominent domestic and international clients on full suite of contentious and non-contentious employment and labour law related matters concerning employee documentation and policies, ethics and compliance, workplace strategies, workforce management including outsourcing and secondment, social security, equity and non-equity based benefits and incentives, industrial relations including trade union strategies, transition due to business transfers, workplace harassment & discrimination, structuring benefits & incentives, health & safety, internal inquiries, white collar investigations, employee communication, staff and management trainings and representation before labour and other statutory authorities.
Anshul also leads the Firm’s thought leadership initiative on advocacy and knowledge sharing in employment and labour law space, and actively shares insights on evolving jurisprudence in the employment and labour law space in several industry publications, print media and public speaking events organized by industry bodies, including CII, HRFI, ASSOCHAM, IFCCI, IGCCI, ICSI amongst others and practice forums such as IBA, IEL to name a few.
Anshul and the ELB practice under his leadership have won several awards and recognitions over the years being ranked Tier-1 across league tables (including the Labour & Employment Law Firm of the Year award at Legal Era Indian Legal Awards 2022). Individually, Anshul has been recognized as Litigation star in Labour and employment for the 2024 edition of Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific he is also amongst the Top 10 Influential Employment Lawyers by Business Today (2023), Ranked by Human Resource Association of India amongst Top 50 under 50 HR Leaders 2023, Labour & Employment Lawyer of the Year 2022-23 by Legal Era, Leading Individual Lawyer (Labour & Employment) by Legal Era for 2021, 2022 and 2023 as well as Top Individual Lawyer (Labour & Employment) by Forbes India Legal Power list 2020-21 and 2023-24. He has also been recognized amongst ALB India’s Super 50 Lawyers in 2022 and 2021 besides being recognized by BW Legal World among Top 40 Under 40 “Finest Lawyers” & “Legal Eagles” of the Indian Legal Ecosystem, and honorably ranked and highly recommended by Chambers & Partners Asia Pacific 2024, Legal 500 Asia Pacific (Leading Individual Practitioner) and Asia Law Profiles (Client Service Excellence in Labour & Employment).
Employment, Labour and Benefits
White Collar Crimes and Investigations
Advised on various employment and labour compliance related issues in relation to its merger with Schering-Plough Corporation which has been renamed Merck & Co., Inc along with advice on issues related to industrial safety and health.
Advised on issues such as labour transfer, social security liabilities, transfer and retrenchment of workmen in relation to the sale of businesses of coatings resins of Cray Valley (Europe, Asia, South Africa) and Cook Composite Polymers (United States), as well as the photocure resins of Sartomer (Europe, United States, Asia) to Arkema S.A., France, having deal size of USD 720 million.
Advised on proposed group restructuring in India including retrenchment strategy, assistance in handling trade union disputes and relocation of plant operations.
Advised on employee investigation and exit, multi-location labour law compliance check, industrial relations, contract workers engagement, employment documentation and advisory including prevention of sexual harassment related aspects.
Advised on compliance training for employees, internal investigations, employee terminations, general employment and anti-bribery advisory.
Advised on senior executive exit strategy, documentation and related compliances.
Advised on aspects concerning workforce transition and mobility in relation to its acquisition of NASDAQ’s public relations business.
Advised on employment documentation including employee handbook, employment contracts, consultancy agreements, code of conduct, full and final settlement letters.
Advised on investigation of alleged unfair employment practices at workplace.
- Recognised as a ‘Highly Recommended Lawyer’ by Chambers & Partners Asia Pacific 2024
- Recognised as ‘Top Individual Lawyer -Labour & Employment’ by Forbes India Legal Power 2023-24
- Recognised as ‘Litigation Star’ in Labour and employment by Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific 2024
- Recognised amongst ‘Top 10 Influential Employment Lawyers’ by Business Today, 2023
- Recognised amongst ‘Top 50 under 50 HR Leaders’ by Human Resource Association of India 2023
