Bengaluru

Vivek is a partner in the Corporate and Commercial practice group in the Bengaluru office.

Avik is part of the leadership of the Ethics & Investigations and Employment Law practices group of Khaitan & Co.

Anshul is a Partner in the Direct tax practice group in the Bengaluru office. She has over 17 years of experience in areas of corporate taxation, tax litigation and transaction advisory. Her prior experience includes corporate development with a seafood start-up involving global acquisitions and expansion, and 14 years with the direct tax and regulatory practice of a Big4 firm.

Brijesh Kothary is a Partner in the Indirect Tax practice group. Prior to joining the Firm, Brijesh was a partner at Lakshmikumaran and Sridharan Attorneys (Bengaluru).

Brijesh has over 12 years of experience in Indirect Tax and Customs Law. Prior to the advent of Goods and Services Tax, he has worked extensively in diverse areas of indirect taxation and allied laws including Central Excise, Service Tax and VAT. He advises clients in core areas of optimising tax exposures and structuring efficient business models.

Nagashayana is a partner in the capital markets practice group in the Bengaluru office. He has advised issuers and investment banks (both domestic and global) in a wide range of securities offerings and capital markets transactions, including IPOs, qualified institutions placements, domestic and overseas debt issuances, private placement of securities, takeovers, block trades and international listings.

Tamarra Sequeira is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution practice group in the Bengaluru office. Tamarra specialises in civil and commercial litigation and appears before the High Court of Karnataka, Civil Courts at Bengaluru, and various statutory authorities and Tribunals. Tamarra has advised multinational and domestic corporations, banks, individuals, proprietary concerns and firms on a variety of legal issues dealing with contract law, arbitration law, company law, property law, labour law, family law, agricultural marketing laws, laws relating to negotiable instruments, etc.

Aravind Venugopal is a Partner in the Corporate and Commercial Practice group in the Bengaluru office. Aravind has advised on several large, complex and market leading M&A transactions, including joint ventures, minority and control investments and exits and contentious exits. Aravind has acted on multiple overseas acquisitions as the global lead counsel and has advised listed clients in relation to governance issues and shareholder activism. He has a special focus on financial services and insurance sectors.

Akshika Harikrishnan is a Director in the Direct Tax and Private Client practice. Prior to joining the Firm, Akshika was a director in family office, M&A and PE tax at KPMG.

Hardik Bhatia is a Partner in the corporate practice group in Bengaluru. Hardik specializes in mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital investments, joint venture transactions, business structuring matters and other general corporate matters. Hardik’s sectoral expertise includes IT & ITES, healthcare and auto and electronic component manufacturing industries.

Ganapathy Subbiah is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution practice groups. He advises and represents domestic and multinational clients on commercial disputes, arbitrations, white-collar crimes, regulatory/ enforcement actions, IPR, employment and mining matters before various Courts and authorities.