ESTABLISHED IN 1890
Total number of professionals: 40 (10 partners)
Principal office: Mumbai
Key practice areas
Arbitration & ADR; banking & finance; bankruptcy & insolvency; capital markets; compliance; corporate & commercial; corporate governance; data protection; e-commerce, fintech, blockchain & cryptos; healthcare & pharmaceuticals; inbound investment; infrastructure; insurance & reinsurance; intellectual property; joint ventures; labour & employment; licensing & franchising; litigation; mergers & acquisitions; private client; private equity, venture capital & funds; project finance; real estate; restructuring & insolvency; securitisation & structured finance; succession planning (family office); taxation; technology, media and telecommunications; transport & logistics; trusts, charities and not-for-profits.
Our services
With a glorious legacy of 133 years, Kanga & Co is one of India’s oldest law firms established in 1890 with its spacious office located in downtown Mumbai and within walking distance from the High Court of Judicature at Mumbai.
We presently have 10 partners and 1 associate partner, each with a wealth of experience, who are ably supported by a team of talented associates. The firm is broadly divided into principal departments like mergers & acquisitions, private equity and venture capital, capital markets, corporate & commercial, banking & finance, real estate, litigation and dispute resolution, intellectual property, taxation and franchising. Our multidisciplinary teams are recognised for their sound advice and assist clients in achieving their desired tasks and goals.
We have a varied clientele ranging from banks, financial institutions, large corporate houses and real estate developers to private & public companies, firms as well as individuals, many of whom have continued their patronage to the firm for decades and generations. We have also established a wide network and good working relationship with international law firms.
The firm has received numerous accolades over the years: ranked by Legal 500 as one of the top firms for real estate; awarded the India Business Law Journal (IBLJ), Indian law firm award in the construction and real estate categories for over a decade; it received Asian Counsel’s Firm of the Year award for regulatory & compliance in India in 2010 and for maritime and shipping in 2011; it was named Global Law Experts’ Indian Franchise Law Firm of the Year in 2011; received Acquisition International M&A Awards’ Corporate Litigation Law Firm of the Year in India award in 2012; won IBLJ’s India law firm award for corporate and commercial in 2012 and the IBLJ Dealmakers Deal of the Year award in 2012 and 2014.
Shailesh Vaidya is recognised as a leading lawyer by Chambers & Partners. Preeti Mehta has, for the last several years, been recognised as a leading lawyer by the International Who’s Who for Mergers & Acquisition Lawyers and Franchising in India and included in IBLJ’s “A List” of Top 100 lawyers in India and has been recognised by Chambers & Partners for Corporate and M&A.
Key contact partners: Mergers & acquisitions (Preeti Mehta, Chetan Thakkar); private equity & venture capital (Preeti Mehta, Chetan Thakkar); real estate (Shailesh Vaidya, Kunal Vaidya); banking & finance (Preeti Mehta, Chetan Thakkar); capital markets (Chetan Thakkar), corporate & commercial (Preeti Mehta, Chetan Thakkar), franchising (Preeti Mehta); litigation & dispute resolution (Atul Desai, Ashir Amin, Ravi Gandhi, Punit Damodar, Mahek Kamdar); intellectual property (Chetan Thakkar); taxation (Bharat Damodar).
Independent intelligence on this law firm
The following information is sourced directly from India Business Law Journal and/or Law.asia and is not part of the directory listing provided by the law firm.
Testimonials
Kanga is “very thorough in understanding legal provisions, strategic thinking and providing services in a timely manner,” says Govind Iyengar, senior vice president of legal and company secretary at United Breweries. Clients recommend senior partner Preeti Mehta, partner Punit Damodar, and associate Jalees Shaikh.
Indian Law Firm Awards 2022 – REAL ESTATE
The firm’s team is commended for providing “a solution-oriented approach to various complex transactions”, as well as being “very meticulous, focused and balanced in their advice”. Clients applaud senior partner Shailesh Vaidya and partner Rishiraj Bhatt for providing advice that is “very balanced and correct in law”, as well as associate partner Shuchii Pathak for transaction documentation and corporate due diligence.
Indian Law Firm Awards 2020 – REAL ESTATE
Notable deals
Recognised by India Business Law Journal as Deals of the Year
Sumitomo lists in India after reverse merger | 2020 | N/A | Details |
Diageo gains control of United Spirits and sells Whyte & Mackay | 2014 | US$4.3 billion | Details |
Contact us
Mumbai
Readymoney Mansion,
43, Veer Nariman Road,
Mumbai – 400 001
India
Website
www.kangacompany.com