Chandhiok & Mahajan, Advocates and Solicitors
Shafaq Uraizee Sapre serves as the Managing Partner at Chandhiok & Mahajan, Advocates and Solicitors in Mumbai since June 2023, bringing extensive experience in corporate law and a specialization in Mergers and Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, and Private Equity. Prior roles include Managing Partner at Uraizee Law Associates, Partner at J. Sagar Associates, Executive Partner and Corporate Head at Lakshmikumaran and Sridharan, and Partner at Bharucha & Partners. Earlier in career, Shafaq held positions such as Head of Joint Ventures at Nishith Desai Associates and Senior Associate at Vigil Juris. Educational credentials include an LLB from Government Law College, Mumbai, an LLM in Human Rights, Criminology, and Business Laws from the University of Mumbai, and a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Jai Hind College, Mumbai.
Chandhiok & Mahajan, Advocates and Solicitors
Chandhiok & Mahajan (formerly, Chandhiok & Associates) is the culmination of the belief of its founding partners of providing a multi-disciplinary and solution-based approach to their client’s legal needs. Among one of the fastest-growing firms in India, we are considered a rising force by various publications and editorials around the world. Our key practice areas encompass the full spectrum of corporate, commercial, and business laws which include competition, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, data protection, and privacy, employment, finance, insolvency and restructuring, litigation and alternate dispute resolution, and regulatory and government affairs. Our clients include some of the largest domestic and multinational corporations, government institutions, restructuring and insolvency professionals, financial institutions, and promoter groups. They rely on us to capitalize on new opportunities, manage their risks, and meet the challenges of an ever-changing business and legal environment in India and beyond. We have some of the largest domestic and multinational corporations and financial institutions as our clients. Importantly, we work together – with our clients and for our clients. We derive our strength from our lawyers. We have a presence in three major Indian cities, New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad and are well connected with market-leading law firms and other professionals across the globe.