Our Team
- The Partners
Decades of Experience, Glowing Qualifications and Diverse Practice Areas
The core strength of Anhad Law is the Team. We comprise of a strong team of legal professionals who have extensive aptitude in different practice areas.
Manishi Pathak
- Designation: Founding Partner
- Education: M.Sc (1989) L.L.B. (1992)
- Email: manishi@anhadlaw.com
- Location: New Delhi, Ahmedabad
Expertise
Manishi Pathak is the Founder and Managing Partner of ANHAD LAW.
Manishi has experience of over three decades. His areas of practice include dispute resolutions, labour and employment, corporate investigations, compliance audit and investigation into non-compliance of anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws, besides advisory and transactional supports on matters involving other corporate and commercial laws.
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Manishi is also known for his expertise in the area of mergers and acquisitions/ joint ventures, corporate restructuring and re-organizations besides his government relations work.
He has been appreciated by clients for his hands-on approach and for providing solution-oriented sound legal advice which is commercially and practically tenable. He is also known for offering unique blend of analytical thinking and business strategy, while structuring, negotiating and closing complex commercial transactions and resolution of disputes including mediation and arbitration.
Manishi also has vast experience of delivering advisory support in areas of law, including but not limited to contentious commercial disputes, regulatory compliances (involving exchange control regulations in addition to other regulatory matters), compliance advisory under various corporate and commercial laws, rules etc. (under applicable Central and/or State).
Manishi’s primary area of interest and specialization besides dispute resolution and government relations is Labour and Employment laws. He enjoys a distinguished status and standing in the sphere of Labour and Employment law practice. He is widely recognized as a ‘top ranked specialist’ in this area of practice owing to his deep knowledge and vast experience of dealing with range of matters in the domain of labour and employment laws practice including court litigation and appellate work.
Manishi has retained most top accolades on offer by leading global legal ranking bodies such as Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 etc., in the field of Labour and Employment laws in India. For over last decade, Manishi and he been retained title of ‘Top Ranked’ ‘Leading Practitioner’, ‘Specialist’, owing to established expertise and in-depth knowledge he possesses in the sphere of Labour and Employment laws practice in India.
Manishi is considered to be one of the first legal professionals who identified the scope, ambit and applicability of various central and state specific labour and employment legislations in India, while making foreign and Indian multinational corporations having business presence in India recognize the importance of compliance to various labour and employment laws related legislations in India.
Undisputedly, in the context of Indian scenario, Manishi is regarded as the legal professional who played a pivotal role that lead to recognition and acceptance of ‘labour and employment’ laws as a prominent and established area of practice, amongst other practice areas.
As the practice head, Manishi is actively involved in advising on a wide range of labour laws related queries, preparation and standardization of employment agreements and other agreements such as non-compete and non-solicitation agreement, non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements, HR policies/handbooks/manuals etc., including structuring of ESOPs, closure of businesses, termination/transfer of employees, other termination related issues, trade union related disputes, social security and/or insurance claims, etc. The Firm predominantly represents companies/corporations and their management on employment related projects and litigation.
Manishi also leads members of the firm on matters involving employment audits, whistle-blower investigations, closure of establishments, transfer of business and undertakings, sexual harassment complaints, employer and employee rights and matters involving trade unions. He is also known for his involvement in investigations and/or enquiries concerning employees including in matters of misconduct by employees and/or associated parties.
Prior to founding Anhad Law, Manishi has been the Partner of other renowned law firms of India.
Manishi has considerable experience of representing clients belonging to manufacturing as well as services business, across varied sectors including but not limited to automobiles, aviation, banking, chemicals, commerce, electronics, FMCG, information technology, paper, packaging, pharmaceuticals, ports, real estate, retail and telecommunications, amongst others.
He has authored several publications on Indian Labour & Employment law for Kluwer Law and Law Business Research and he writes and speaks regularly on a range of subjects, including foreign investment in India and Labour and Employment law.
Some of his prominent publications include “Restrictive Covenants” (India Chapter) by Kluwer Law Publication; “Hiring and retaining Talent” (India Chapter) by Kluwer Law Publication; “Getting The Deal Through (Labour & Employment)”, India Chapter by Law Business Research; Labour and Employment Compliance in India, 9 editions, published by Kluwer Law since 2008 including of 2021.
He has also authored “India Chapter on Employment Law in the Employment Law Review” by Law Business Research since 2010 -15. Manishi also contributed to National Law School Publication (Business Law Review) “An overview of contract labour related laws in India”. He has also contributed to the World Bank Group‘s publication Employing Workers 2021.
Manishi is a member and was an officer of the Employment and Industrial Relations Law Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA). He is also a member of the Delhi High Court Bar Association and Inter Pacific Bar Association (IPBA).
Deepak Gandhi
- Designation: Sr. Counsel (Disputes)
- Education: Department of Laws, Punjab University, Chandigarh (1978)
- Email: delhi@anhadlaw.com
- Location: New Delhi
Expertise
EOW | SFIO | CBI | SPECIAL CELL | SEBI | CESTAT | COFEPOSA | PMLA BAR ADMISSION India (Advocate)
Mr. Deepak Gandhi has been in active practice for over four decades. He enjoys a distinguished reputation as an expert criminal defence lawyer. Mr. Gandhi has hands-on experience of dealing with various contentious criminal litigation matters, through their procedural lifecycle, from investigation/trial till appellate stage.
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Mr. Gandhi is a noted arguing counsel. He is adept at delivering thorough, well-considered, straightforward advice on legal matters, and to devise legal strategy that is best suited and apt to deal with a particular matter.
Mr. Gandhi has a deep understanding and experience of dealing with writ petitions, criminal litigation involving white collar crimes and socio-economic offences such as misappropriation/embezzlement of funds, money laundering and corruption, also a criminal breach of trust, cheating, matters involving narcotics violations, extradition of fugitive criminals, including trial, sentencing, appeals, revisions and review in such matters.
Till date, Mr. Gandhi has made notable contributions to the field of criminal law, and has many reported judgements. Mr. Gandhi often takes up matters on pro-bono basis, he has many reported judgements on the point where constitutional rights of accused persons and prisoners have been protected and upheld, particularly in cases where accused persons had been subjected to illegal detention, were deprivation of statutory, legal and/or constitutional rights.
Ranjan Jha
- Designation: Partner
- Education: BSc. (Hons), L.L.B., DIPR(ILI)
- Email: ranjan.jha@anhadlaw.com
- Location: New Delhi
Expertise
Employment Law | Dispute Resolution | Commercial Law/ Anti-Bribery & Anti-Corruption
Ranjan has over two decades of experience dealing with matters involving employment laws, corporate-commercial laws anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws, amongst others.
Ranjan has represented many prominent Indian and foreign multinationals corporations, operating across varied sectors/industries, including but not limited to, aviation, hospitality, pharmaceuticals and healthcare, IT/ITeS etc.,
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Over the years, Ranjan has not only gained the necessary skills and experience in delivering comprehensive legal advice in high-stake, complex transactions (both domestic and cross border), but he is also skilled and experienced to deliverable legal support on dispute resolution fore, particularly involving contractual and other disputes that are generally borne out of corporate-commercial transaction areas.
Ranjan is a member of Bar Council of Delhi, India, Supreme Court Bar Association and Delhi High Court Bar Association. Ranjan was also an elected member of CII Task Force on Legal Services, for the year 2020-21. Before joining the Firm, Ranjan was a Partner at Bhasin & Co., Advocates.
Pragnesh Gandhi
- Designation: Sr. Counsel (Disputes)
- Education: B.Sc. (Chemistry); PG Diploma in Food Analysis & Dietetics; LL. B; LL.M (IPR)
- Email: ahmedabad@anhadlaw.com
- Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Expertise
Pragnesh has over eighteen years of experience in extending advisory and litigation support to individuals and various multinational corporations on matters involving land, revenue, civil & corporate-commercial laws, and matters of techno-legal nature.
Pragnesh also has notable experience of handling prosecution, and expertise in extending end-to-end support on trials and litigation.
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He regularly extends consulting and advisory service to clients for matters related to EOW/ED/DRI/SFIO. He has been advising many prominent clients, including but not limited to N.K. Group of Companies, Indus College, Karl Mayer Textile India Private Limited, Kalthia Construction & Engineering, Nishant Construction, GARL, Nexus Links, Universal Prime Aluminum Company (Mumbai), Ahmedabad Aviation and Aeronautics Limited, Vivek Trading Company, Vishal Exports, Amit Corporation, Ahmedabad Book Club and Karma Foundations, etc.
Pragnesh is also actively involved in handing contentious and high-value litigation matters under IBC, SARFESI Act, Customs Act, PMLA, Electricity Act, Negotiable Instruments Act, Consumer Protection Act, civil & commercial suits, arbitration matters, and other regulatory matters involving land and revenue authorities including SSRD etc.
Pragnesh also regularly appears before the Hon’ble High Court of Gujarat and various subordinate courts, tribunals across the State of Gujarat. Also he has significant experience in having appeared before High Courts of various States including Maharashtra and Delhi, etc., and the Supreme Court of India.
Dhruv Gandhi
- Designation: Partner
- Education: B.A. LL.B (Hons.)
- Email: dhruv.gandhi@anhadlaw.com
- Location: New Delhi
Expertise
Real Estate & Construction | Corporate & Commercial | Dispute Resolution | Insolvency & Bankruptcy | Consumer
Dhruv has experience of close to one and a half-decades and he has been regularly advising foreign multinationals and major Indian multinational corporations on real estate and construction-related laws, besides general corporate-commercial advisory.
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Dhruv regularly advises stakeholders like developers, investors, funds, and landowners, on legal and regulatory issues associated with real estate construction & development projects, including pre and/or post-construction licenses, approvals, and permits required for the development of commercial, industrial and residential projects.
Dhruv has substantial experience in reviewing and drafting real estate transactional documents such as agreements to sell, conveyance deeds, lease deeds, leave & license agreements, collaboration agreements, indemnity deeds, bonds and guarantees, etc.
Dhruv’s areas of focus in contentious matters also cover disputes over the inheritance of estate and other disputes of civil nature, commercial contracts involving breach of obligations, specific performance, recovery of contractual dues, liquidated damages and enforcement of security, etc.
Dhruv is empanelled with the Delhi State Legal Services Authority (DSLSA), as part of the specialized panel of senior legal services lawyers, before the Delhi State Consumer Commission.
Prior to Anhad Law, Dhruv was a Partner of Gandhi Legal and before that a Principal Associate at Kochhar & Co., New Delhi..
Ajita Sharma
- Designation: Resident Managing Attorney
- Education: B. Com, LLB, Chartered Accountant
- Email: ahmedabad@anhadlaw.com
- Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Expertise
Real Estate & Construction | Corporate & Commercial | Dispute Resolution | Intellectual Property | Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
Ajita has over seven years of hands-on experience in extending advisory and litigation support on intellectual property and other corporate-commercial laws.
Her expertise in Intellectual Property law practice includes strategic advice and consulting on all varied aspects of trademark, patent, copyrights, design, trade secret including counselling, prosecution, licensing, and litigation services to individuals, MSME and many fortune 500 companies.
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Ajita has significant experience and expertise in dealing with wide range of matters relating to intellectual property and has dealt with matters involving IP transfer, IP assignment, IP licensing, IP cancellation, actions against product counterfeit, IP arrangements in case of business transactions (such as insolvency), merger and acquisitions etc., She has also conducted many civil and criminal raids on third parties who indulged in infringement and passing-off of IP marks owned by her clients. Ajita has also helped many clients establish IP portfolio in close to 150 countries, including UK, USA, Middle East, and many African nations.
Ajita also has notable and varied experience in IP prosecution and litigation, and she has been part of many IP investigations and litigations. She has been consulting forefront to many client portfolios including but not limited to ASUS PLC, LUBI INDUSTRIES LLP, TESLA PLC, PANDIT VENTURES, ACALPO PTE LTD., ANA OILS LTD., BOUCHERON HOLDINGS, CHINT ELECTRICALS, YUTIKA NATURALS and STARDOM PHARMACEUTICALS, etc.
Prior to joining Anhad Law, Ajita was associated with Parker and Parker Co., LLP, where she was leading the Trademark and Copyrights department of the firm, while also heading the litigation practice and corporate law advisory practice at Parker and Parker Co., LLP. She regularly appears before the Hon’ble High Court of Gujarat and various subordinate courts, tribunals across the State of Gujarat.
In her initial years of practice, Ajita worked as a Legal Officer under Retd. Revenue Collector at Gujarat, Mr. Niranjan Pandya, where she undertook various Land & Revenue matters.
Ajita is a qualified Chartered Accountant and a practicing legal professional. She has completed B.Com and LLB from Gujarat University.
Manish Bhalla
- Designation: Sr. Counsel (Direct Tax)
- Education: B Com (Hons.), Delhi University (1989), C.A. (1992)
- Email: delhi@anhadlaw.com
- Location: New Delhi
- Professional Memberships: Fellow member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Expertise
Manish is a Fellow Chartered Accountant with more than three decades of post qualification experience in Advisory, Tax Planning and M&A matters.
He is direct tax specialist advising on a range of matters relating to Direct Taxation including permanent establishment (PE), attribution of income and nature of payments related matters, investment structuring/ strategies; and ESOPs, ESOS and RSU’s, etc.
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He is well versed with matters relating to Goods and Services Tax, Foreign Exchange laws and Corporate laws.
He regularly represents clients before government and appellate authorities on tax related matters.
Manish has considerable experience across sectors, including Private Equity Funds, Automobile Ancillary, Banking, Insurance, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Information Technology (IT) and FMCG, etc.
Earlier Manish has worked with a few large accounting and leading law firms in India.
Prashant Mehra
- Designation: Principal Associate
- Education: LLB |LLM
- Email: delhi@anhadlaw.com
- Location: New Delhi
Prashant Mehra has been in active practice of law for close to one and half decades. He completed his LLB, and he also holds a Masters Degree in Law from National Law University, Jodhpur.
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Prashant’s core areas of expertise is in Commercial Civil Litigation, Property Disputes, Family Settlements as well as in Economic Offenses and White Collar Crimes on the Criminal side.
He also had the privilege of being selected as one of two Indians to Participate in the 36th External Programme conducted by the Hague Academy of International law in Beijing, China in 2009.
Naman Sethi
- Designation: Sr. Associate (CS)
- Education: BCOM, MCOM, FCS
- Email: naman.sethi@anhadlaw.com
- Location: New Delhi
NAMAN SETHI is a qualified Company Secretary and has been assisting clients for six years. He has extensive knowledge of corporate compliance including secretarial compliance. He has varied experience in all areas of Audit, Investigation, Due Diligence, Taxation (Direct and Indirect), and Company Law Matters for both domestic and foreign companies, NBFC Compliances, NCLT Matters, Management Consultancy, Information System Audit and FEMA.
Naman also assists companies in intellectual property registration & related advisory.
Deepam Rangwani
- Designation: Associate
- Education: LLB I LLM
- Location: New Delhi
- Email: deepak.rangwani@anhadlaw.com
- Designation: Associate
- Education: LLB, Diploma in IPR
- Location: New Delhi
- Email: amrita.singh@anhadlaw.com
Amrita is an Associate in the Dispute Resolution and Labour & Employment practices of the Firm. She is based out of the New Delhi office of the Firm.
Amrita has been assisting companies across a range of industries, including Information Technology, Electronics, Manufacturing, Services and Real Estate.
Amrita regularly appears before District Courts, Labour Courts, High Courts, and Tribunals.
Amrita graduated from the University of Delhi, and is registered with the Bar Council of Delhi. She also holds a diploma in Intellectual Property Rights from the Indian Society of International Laws, New Delhi.
Sumit K Jha
- Designation: Associate
- Education: LLB
- Location: New Delhi
- Email: delhi@anhadlaw.com
Sumit is an Associate in the Dispute Resolution practice of the Firm.
He has been actively involved in matters involving varied legal subjects including but not limited to Criminal Cases, Economic offences, Customs Act, Companies Act, Indian Bankruptcy Code (IBC), Debt Recovery Tribunals (DRT), State Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission, Family Disputes, Regulatory and Administrative matters.
Sumit Kumar Jha is an alumnus of GGSIPU, New Delhi.
Tanvi Pandey
- Designation: Jr. Associate
- Education: LLB
- Email: delhi@anhadlaw.com
- Location: New Delhi
Tanvi is an Associate in the Corporate Law, Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property, Labour and Employment and White Collar Crime practices of the Firm.
She has been involved in several matters involving Labour & Employment laws, Corporate laws and Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), etc.
Tanvi is also a member of Anhad Law’s practice involving Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) and related compliances.
Tanvi Pandey completed her LLB from Banasthali Vidyapith, Jaipur.
Moksha Dani
- Designation: Jr. Associate
- Education: LLB
- Location: Ahmedabad
- Email: ahmedabad@anhadlaw.com
Moksha is an Associate in the Corporate Law, Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property, Labour and Employment and White Collar Crime practices of the Firm. She is based out of the Ahmedabad office of the Firm.
Moksha is involved in several assignments across a wide range of industries, including Information Technology, Electronics, Manufacturing and Real Estate.
Moksha regularly appears before different authorities including Trial Courts, City Civil Courts, High Courts, and Tribunals.
Moksha graduated from the University of Gujarat and is registered with the Bar Council of Gujarat. She is pursuing LLM from Gujarat University in Criminal Reforms.
Tinabhai Parbatani
- Designation: Jr. Associate
- Education: LLB
- Location: Ahmedabad
- Email: ahmedabad@anhadlaw.com
Tinabhai is an Associate in the Real Estate practice of the Firm. He is based out of the Ahmedabad office of Anhad Law.
Tinabhai is working on transactions involving a range of Real Estate matters including land & revenue and disputes.
Tinabhai regularly appears before different government authorities including relevant Collectors, Sub-registrars/ Sub-divisional magistrates, Trial Courts and Tribunals.
Tinabhai graduated from the University of Gujarat, and is registered with the Bar Council of Gujarat.