ESTABLISHED IN 2013
Total number of professionals: 130+ (19 partners)
Principal offices: Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai and New Delhi
Key practice areas
Anti-corruption & anti-bribery; arbitration & ADR, banking & finance; bankruptcy & insolvency; competition & antitrust; compliance; corporate & commercial; corporate governance; data protection and privacy & GDPR; e-commerce, fintech, blockchain & cryptos; general corporate advisory; healthcare, life sciences & pharmaceuticals; inbound investment; infrastructure; insurance & reinsurance; intellectual property; joint ventures; labour & employment; litigation; licensing & franchising; mergers & acquisitions; microfinance; policy & regulatory; pre-litigation advisory; power & energy; private equity, venture capital & investment funds; real estate; restructuring & insolvency; technology, media and telecommunications.
Our services
Samvad is a full-service law firm providing practical, innovative and quality legal advice. We are a partner-led, solution-focused setup and believe that we deliver cutting-edge transactional work in the most non-transactional ways. The firm is a rich mix of domestic and international experiences, as several partners have worked in various international financial centres outside India, including London, New York and Singapore. Given our multi-discipline and flat structure approach, we work seamlessly across all five offices. We are able to anticipate issues better and apply our cross-practice learnings while advising on any issue. With our strong base in corporate and commercial law, we are able to help a wide range of clients from young startups to established multinational Fortune 500 companies, global private equity and venture funds, Indian and international banking and financial institutions as well as the government across various commercial and regulatory needs. The firms’ biggest focus is the ability to deliver quality, across offices, seamlessly and irrespective of where the client is located.
Our partners are highly acclaimed by both Indian and international rankings institutions for demonstrated legal prowess in their respective fields. We have been consistently ranked among the top tier law firms as a leader in several practice areas. Our thought leadership is reflected through the various publications and articles authored by our team members. In addition to the emphasis on providing top quality services to our clients, it is equally important to us to engage in and promote knowledge building. We endeavour to do this by participating in events and seminars organised by various industry bodies. Many of our team members are visiting faculty members and guest lecturers in institutes across India. The team at Samvād is consciously and actively involved in policy making and engages with the relevant stake holders to this end.
The ability to be gender-diverse is hard coded in the DNA of Samvād: Partners. Our gender diversity ratio is probably the best in the country, with 82% of our partners and 54% of our lawyers being women. This makes us unique among both Indian and global law firms.
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
Nandinee Nanda Mayekar, head legal counsel at Bizongo, values the firm’s “expertise, professionalism and integrity”, which are “remarkably excellent”.
“We have had a fantastic experience with Samvad Partners,” says Rohnil Nandu, the CFO at Securens Systems. “They have a clear thought process and practical solutions … and they guide the management beautifully about the pros and cons of [a matter].”
Sachit Murthy, the senior vice president of success orchestration at Algonomy Software, commends the firm for its “deep understanding of law”, “professional and ethical practices”, and “genuine concern for the client”.
Arijit Sarkar, associate director at Trifecta Capital, appreciates Samvad’s “excellent focus on client service and practical perspectives”, and “great knowledge base on fintech”.
Ashish Shand, the finance controller at NoBroker Technologies Solutions, says Samvad Partners provided practical, business-oriented advice in a timely and cost-effective manner. “Their work for our company has been impeccable and unparalleled,” says Shand. They “batted for us 100% the whole time in PE/VC transactions, while also being pragmatic in getting all the parties on the same page and closing the documentation in a quick manner.”
Abhijeet Vijayvergiya, CEO of Singapore-based Nektar AI says Samvad is “very helpful to young companies, diligent and thorough in their work”. Commending in particular partner Junaira Rahman and associate Sanjana Mathur, Vijayvergiya says: “They have generated a lot of trust from us due to their commitment and subject matter expertise.”
Notable Deals
Recognised by India Business Law Journal as Deals of the Year
| Delhivery delivers second-largest IPO | 2022 | US$ 676 Million | Details |
| HealthMap diagnoses iGenetic acquisition | 2022 | Not disclosed | Details |
| Pharmeasy’s unicorn round | 2021 | US$350 million | Details |
| Investment in Neuland Health Science | 2018 | US$7.4 million | Details |
| Arpwood Partners acquires Karvy loan portfolio | 2017 | US$200 million | Details |
| Hewlett Packard sells Mphasis stake | 2016 | US$ 1.1 billion | Details |
| Flipkart’s fundraising and acquisition of Myntra Designs | 2014 | US$2.25 billion | Details |
| Series E, F and G investments in Snapdeal | 2014 | US$900 million | Details |
| Newgen Software Technologies fundraising | 2014 | US$15.5 million | Details |
Contact us
Bengaluru
T: +91 80 4268 6000
E: infoblr@samvadpartners.com
Chennai
T: +91 44 4306 3208
E: infochn@samvadpartners.com
Hyderabad
T: + 91 91548 29328 / 91548 29329
E: infohyd@samvadpartners.com
Mumbai
T: +91 22 6104 4000
E: infomumbai@samvadpartners.com
New Delhi
T: +91 11 4172 6200
E: infodel@samvadpartners.com
Website
www.samvadpartners.com
