ESTABLISHED IN 2008
Total number of professionals: 85 (20 partners)
Principal office: New Delhi
Other office: Mumbai
Key practice areas
Anti-corruption & anti-bribery; arbitration & ADR; aviation; banking & finance; bankruptcy & insolvency; capital markets; competition & antitrust; compliance; corporate & commercial; corporate governance; customs law; data protection; defence; e-commerce, fintech, blockchain & cryptos; environment; healthcare & pharmaceuticals; infrastructure; insurance & reinsurance; intellectual property; international trade & bilateral investment treaties; joint ventures; labour & employment; litigation; mergers & acquisitions; policy & regulatory; power & energy; private client; private equity, venture capital & funds; project finance; real estate; restructuring & insolvency; securitisation & structured finance; shipping; taxation; technology, media and telecommunications; transport & logistics; trusts, charities and not-for-profit; white-collar crime.
Our services
Founded in 2008, Phoenix Legal is a leading full service/multidisciplinary Indian law firm offering transactional, regulatory, advisory, dispute resolution and tax services. With its principal offices in New Delhi and Mumbai, the firm advises a diverse clientele including domestic and international companies, banks and financial institutions, funds, promoter groups, and public sector undertakings.
Set up with a desire to bring client service into sharper focus, to provide commercially viable legal advice and committed legal representation to our clients across all sectors, the firm has successfully been able to establish its identity outside its origins, dealing with significant depth in complex domestic and international matters.
Our team of well-qualified and experienced lawyers bring entrepreneurial energy to work together with shared values for greater standards of service with a high degree of professionalism and responsiveness.
What distinguishes the firm from its peers is its approach which involves:
High degree of partner involvement and availability – We assure to our clients partner involvement in all deals and transactions, at all times.
High quality legal advice – We deliver services of the highest quality, which are capable of meeting the most exacting standards.
Availability and responsiveness – We are proactive in our approach and are available to our clients at all times.
Legal research and analysis based advisory – We keep abreast of market practices applicable to legal interpretation, and adopt/recommend such practices only if they are supported by the prevailing legal and regulatory framework.
Awards
• Recognised as an award-winning law firm in Energy & Natural Resources, Insurance & Reinsurance, Shipping & Maritime and Structure Finance & Securitisation practices by India Business Law Journal’s 2022 Indian Law Firm Awards.
• Ranked by Asian Legal Business (ALB) in their Asia IP Rankings 2022 for copyright and trademarks practice.
• Recognised as one of the leading firms in the Energy & Natural Resources by In-House Community, 2021.
• Recognised as a Dealmaker in India Business Law Journal’s Deals of the Year, 2021.
• Recognised as Asia’s Top 50 India Law firms by Asian Legal Business 2021.
• Recognised for advising on the “Most Innovative Deal of the Year, 2021”, at the Indian Securitisation Awards, 2021 by the Indian Securitisation Foundation.
• Winner in the category: Automotive Law Firm of the Year in India – Global Law Experts Annual Awards 2019, 2020 and 2022.
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
Gayathri Kamath, manager of contracts and tenders for India at Intuitive India, says the team is “very through and articulate in their opinions”. “The final product … from their desk is very well thought out and makes my job easier,” she says.
“They are hardworking and provide value-for-money legal input,” says Atulya Sharma, legal director at Max Healthcare. He recommends the firm for its “top-end work delivery” in banking and finance, litigation drafting and research, medical law and general manufacturing. “They have exceeded my expectations,” says Sharma.
Northern Arc Capital, where Anshul Gupta, director of strategic alliances and new initiatives, says the firm provided crucial support in launching various new products. Gupta commends in particular partner Aditya Bhargava, whom he describes as “our go-to person [who] is able to offer good perspective on various things and offer solutions to bottlenecks”.
“The firm is able to provide sufficient partner time for each mandate,” says Suprio Bose, associate principal of legal at Piramal Capital and Housing Finance, adding that the firm is “able to find solutions and achieve closure on sticky issues in the structured real estate debt space”. Bose commends partner Siddharth Hariani for his “sound knowledge of the real estate sector”, and says “he is always available to take calls and resolve issues”.
Allan Colquhoun, senior IP counsel at Volaris Group in Canada, says lawyers at the firm are excellent as they “push for points and do not concede when the points are important … Also, they are very adept at navigating the regulatory challenges of fixing historical corporate mistakes or problems, and seem to have strong connections in government agencies to help.”
“I went through four law firms in India, all recommended by colleagues I knew and trusted, before I found Phoenix Legal, who understood what we needed. They have remained our primary Indian firm since,” says a Singapore-based client, who commends partner Abhishek Saxena as very prompt and concise “without overworking the issue”.
Notable deals
Recognised by India Business Law Journal as Deals of the Year
| Pre-US IPO funding for Pine Labs | 2021 | US$600 million | Details |
| Höegh signs India’s first FSRU agreement | 2021 | N/A | Details |
| Supreme Court stays NCLAT order in alleged cement cartel case | 2018 | US$1.6 billion | Details |
| Renegotiation of Petronet LNG’s sale purchase agreement | 2018 | N/A | Details |
| IFMR’s collateral bond deal | 2014 | US$16.3 million | Details |
Contact us
New Delhi
Phoenix House,
254, Okhla Industrial Estate
Phase III, New Delhi – 110 020
T: +91 11 4983 0000
+91 11 4983 0099
E: delhi@phoenixlegal.in
Mumbai
Vaswani Mansion, Office No. 17
& 18 3rd
Floor, 120 Dinshaw Vachha Road
Churchgate, Mumbai – 400 020
T: +91 22 4340 8500
+91 22 4340 8501
E: mumbai@phoenixlegal.in
Website
www.phoenixlegal.in
