Sarthak Advocates & Solicitors

ESTABLISHED IN 2010

Total number of professionals: 30 (6 partners)
Principal office: New Delhi

Key practice areas

Arbitration & ADR; banking & finance; restructuring, bankruptcy & insolvency; compliance; corporate & commercial; corporate governance; e-commerce, fintech, blockchain & crypto; environment; inbound investment; infrastructure; joint ventures; litigation; mergers & acquisitions; power & energy; private equity, venture capital & funds; project finance; real estate; securitization & structured finance; wealth management & succession planning; technology, media and telecommunications.

Our services

Sarthak Advocates & Solicitors is a full-service law firm focused on corporate and commercial laws. We provide high-quality, cost-effective solutions to our clients and are committed to supporting them in varying economic conditions, and the changing legal and regulatory landscape. This has enabled us to build continuing relationships with our clients. The firm’s practice areas include emerging sectors of India’s fast-paced economy such as energy, dispute resolution (litigation & arbitration), infrastructure & construction, education & training, investment & M&A, insolvency & restructuring, data protection, real estate, labour & employment, charities, estate management and planning, alternative investment funds, competition law and general corporate advisory. The firm blends its legal services with an active role in unbiased policy intervention.

Our clients recognise the firm for rendering legal services within the particular sectoral and economic background and ensuring that our solutions mesh well with their commercial intents and realities. This has enabled us to build longstanding client relationships. The firm and its partners have been recognised by several leading international publications and rankings for their expertise in various areas such as commercial transactions advisory, mergers and acquisitions, dispute resolution, insolvency and restructuring, and energy and infrastructure practices.

Besides private clients, the firm has been empanelled with several leading public sector undertakings, such as Bureau of Energy Efficiency, National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited, Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited, National Skill Development Corporation and Shipping Corporation of India Limited. The firm blends its transactional and dispute experience with an active role in public policy interventions including while working with public sector clients. We also assist our clients with understanding the changing regulatory frameworks, and constantly provide detailed analysis of newer and proposed legislation. We have had the privilege of being invited by several Standing Committees of Parliament to depose as experts on a range of Bills such as the Higher Education and Research Bill 2011, the National Academic Depositories Bill 2011, the Forward Contract Regulation (Amendment) Bill, the Registration (Amendment) Bill 2013 and the Consumer Protection (Amendment) Bill 2011.

The firm and its partners have been recognised by several leading international publications and rankings for their expertise in various areas such as commercial transactions advisory, mergers and acquisitions, dispute resolution, insolvency and restructuring, and energy and infrastructure practices.

The firm’s values and aspirations are derived from the word “Sarthak”, which in the Sanskrit language means meaningful. The name reminds us of our role and responsibility in dealings with clients and society at large.

Our biggest strength lies in our counsels who have graduated from the finest law schools of the country and some, prior to joining us, have worked with the top-tier law firms in diverse practice areas.

With offices in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Lucknow and Chandigarh, the firm enjoys Pan India Presence. The firm believes in a culture of well-being and empathy and is the first Indian law firm to sign up to the Mindful Business Charter as a commitment to improving our work culture.

Independent intelligence on this law firm

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Testimonials

“They are a small outfit, but conscientious about providing comprehensive legal advice right from strategic thinking to negotiation to litigation,” says Yogesh Mathur, an independent senior restructuring adviser.

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“Their timely drafting, filing and legal advice at each stage of a matter has resulted in favourable awards and orders,” says another client. “As a government entity, our matters need distinct and customised legal advice, which goes beyond quoting favourable provisions of law and case laws … Sarthak thoroughly understands this.”

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