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Market Recognition: Regional & Specialist Law Firm for India-Related Work
We have been selected as one of the top regional & specialist foreign law firms for our India practice in 2024 by India Business Law Journal, published by Vantage Asia Publishing Ltd., Hong Kong.
Tokyo partner Taeko Suzuki, Tokyo counsel Varsha Bhattacharya, and Frankfurt / Düsseldorf associate Isha Shah have also been identified as leading individuals.
People
Varsha Bhattacharya is an India and New York qualified lawyer with over ten years’ experience with India and South Asia-focused deals. She has advised on cross-border and domestic M&A, structuring exercises - including fund formation, private equity entries and exits, tax implications of cross-border transactional arrangements, and on estate planning. She has also advised and represented clients in tax disputes before various forums in India, ranging from representations before tax officers to the Supreme Court of India.
She completed her B.A., LL.B. (Hons) from the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata, and her LL.M. from Harvard Law School.
Taeko heads the firm’s India practice, and advises Japanese corporations investing and doing business in India, with a special focus on dispute resolution (litigation and arbitration), and regulatory work (criminal and competition related matters). She also handles jurisdictions such as Sri Lanka, Pakistan, the UAE, Bangladesh, Nepal, Maldives, and other countries in South Asia, the Middle East and Africa.