Paras K Parekh

Paras K Parekh is a Partner in the firm's Mumbai office and specialises in Disputes Resolution & Financial Regulatory Advisory and Litigation. His primary practice area is Securities Law.

He brings over two decades of experience in litigation and advisory work across securities, corporate, civil, commercial and regulatory matters. He specialises in matters of white-collar crimes and securities laws, especially regulatory actions. These include matters of takeovers, insider trading laws, market manipulation, delisting, prevention of money laundering provisions and other such regulations.

He also regularly advises on compliance requirements such as insider trading regulations, listing requirements, stockbroking regulations, merchant banking regulations, takeover regulations, and regulations applicable to other capital market participants. He has also conducted internal audits to detect fraud and non-compliances for multinational funds, often taking a senior role in these investigations.

He regularly advises on regulatory and registration requirements before authorities such as the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Employee Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) and Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA), as well as on proceedings before SEBI and RERA.

He has also been representing clients on financial commercial transactions, including drafting contracts, advising on structuring and the applicability of various provisions including securities and exchange control regulations.

He has conducted and assisted in proceedings before the Supreme Court, High Courts, Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT), National Company Law Tribunals (NCLT), District Courts, Sessions Courts, RERA, arbitration tribunals and quasi-judicial proceedings before SEBI and stock exchanges. He has represented FPIs (Foreign Portfolio Investors), merchant bankers, stockbrokers and other securities market intermediaries and organisations such as AMFI and NSDL in such proceedings, and has also represented SEBI in matters before the SAT and High Courts.

He is often invited as a specialist speaker at various legal conferences and summits and has conducted seminars and workshops on topics related to his domain knowledge. Prior to joining CMS INDUSLAW, he was the founder of Paras Parekh Law Office. Earlier in his career, he was with law firms including AZB & Partners and JSA.

He holds a B.Com from Mumbai University (2002), an L.L.B. from Mumbai University (2005) and a Diploma in Securities Laws from Government Law College, Mumbai (2006). He is an Advocate in India and speaks English.