Shrinivas Sankaran

Shrinivas Sankaran is a Partner at Vaish Associates’ Mumbai office, focusing on Mergers and Acquisitions. He has been associated with the firm since 2014 and has over 17 years of experience as a commercial and transactional lawyer.

His primary practice areas are corporate-commercial and banking & finance. He specialises in domestic and cross-border M&A, corporate restructuring, joint ventures, private equity, and inbound and outbound investments. He also advises on corporate financing arrangements (equity and debt) and securitisation transactions.

He has a wide range of experience in corporate law and governance, securities law, intellectual property, foreign collaborations, exchange control regulations and regulatory compliances. He has been involved in drafting and negotiating a variety of commercial agreements relating to supply, services, works, EPC, warehousing, escrow, franchising, logistics, asset purchase, business transfer, share purchase and subscription, shareholder rights, ESOPs, collaborations, marketing, distribution, licensing and assignments, software and SaaS, click-wrap, film production, talent management, leasing, agency, indemnity and employment.

He is a frequent speaker and panellist at conferences, seminars and webinars on subjects such as contracts, M&A, foreign direct investments and FEMA.

His practice areas are corporate, banking & finance, with related practices in general corporate and commercial advisory, mergers & acquisitions, private equity, intellectual property, and information technology laws. He holds an LL.M. (Corporate & IPR), a CS (Final) and a PG Diploma in IPR and Cyber Laws, and is admitted to the Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa (licensed to practise in India). He speaks English, Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam.