Vaibhav Kakkar is a Senior Partner of the firm with over 17 years of experience and he also has a seat at the Management Committee of the firm. He exhibits a unique mix of extensive regulatory and transactional expertise and specialises in structuring transactions (especially cross-border), and advising on securities laws, foreign exchange laws, foreign contribution laws, fintech laws, company law, TMT laws and gaming laws.
He also leads the Regulatory practice at the firm apart from being a seasoned and General Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions lawyer. He has advised several global corporations on appropriate strategies in relation to investments in India. He is also the “go-to” counsel for a host of domestic and multinational clients on significant and complex corporate matters including cross border mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures and private equity transactions. He regularly advises and works with the Government on policy issues relating to company law, securities law, exchange control laws, and also looks after the Firm’s advocacy and policy development team.
He has several publications to his credit and he is also a much sought-after commentator on emerging legal issues in India, particularly on FDI and exchange control laws and his views are frequently sought by major news channels, electronic and print media houses. Mr. Kakkar is also a Visiting Senior Fellow at Artha Global, which is an independent policy research, consulting and network facilitation organisation based in Mumbai and London.
