India (asialaw)

AZB & Partners is one of India’s leading full-service law firms, with a long-standing reputation for advising on the country’s most complex, high-value and strategically significant transactions, regulatory matters and disputes. The firm demonstrates a particularly strong presence across capital markets, banking and finance, competition, infrastructure, energy, insurance, technology, life sciences, employment, tax and intellectual property, reflecting its ability to deliver integrated advice across multiple practice areas and industry sectors. Acting for a broad roster of domestic conglomerates, multinational corporations, private equity sponsors, sovereign-backed investors, financial institutions and emerging technology businesses, the firm continues to play a central role in many of the transactions and developments shaping India’s economic landscape.

A recurring theme across the firm’s recent work is its involvement in landmark mandates that combine scale, regulatory complexity and market significance. Recent highlights include advising on India’s largest IPO of 2025 and the largest NBFC IPO to date, acting on one of the country’s most significant AI and digital infrastructure investments, supporting major infrastructure acquisitions and platform investments, and advising on sophisticated cross-border financings, strategic M&A transactions and sector-defining regulatory matters. The breadth of these mandates underscores the firm’s ability to mobilise specialist expertise across corporate, finance, regulatory, tax, competition, employment and disputes teams to deliver coordinated solutions on matters that often involve multiple stakeholders, jurisdictions and regulators.

The firm boasts strong positioning in sectors that are driving investment and policy focus in India. AZB has been active on matters linked to digital transformation, artificial intelligence infrastructure, renewable energy, aviation finance through GIFT City, healthcare consolidation, insurance-sector expansion and large-scale infrastructure development. Its work for technology companies, private capital investors, infrastructure platforms and financial institutions highlights a practice that is closely aligned with evolving market trends and capable of advising clients through emerging regulatory frameworks and new business models. The firm’s role on several first-of-their-kind and market-leading transactions further demonstrates its ability to navigate developing legal and commercial environments while helping clients execute strategic objectives.

The firm continues to strengthen its position in areas attracting substantial domestic and international investment. It has been involved in transactions supporting India’s expanding AI and data-centre ecosystem, renewable energy transition, transportation and logistics infrastructure, and financial services sector growth. At the same time, its competition, disputes, tax and regulatory teams have remained active on matters involving significant policy implications and industry-wide impact, particularly in relation to digital platforms, technology businesses and regulated sectors. This combination of transactional depth and regulatory capability enables the firm to advise clients not only on execution risk, but also on the broader legal and commercial developments influencing investment decisions in India.

Client feedback

“The team is intelligent, knowledgeable and intellectually curious, with global capabilities across a range of disciplines.” – Aviation

“The team provides clear and concise advice.” – Aviation

“AZB provides comprehensive, clear and timely advice. The team is helpful and collaborative.” – Aviation

“Strategic advice combined with technical acumen. AZB works through the legal arguments and thinks how to effectively deploy them. They're very proactive in their engagement to make sure we were prepared for every meeting.” – Competition/antitrust

“The team is intelligent, knowledgeable and a pleasure to work with.” – Competition/antitrust

“The firm offers full-service capabilities and consistently delivers work on time.” – Corporate and M&A

“They are very knowledgeable and generally pretty responsive.” – Intellectual property

“The team is highly knowledgeable and responsive to questions.” – Intellectual property

“Attention to detail and understanding the client's business is second to none.” – Technology and telecommunications

Lawyer quotes

Rachit Bahl

“Rachit is always available and prioritizes all clients at the same time very efficiently.”

Sugandha Bhatia

“She is a very responsive and attentive attorney who helps guide our work.”

Malaveeka Chakravarthy

“The lawyer is responsive and knowledgeable.”

Hemangini Dadwal

“She is simply fantastic. A deeply experienced and knowledgeable antitrust lawyer. Great to work with!”

Ram Kumar Poornachandran

“He is strategic and remains calm under pressure.”

Sarah Rufus

“She is open, intelligent, deeply knowledgeable and readily available.”

“She is highly knowledgeable and provides clear, concise and user-friendly advice.”

Anand Shah

“Anand is a brilliant lawyer and an expert in the banking field. Clear and concise advice.”

Shikhar Thukral

“He is committed to achieving results and is readily available.”