Established in 1971

Total number of lawyers: 100+ (25 partners)
Principal office: New Delhi
Other offices: Bengaluru and Mumbai

Key practice areas

ADR; banking & finance; bankruptcy & insolvency; capital markets; competition & antitrust; compliance; corporate, commercial & governance; customs; data protection; e-commerce, fintech; healthcare & pharmaceuticals; ; infrastructure; investments; IPR; JVs; labour & employment; litigation; M&A; policy & regulatory; power & energy; private client; PE, VC & investment funds; project finance; real estate; restructuring; securitisation & structured finance; succession; tax; TMT; transfer pricing; trusts, charities and not-for-profit.

Our services

Set up in 1971, the growth of Vaish Associates Advocates is a glowing tribute to its founder, late Mr. O.P. Vaish. His visionary leadership, mentoring and hard work has helped the firm to emerge as one of the better-known law firms in the country. Since its inception, it continues to serve a diverse clientele, both small and large businesses including domestic and overseas corporations, multinational companies and individuals, with an experienced team of 25 partners and over 100 associates. The offices are located in Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru, with affiliates in almost all major Indian cities. With increasing complexity in the modern professional and business environment, the firm is committed to providing high quality, practical, client focused legal and business advisory services. Every passing year is memorable to us for its challenges, and the multitude of creative solutions that we provide to our clients.

As one of India’s leading full-service law firms advising domestic and international clients for over 50+ years, we provide a broad range of legal, taxation, regulatory and advisory services to the commercial, industrial and financial communities. We draw expertise from lawyers who have gained experience nationally and internationally, having worked on various assignments in India and abroad. Some members are also chartered accountants, cost accountants and company secretaries. The firm cherishes its long and close association with various chambers of commerce and industry.

Our broad practice offerings include general corporate, mergers & acquisitions, venture capital/private equity, cross border transactions, joint ventures and strategic alliances, regulatory compliance, banking and finance, restructuring & insolvency, projects, energy (including renewable energy) and infrastructure, employment, real estate, competition law, data privacy, intellectual property, private client, investment funds, dispute resolution and tax (direct, indirect and international).

We adopt a practical and solution-oriented approach to legal matters, placing tremendous emphasis on accessibility, quick turnaround time and client access to key partners at all times. We are one of the very few firms in India to offer a combination of corporate law and tax practice. The firm’s ability to understand its clients’ business and their challenges has rewarded it with progressively complex mandates and headline deals, many of which are the largest transactions in their respective industries.

Our mission is to be the preferred law firm within the Indian market, providing its clients with qualitative and innovative professional advice, in a timely and cost-efficient manner. The firm is well recognized for its practice in tax, corporate/ M&A, private equity, real estate, banking and finance, employment, competition law, insolvency and bankruptcy and dispute resolution. We have been consistently recognised as one of the best in tax and widely recognised for our corporate and M&A practice.

We are proud of the recognition we have received from our clients for our commitment to service, and we value their satisfaction as the true measure of our success.