Team Profile
Manish N. Rajani:: Managing Partner
:: Managing Partner
Email: manish.rajani@vasmumlegal.com
Manish, the founder of the firm, specialises in Real Estate Laws in India. Manish did his law schooling from the prestigious Government Law College at Mumbai. He is enrolled as an Advocate with the Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa. He is also enrolled as a non-practicing Solicitor in the Senior Courts of England and Wales.
Manish has worked with reputed law firms in Mumbai where he specialised in Infrastructure Project Finance, Real Estate laws and general corporate transactions. During his project finance practice, Manish has advised lenders as well as borrowers on various legal issues relating to banking and financing of infrastructure projects involving road, power, hospital, oil & gas, port projects etc.
Manish has also handled various corporate and real estate matters involving advise on sale and purchase of immovable properties, title investigation of properties and parcels of land, advising land owners/housing societies and developers in development/re-development projects, due-diligence for private equity investments, leasing / licensing documentation of commercial and residential properties, amalgamation of companies, etc.
A fourth generation lawyer in his family, to continue with the family tradition, Manish commenced independent practice from April 2011 with an aim to carve a niche for himself in the legal profession. Manish is actively involved in providing solutions for all legal issues concerning real estate including legal due diligence, advising on development control regulations, TDR, FSI / FAR, zoning, conversion of land, stamp duty aspects, structuring of deals, documentation, etc.
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Dimple Trivedi Rajani:: Head corporate Practise
:: Advocate
Email: dimple.rajani@vasmumlegal.com
Dimple holds a Masters degree in Law (Commercial Laws) and is also a qualified Company Secretary. She is enrolled on the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa. She is also an associate member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
Dimple's specialization is corporate and commercial laws (non contentious). Over a career spanning fourteen years, she has had an opportunity to work with leading corporate houses and law firms in senior positions. Her longest stint was with SBI Capital Markets Ltd, a leading investment bank in India, where she worked in M&A and Corporate Advisory division. Thereafter, she practiced as independent legal consultant with various law firms on assignment basis. Dimple's areas of practice include Mergers & Acquisitions, divestitures in Government and private sector (both through competitive bidding process and private negotiations), capital markets, private equity; and general corporate advisory.
Some of the significant transactions successfully advised by her include, merger of State Bank of Indore into State Bank of India, merger of one factoring subsidiary of State Bank of India into the other, divestment of properties and parcels of land of a tourism company owned by Govt. of Gujarat through competitive bidding process, advising Department of Mining and Heavy Industries, Govt. Of India in a mandate involving divestment of cement units through a competitive bidding process, advising Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Government of India in a mandate involving revival of a sick pharmaceutical company through joint venture with private sector companies. She was also a part of the legal team acting as international counsel to a foreign government on expansion and modernization of an international airport under PPP model. Dimple has successfully executed various capital market mandates as well involving de-listing of shares of companies through Reverse Book Building process and Rights Issues of shares. Dimple is quite hands on while working on a mandate and believes in "Client first" policy. Superior quality of work and timely delivery of service is her success mantra.
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Deovrat N. Walwaikar:: Advocate
:: Advocate
Email:
deovrat.walwaikar@vasmumlegal.com
Deovrat specialises in Civil and Criminal litigation. He is a law graduate from G. J. Advani Law College, Mumbai and has also done Masters in Law (Crimes) from the University of Mumbai. Deovrat is enrolled as an Advocate with the Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa.
Deovrat has been practicing and advising clients on contentious matters related to Civil, Criminal, Revenue, Consumer, Co-operative disputes & has appeared & pleaded for clients before various courts. He has vast experience in conducting land related trials before various Courts and Tribunals. Deovrat has successfully handled matters before the Sub-Divisional Officer, District Collector and Land Revenue Tribunals. He is also involved in drafting legal documents, issuing title certificates & giving legal opinions.
Deovrat is an avid reader which enables him to have a broader view on issues and deliver effective advise to his clients taking into consideration various laws affecting a particular matter.
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Dharmesh Shah:: Advocate
:: Advocate
Dharmesh is a law graduate enrolled as an Advocate with the Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa and is also an Associate member of The Institute of Company Secretaries of India. Dharmesh is enrolled as a non-practising Solicitor in the Senior Courts of England and Wales as well.
He has over 17 years of professional experience during which he has worked with one of India’s leading law firm and corporate houses. Dharmesh has sought vast experience in handing corporate matters during his stint with the law firm. Subsequently, Dharmesh moved to India’s leading real estate developer K. Raheja Corp. where he successfully handled various hardcore and complex real estate transactions before moving on to ICICI Prudential Asset Management Co. Ltd. in its Portfolio Management Scheme - Real Estate Investment Management having foreign as well as domestic fund of Rs. 1200 crores.
Dharmesh brings with himself vast and varied experience that he has accumulated during his tenure of 17 years wherein he has handled various assignments that include advising on land acquisition, title verification, legal due diligence, compliance, advisory on development control regulations, TDR, FSI / FAR, zoning, conversion of land, stamp duty aspects, structuring of deals, documentation, private equity investments negotiation, structuring of investment and shareholders agreements, FDI aspects and other general corporate matters.
Dharmesh works with Vasmum Legal as a consultant on assignment basis.
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