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EXPERTS
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ANIL HARISH
BA, LLB, LLM (Miami)
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Admitted to the Bar in 1978, Mr. Harish is a leading legal expert on domestic and international taxation, mergers and acquisitions, trade law, property transactions, wills and trusts, joint ventures and collaborations, foreign investments and exchange control. Mr. Harish is on several committees of the Society of Indian Law Firms and is a member of the Confederation of Indian Industry's Construction and Real Estate Sub-Committee and the All India Business Council's Advisory Committee, and a former member of the Managing Committees of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal Bar Association and the Chamber of Income Tax Consultants. He is an independent director of several private and public companies, including Pantaloon Retail, Unitech, Mahindra Lifespace Developers, IndusInd Bank, Hinduja TMT, Mukta Arts, Ador Welding and Tolani Shipping. Mr. Harish has also accepted Directorship of Indian Oil Corporation.
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SHOBHA JAGTIANI
BA, LLB, LLM
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Admitted to the Bar in 1971, Mrs. Shobha Jagtiani specializes in taxation, including tax litigation in the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal and at the High Court and Supreme Court. Several of the leading cases, which she has argued, are reported in the Income Tax Reports and constitute important legal precedents. She is a member of the Managing Committees of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal Bar Association and of the Chamber of Income Tax Consultants. She has also been heavily involved with women's issues, as chairperson of the Legal Cell of the Ladies Wing of the Indian Merchants' Chamber.
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Mr. Haresh Jagtiani
BA, LLB, LLM
Admitted to the Bar in 1971 and conferred the status of Senior Advocate in 1994, Mr. Jagtiani has extensive litigation and arbitration experience, and has represented clients in commercial, criminal, constitutional, civil, maritime and matrimonial disputes, as well as in disputes relating to income tax, power and electricity, intellectual property rights, and customs, excise and other indirect taxes. His corporate clients have included Pantaloon Retail, Indian Overseas Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Bank National Paribas, Crompton Greaves, the Cable Corporation of India, Lupin and Unitech,
He has also represented numerous individual celebrities, including Madhavrao Scindia, cricketers Sachin Tendulkar and Mohinder Amarnath, jockey Pesi Shroff and film personalities. Mr. Jagtiani is on the Board of Trustees of ING Mutual Fund and has accepted an invitation as Director of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.
With a strong team of seasoned lawyers and renowned experts on board, LegalPundits inspires trust from the legal fraternity as well as corporates.
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Mr. Girish Dave
MCom, LLB, CAIIB
Admitted to the Bar in 1963, Mr. Dave has extensive experience with bank restructuring, project finance, ship and aircraft finance and acquisition, offshore bond and equity issues, mutual funds including offshore mutual funds, external commercial borrowings, documentation for innovative structured finance, income tax, property conveyancing and leasing, contracts relating to mining, oil exploration and construction, domestic and cross-border litigation, bankruptcy, arbitration and due diligence. Mr. Dave is a legal advisor to major Indian corporate houses such as the A.V. Birla Group, Premier Mills Group and Apple Group, and to domestic and international banks and financial institutions, including the International Finance Corporation, Citibank, ABN Amro, the State Bank of India, the Development Bank of Singapore, the Unit Trust of India and the Housing Development and Finance Corporation. He is a member of the Bombay Bar Association, the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa, the International Bar Association and the Indian Council of Arbitration.
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DIVYA BAHL
MA, LLB
Admitted to the Bar in 1991, Mrs. Bahl has extensive advisory and transactional experience in project finance, power, capital markets, shipping, telecom, real estate, banking, external commercial borrowings and regulatory / FDI sector. She has advised Fortune 500 companies on their entry strategies and advised on Indian law issues , regulatory compliances, loan and security documentation, equity participation and monitored closure. She has advised Indian Oil Corporation on banking and finance; Centrum Capital and Centrum Broking on capital markets transactions; Bank of Punjab and the Lord Krishna Bank on their merger with Centurian Bank of Punjab; led the Legal due diligence on Ansal Properties (one of India's largest real estate companies), Federal Bank and Centurion Bank of Punjab, and has assisted STET of Italy on Indian law issues relating to its joint venture with Bharti Telecom; She has advised and structured the investments of General Motors USA; Ikea Sweden; RCI, Nortel Canada; STET Italy; Oriflame Sweden; Universal Water and Power Canada; Bernhard Schulte Germany; Heartland USA; First American USA.;
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JAMSHED MISTRY
BCom, LLB, DLL&LW
Mr. Mistry appears in the Supreme Court and in various High Courts, with a particular emphasis on the Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court. His clients have included the Reserve Bank of India and the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking. He also works actively for social causes like the rights of disabled persons, beach safety, Goa Action Plan, the setting up of distinct hawking and non-hawking zones in Mumbai, Spastics Society of India, etc. Mr. Mistry is a member of the Legal Committee of the Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry, JN Petit Library and the sub-committee of the Planning Commission which is reviewing the legislation for disabled persons in India. He has had vast experience in dealing with the media and entertainment industry and has been a consultant to several corporate agencies as well as high profile individual celebrity clients. He is also a member of the Media Information and Communication Centre of India.
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E.O. MENDES
BA, LLB
Admitted to the Bar in 1987, Mr. Mendes formerly worked at Mormugao Port Trust and was the Vice President of the Goa Port and Dock Employees Union and Founder Secretary of the Goa Port and Dock Employee Co-Op Society as well as the Port Employees Housing Society. He has been practicing law for 22 years, in the Civil, Criminal, Original and Appellate Side including Writ Jurisdiction and NDPS matters and his clients have included the Mormugao Planning and Development Authority, Mormugao Municipal Council and the Village Panchayats of Sancoale, Chicalim, Bogmalo, Velsao and Cansaulim. He has also been involved in international commercial arbitrations at the ICC and the SIAC, and has been appointed a Special Public Prosecutor by the Government of Goa, for cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act and has been the President of the Vasco Advocates Association.
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SHARAN JAGTIANI
BALS, LLB, LLM (Georgetown)
Admitted to the Bar in 2000, and to the New York State Bar in 2003, Mr. Jagtiani has extensive advisory experience relating to the establishment and operation of power projects in India, as well as in the area of intellectual property rights. He has worked for the World Trade Organisation and Sidley Austin Brown and Wood in Washington D.C.
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ANIL D'SOUZA
BLS, LLB, LLM
Admitted to the Bar in 2001, Mr. D'Souza has extensive experience representing companies before SEBI. He also has vast civil litigation experience pertaining to direct and indirect taxes and electricity disputes. His non-litigation experience includes the preparation of due diligence reports for several major acquisitions and real estate transactions.
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YASHPAL JAIN
BCom, LLB
Admitted to the Bar in 2000, Mr. Jain specializes in commercial litigation, real estate, and intellectual property rights. He has also defended clients against debt recovery actions initiated by Oriental Bank of Commerce, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Andhra Bank, Union Bank of India, Bank of India and Bank of Baroda.
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