Shaishavi Kadakia

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Shaishavi advises families and individuals on legal matters relating to their business holdings as well as personal wealth.

Her experience includes estate and succession planning, family business restructurings, family settlements/arrangements, family business governance (family constitutions/charters), trusts and Wills, and cross-border advisory.

She has advised a wide range of clients including promoters of some of the foremost business groups in India, leading professionals and executives, entrepreneurs and start-ups, family offices, and trustees.

Shaishavi also regularly advises on the law relating to charities and non-profits. She has advised individuals and corporates on establishment of charitable/non-profit entities (such as public trusts, societies, and section 8 companies), and on the corporate social responsibility (CSR) regime in India. She also advises charitable/non-profit entities on restructuring, and on receiving foreign contributions under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010.

Shaishavi is a ranked lawyer for Private Wealth Law in India by Chambers and Partners, 2024 and is a ‘Recommended Partner’ by Legal500, for 2023 and 2024.

 

Memberships

  • Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa, India
  • Solicitor, Bombay Incorporated Law Society
  • Affiliate Member, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.

Qualifications

  • 2011 Solicitor (Gold Medallist), High Court of Bombay
  • 2009 B.L.S. LL.B., Government Law College, Mumbai
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Expertise

Practice Areas

  • Private Client
  • General Corporate