Bharat Vasani

Mr. Bharat Vasani is a seasoned legal professional who is currently Senior Advisor of Corporate Laws, at the Mumbai Office of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM).

Mr. Vasani was a Corporate Partner at CAM for the last over 5 years and has extensively advised on complex issues of corporate and securities law.

Relevant Experience and Expertise:

• Prior to joining CAM, Mr. Vasani was Legal Advisor to the Tata Group Chairman, having also in his earlier role been the Chief Legal & Group General Counsel of the Tata Group. His areas of specialization include corporate and commercial laws, M&A, joint ventures, and securities law.
• Mr. Vasani has over 40 years of experience at senior management levels and has successfully built and managed the in-house legal departments of large multinationals. He has been at the helm of and steered several large and significant M&A transactions pursued by the Tata Group in the last 17 years, including many successful cross-border deals. He has also negotiated many successful joint venture transactions with various multinational conglomerates situated in different legal jurisdictions on behalf of the Tata Group. He has served on the Boards of several listed and unlisted companies of the Tata Group.
• Mr. Vasani has extensively advised on complex commercial transactions involving nuanced legal issues on various aspects such as the related party transactions (RPT) regime in India, new CSR regime, schemes of arrangement, M&A, joint ventures etc and has also extensively advised on aspects relating to inbound and outbound investments and securities law. Mr. Vasani has a vast experience in advising clients on the SEBI LODR Regulations, including the recent amendments notified by SEBI. Over the last few months, Mr. Vasani has provided nuanced guidance to clients on strengthening their internal compliance and governance frameworks, so as to ensure compliance with the LODR Amendments.
• He has also advised various leading companies on complex aspects of corporate and securities laws, corporate governance and crisis management. Mr. Vasani has also conducted comprehensive training sessions for Board and Audit Committee members, on corporate law as well as governance-related aspects. Mr. Vasani is highly regarded in Government and industry circles for his proactive approach on public policy issues. He is the Chairperson of the Legal Affairs Committee of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry – and has proactively represented before the Government and regulators (like MCA, SEBI and RBI) on recent regulatory changes in the realm of corporate law.
• He is a keen public speaker and was selected to speak on India’s Competition Act at the reputed Chatham House, London. He is a prolific writer and routinely shares his views on various contemporary aspects related to corporate governance, and other corporate law issues on different public fora. He was also a specialist editor of the 19th Edition of A Ramaiya’s celebrated commentary on the Companies Act. You may be interested to note that in the last 3 years, Mr. Vasani has authored more than 50 blogs on a diverse array of topics ranging from company law, SEBI regulations, FEMA, and corporate governance.

Awards & Recognition

• Ranked as ‘Recommended lawyer’ for TMT in legal 500, 2023
• ‘Professional Excellence, 2016’ awarded by the Harvard Law School
• ‘Leadership Excellence Award, 2016’ & ‘Best General Counsel 2011’, Legal Era Awards
• Awarded President’s Medal for securing the First Rank in the Company Secretaries examination

Memberships

• Bar Council of Maharashtra, India
• Member of Institute of Company Secretaries of India