Beyond borders. Beyond precedent.
Mahendra Bhavsar & Co.: Gujarat Law Firm in Ahmedabad, Serving Clients Across Gujarat Since 1982
Mahendra Bhavsar & Co. is a Gujarat-focused law firm, headquartered in Ahmedabad since 1982. The firm acts for multinational groups, international banks and institutions, public authorities abroad and foreign law firms, and for Indian companies, promoters, business families, investors and NRI and OCI families, on matters ranging from land and investment to significant commercial disputes.
Mahendra Bhavsar & Co. advises and acts in real estate and land, corporate and commercial transactions, commercial contracts, litigation and arbitration, projects and infrastructure, banking and institutional finance, domestic and NRI succession, property and family business, technology, data and intellectual property, employment and immigration for employers, and international and cross-border tax. The firm carries a matter from the first advice and documents through transactions, approvals and disputes to the enforcement of decrees and arbitral awards. Mahendra Bhavsar & Co. acts for clients across Gujarat, from Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and Vadodara to Surat, Rajkot and Kutch, and appears before the High Court of Gujarat, the NCLT, the Commercial Courts and arbitral tribunals, up to the Supreme Court of India.
The firm’s senior lawyers lead its work. A matter begins with an understanding of the client’s objective and the issues in play, and the firm looks at it as a whole, so each step is taken with the next one in mind.
Mahendra Bhavsar & Co. works with a network of affiliated firms of chartered accountants and company secretaries, and with established advocates across Gujarat.
Recognition and reach
An award-winning Gujarat law firm
Award winner, 2026
India Business Law Journal Regional Law Firm Awards 2026: Arbitration & ADR (Ahmedabad) and Real Estate (Ahmedabad).
Directory listings
Listed in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific and in Asia IP.
27 countries
Clients and instructing law firms from 27 countries on four continents.
Since 1982
Headquartered in Ahmedabad, acting for clients across Gujarat.
Where the Firm Appears
District & Civil
Courts
High Court of
Gujarat
Supreme Court
of India
Domestic
Arbitration
MSME Council
&
MSME Arbitration
International
Arbitration
National Company
Law Tribunal
(NCLT)
National Company
Law Appellate
Tribunal (NCLAT)
Court-Annexed &
Commercial Mediation
Local Revenue
Authorities & SSRD
Gujarat Revenue
Tribunal
RERA
Tribunal
Sub-Registrar &
Stamp Authorities
Special Courts
& Tribunals
Practice Areas
Ten practices · One Gujarat team
Mahendra Bhavsar & Co. organises its work in ten practices, with one Gujarat team behind each, so the land, contracts, finance and any dispute on a matter stay together.
Real Estate, Land & Development
Title, industrial land and GIDC, development and property disputes.
Corporate & Business Transactions
India entry, joint ventures, acquisitions and NCLT company matters.
Commercial Contracts, Manufacturing & Trade
Supply, manufacturing and distribution contracts, customs advisory and project imports.
Dispute Resolution, Litigation & Arbitration
Litigation, arbitration, insolvency and the enforcement of decrees and awards.
Projects, Infrastructure, Construction & Energy
EPC and construction contracts, concessions, energy projects and project claims.
Banking & Institutional Finance
Indian-law counsel on lending, security and finance with a Gujarat connection.
Domestic & NRI Succession, Property & Family Business
Inheritance, family property, settlements and family business, for families in India and abroad, including OCI and citizenship questions.
Technology, Data & Intellectual Property
Technology contracts, data terms, and trade mark, copyright and trade-secret disputes.
Employment, Immigration & Global Mobility
For employers: workforce matters, expatriate staff, visas and FRRO.
International & Cross-Border Tax
Inbound and cross-border structuring, treaty and permanent-establishment questions, and the tax position of NRIs and overseas families.
Focus area
Property, inheritance, succession and family business in Gujarat, for families who live abroad.
Focus area
Indian counsel for overseas companies, banks and law firms, from opinions to arbitration and enforcement.
Technology, Data & Intellectual Property
Technology contracts, confidentiality and data terms, and the enforcement of trade marks, copyright and trade secrets, including defending a Gujarat municipal corporation against international copyright claims.
Private Client & NRI
For NRI and OCI families, the Gujarat side of inheritance and family property: records traced across registries, histories reconstructed, and partition, settlement or litigation pursued with diligence.
International & Cross-Border
Instructed by law firms in the United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Austria and Italy, the firm runs the Indian-law and Gujarat stream of cross-border opinions, arbitrations and enforcement.
Banking & Institutional Finance
Practice Area · Banking & Institutional Finance Banking & Institutional Finance: Indian-Law Counsel for Banks, Lenders and Borrowers in Gujarat Lending, security, legal opinions, trade finance and restructuring for international banks, Indian lenders, development finance…
Industries We Serve
Land, approvals, contracts and disputes for Gujarat’s industrial economy, including the Indian companies of global energy, automotive, manufacturing and technology groups.
Corporate
India entry, joint ventures and acquisitions for overseas groups investing in Gujarat, with structure, investment opinions and company-law strategy settled before capital moves.
Commercial Contracts & Trade
The contracts that run a Gujarat operation, from supply and manufacturing to distribution and project imports, written for the commercial deal and for any dispute that may follow.
Litigation, Arbitration & Disputes
Defending a World Bank Group institution against a claim of about ₹1,000 crore in Gujarat, alongside arbitration and the enforcement of foreign awards before Indian courts.
Real Estate & Property
Title, land and development work across Gujarat, from title investigation and permissions to acquisitions, registration and property disputes, for multinationals, developers, lenders and families.
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Insights from the Firm
Mahendra Bhavsar & Co. · Since 1982
Beyond borders. Beyond precedent.
Mahendra Bhavsar & Co. acts across Gujarat for clients in India and abroad, on matters that cross jurisdictions, practices and forums, and on questions where the answer has to be built from the statute, the record and first principles.
Who the firm acts for
- ·Multinationals and Indian subsidiaries of foreign companies
- ·International banks, lenders and investors
- ·Foreign law firms and Indian counsel
- ·Public authorities abroad and international institutions
- ·Promoters, business families and NRI and OCI families
Beyond borders
- ·Indian counsel to law firms abroad
- ·Inbound investment, joint ventures and India entry
- ·Enforcement of foreign awards and judgments in Gujarat
- ·Cross-border contracts, trade and payment disputes
- ·Succession and property for families overseas
Across Gujarat
- ·Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar
- ·Sanand, Mehsana, Vadodara, Bharuch and Dahej
- ·Surat, Vapi and South Gujarat
- ·Rajkot, Jamnagar and Saurashtra
- ·Kutch and the port region
Questions clients ask
Mahendra Bhavsar & Co.: questions clients ask
Is Mahendra Bhavsar & Co. one of the top law firms in Gujarat?
Mahendra Bhavsar & Co. is an established, award-winning Gujarat law firm, in practice since 1982. It was named a winner at the India Business Law Journal Regional Law Firm Awards 2026 in Arbitration & ADR (Ahmedabad) and Real Estate (Ahmedabad), and is listed in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific and in Asia IP. Clients and instructing law firms have come to the firm from 27 countries on four continents.
What kind of law firm is Mahendra Bhavsar & Co.?
Mahendra Bhavsar & Co. is a full-service law firm for Gujarat, headquartered in Ahmedabad, with ten practices: real estate and land; corporate and business transactions; commercial contracts, manufacturing and trade; dispute resolution, litigation and arbitration; projects, infrastructure and energy; banking and institutional finance; domestic and NRI succession, property and family business; technology, data and intellectual property; employment, immigration and global mobility for employers; and international and cross-border tax.
Who does Mahendra Bhavsar & Co. act for?
Mahendra Bhavsar & Co. acts for multinationals and Indian subsidiaries of foreign companies, international banks and financial institutions, international institutions, public authorities abroad, foreign law firms, Indian companies, promoters and business families, investors, and NRI and OCI families.
Does Mahendra Bhavsar & Co. act as Indian counsel for law firms abroad?
Yes. Law firms abroad instruct Mahendra Bhavsar & Co. as Indian counsel on Gujarat-linked transactions, property, succession and disputes, including the enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards in Indian courts. The firm works with the instructing firm on strategy, documents and the timetable.
Which courts and tribunals does Mahendra Bhavsar & Co. appear before?
Mahendra Bhavsar & Co. appears before the Supreme Court of India, the High Court of Gujarat, NCLT Ahmedabad, the Commercial Courts, the City Civil Court, Ahmedabad, district courts across Gujarat, arbitral tribunals and revenue authorities.
Does the firm act for clients outside Ahmedabad?
Yes. Mahendra Bhavsar & Co. acts for clients across Gujarat, from Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and Vadodara to Surat, Rajkot and Kutch, and a team in Surat serves South Gujarat. Overseas clients and instructing law firms have come to the firm from North America, the United Kingdom and continental Europe, the Gulf, South-East and East Asia, and Australia and New Zealand.
How do I contact Mahendra Bhavsar & Co.?
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Phone and WhatsApp
Office hours
Ahmedabad · Monday to Saturday, 10:30 to 19:30
Gujarat · India · Overseas
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