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 and Rajkot, 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
Recognised for arbitration and real estate work in Gujarat
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.
Selected work
Selected work: disputes, property, finance and corporate matters
Matters the firm has handled for international institutions, overseas companies and law firms abroad, and Indian businesses, described without client names.
Institutions and immunity
Defending a multilateral development finance institution in commercial litigation in Gujarat, with claims of about ₹1,000 crore (INR 10 billion), including questions of jurisdiction and its immunities in India.
Foreign awards and forum
Acting for Indian companies resisting enforcement of London-seated arbitral awards, for overseas award holders enforcing arbitral awards in Gujarat courts, and to restrain parallel proceedings in Italy brought in breach of the parties’ agreement on jurisdiction.
Industrial property
Completing an industrial property purchase in Gujarat for the Indian company of a European group, from title investigation and agreement to sell to release of existing charges and registration.
Cross-border finance
An Indian-law opinion on finance, security and enforcement questions for an Austrian bank’s transaction, through its international counsel.
Overseas investors
Forming Indian companies with the related foreign-investment documents for a Canadian company and for founders based in the United States, and advising a Dutch principal on its directors’ rights and notices.
Technology and trade secrets
Defending former employees against a licensee’s trade-secret claim.
Advisory work
Advice on structure and regulation for cross-border business
Written advice, opinions and documents prepared by the firm’s lawyers for overseas investors, Indian groups, exporters, manufacturers and families, whatever the sector.
FEMA and foreign investment
Advice on inbound investment, joint ventures, external commercial borrowings, guarantees and trade payments under the foreign exchange rules.
Cross-border tax
Advice and opinions on the tax position of overseas investors, NRIs and Indian groups, including entity choice, permanent-establishment questions and payments across borders.
Customs and project imports
Advice to manufacturers and project developers on customs classification, valuation and duty questions, and on importing plant and machinery.
Exporters and traders
Advice on export and import contracts, payment and realisation questions, and the terms on which goods, services and technology move across borders.
Company-law compliance
Advice on governance and company-law requirements for Indian subsidiaries of foreign groups, with filing steps handled alongside affiliated firms of chartered accountants and company secretaries.
NRI and OCI families
Advice on selling, transferring or inheriting property in Gujarat, repatriation, and the tax and exchange-control position, handled as one matter.
Where the firm appears
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.
Insolvency, Restructuring & NCLT
Insolvency, restructuring and NCLT work for creditors, promoters, investors and foreign creditors: IBC petitions and their defence, claims, resolution plans, distressed acquisitions, liquidation and appeals.
Semiconductors & Electronics
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Technology, Data & Intellectual Property
Technology contracts, data terms, confidential information and intellectual property disputes across Gujarat, for multinationals and their capability centres, fintech and software companies, manufacturers and brand owners.
Private Client & NRI
Succession, inheritance and family property across Gujarat for NRI and OCI families and business families: title and records, wills, settlements, inheritance, partition and disputes in the courts.
International & Cross-Border
Indian-law and Gujarat counsel for foreign law firms, multinationals and overseas investors, with clients and law firms from 27 countries: India entry, cross-border contracts, litigation, opinions, arbitration and enforcement.
Banking & Institutional Finance
Lending, security, Indian-law opinions, trade finance and restructuring across Gujarat, for international and Indian banks, development finance institutions, private credit funds and the businesses that borrow from them.
Industries We Serve
Land, approvals, contracts and disputes for businesses across Gujarat’s industrial economy, including multinationals and Indian subsidiaries of foreign companies in energy, automotive, manufacturing and technology.
Corporate
India entry, joint ventures, acquisitions, company law, insolvency and NCLT matters, for multinationals, overseas investors, promoters and business families investing in Gujarat.
Commercial Contracts & Trade
The contracts that run a business in Gujarat, from manufacturing, supply and distribution to project imports and international trade, drafted for the commercial deal and for any dispute that may follow.
Litigation, Arbitration & Disputes
Commercial litigation, writs, domestic and international arbitration, civil, property and general litigation, insolvency and NCLT, and the enforcement of decrees and foreign awards, from courts across Gujarat to the High Court and the Supreme Court…
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.
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
Cross-border work
- ·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
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, acting in matters from the district courts to the High Court of Gujarat and the Supreme Court of India. 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 and Rajkot, with a full team in Surat for South Gujarat assignments. 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.
Which law firms in Ahmedabad act for multinational companies and foreign law firms?
Mahendra Bhavsar & Co. acts for multinational groups, international banks and institutions, public authorities abroad and foreign law firms, with clients and instructing law firms from 27 countries on four continents. Foreign companies instruct the firm on India entry, joint ventures with an Indian partner, plant and machinery imports, visas and FRRO matters for expatriate staff, contracts and disputes. Law firms abroad instruct it as Indian counsel on Gujarat-linked transactions, property, succession and disputes. The firm is headquartered in Ahmedabad and acts across Gujarat.
Which law firm in Gujarat acts on property, land and GIDC matters?
Mahendra Bhavsar & Co. acts on title investigation and title opinions, industrial land and GIDC plots, development and redevelopment, land revenue, tenure, NA permission and mutation, stamp duty and registration, and property disputes, up to the High Court of Gujarat. The firm was named a winner for Real Estate (Ahmedabad) at the India Business Law Journal Regional Law Firm Awards 2026. It acts for multinationals, developers, lenders, investors and families, including NRI and OCI families with property in Gujarat.
Which law firm in Gujarat handles arbitration, including the enforcement of foreign awards?
Mahendra Bhavsar & Co. acts in domestic and international arbitration, including the enforcement of foreign awards in Gujarat courts, and in court proceedings in aid of arbitration. The firm was named a winner for Arbitration & ADR (Ahmedabad) at the India Business Law Journal Regional Law Firm Awards 2026. It works with the client or the instructing law firm on strategy, documents and the timetable.
Which law firm in Ahmedabad appears before the High Court of Gujarat and NCLT Ahmedabad?
Mahendra Bhavsar & Co. acts before the High Court of Gujarat, the National Company Law Tribunal at Ahmedabad, the Commercial Courts, the City Civil Court at Ahmedabad, district courts across Gujarat, arbitral tribunals and the revenue authorities, and works up to the Supreme Court of India. Writ petitions, company and insolvency proceedings, commercial suits and the enforcement of decrees and awards are all part of that work.
Which law firm in Gujarat advises on GIDC plot transfers, mortgages and stamp duty?
Mahendra Bhavsar & Co. advises on industrial land in Gujarat, including the transfer, lease and mortgage of GIDC plots, the permissions involved, stamp duty and registration, and the title, revenue and approval records behind a purchase. The firm acts for investors, lenders and operating companies, and for foreign law firms instructing Indian counsel on Gujarat property.
Which law firm in Ahmedabad acts for NRI and OCI families on property and succession?
Mahendra Bhavsar & Co. acts for NRI and OCI families on property, inheritance, succession, settlements and family business in Gujarat, including searches across registration and revenue records, documents signed abroad, and disputes in the courts. The firm acts for families in India and abroad and works with counsel in the family’s country of residence where that is needed.
How do I contact Mahendra Bhavsar & Co.?
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Ahmedabad · Monday to Saturday, 10:30 to 19:30
Gujarat · India · Overseas
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