About Mahendra Bhavsar & Co.: A Gujarat-Focused Law Firm Since 1982

Founded in 1982 by Mahendra Bhavsar, the firm has grown with Gujarat’s economy: from property, land and civil work to corporate transactions, commercial contracts, disputes and arbitration, projects, institutional finance, domestic and NRI succession and property work, technology and employment.

The firm appears before the Supreme Court of India, the High Court of Gujarat, NCLT Ahmedabad, the Commercial Courts, district courts across Gujarat and arbitral tribunals, and works with revenue, registration and industrial authorities across the state. A full team in Surat handles South Gujarat assignments.

Companies

For companies investing in Gujarat

For multinationals and Indian subsidiaries of foreign companies, Mahendra Bhavsar & Co. acts across the life of an investment in Gujarat: the joint venture with an Indian partner, land and GIDC plots, approvals, plant and machinery imports, visas, FRRO and expatriate employment, operating contracts, tax structuring, and disputes when they arise.

Law firms

For law firms abroad

Law firms abroad instruct Mahendra Bhavsar & Co. as Indian counsel on Gujarat-linked transactions, property, succession and disputes. The firm advises on Indian law and Gujarat procedure, works with the instructing firm on strategy, documents and the timetable, and acts in Indian courts, including to enforce foreign judgments and arbitral awards.

Families

For families in India and abroad

For NRI, OCI and resident families, Mahendra Bhavsar & Co. handles property and succession in Gujarat from start to finish: title investigation across registration, revenue and tax records, wills, probate and succession, family settlements, powers of attorney signed abroad, sale and purchase, and property disputes.

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Indian-law advice and legal opinions for international banks and lenders, in a form overseas institutions can rely on.

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Industrial property acquisitions and leasing for Indian subsidiaries of foreign companies, including GIDC and industrial estate land.

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Large property and industrial land acquisitions, title investigation and project-related security.

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Setting up and operating manufacturing businesses in Gujarat for overseas groups, including approvals and local authority dealings.

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Enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards before the High Court of Gujarat, and resisting enforcement where grounds exist.

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Domestic and international arbitration, and commercial litigation before the Gujarat courts and the NCLT.

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The Indian side of cross-border disputes, working with counsel abroad.

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Property, succession and inheritance for NRI and overseas families, including title investigation across registration, revenue and tax records.

Courts

Tribunals and statutory bodies

Revenue and registration

Arbitration and mediation

Across Gujarat

Matters arise across Gujarat, including Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Navsari, Bardoli, Mehsana and Amreli. A full team in Surat handles South Gujarat assignments.

Overseas

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.

Network

Mahendra Bhavsar & Co. works with a network of affiliated firms of chartered accountants and company secretaries, and with established advocates across Gujarat.

Mahendra Bhavsar & Co. has advised on property, transactions, disputes and business matters in Gujarat since 1982. The firm’s senior lawyers lead that work today.

A matter begins with an understanding of what the client is trying to achieve and the issues in play: the commercial objective, the legal position, the records and documents available, and the courts, tribunals or authorities that may become involved. That understanding shapes the advice, the documents and the strategy that follow.

The same approach applies whether the instruction comes from a family with property in Gujarat, a company setting up or expanding in the state, an investor or lender, or a law firm abroad acting for its own client. Many matters touch more than one area of law. A land acquisition may raise contract, finance and approval questions; a commercial dispute may turn on property or corporate records. The firm looks at the matter as a whole, so that each step is taken with the next one in mind.

Where a matter has tax or company-law steps, the firm handles them with its network of affiliated firms of chartered accountants and company secretaries, as one team and one timetable. Where other counsel are involved, in India or abroad, the firm coordinates with them.

Award winner, 2026

Named a winner at the India Business Law Journal Regional Law Firm Awards 2026 in Arbitration & ADR (Ahmedabad) and Real Estate (Ahmedabad).

The Legal 500

Listed in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific.

Asia IP

Listed in Asia IP.

27 countries

Clients and instructing law firms from 27 countries on four continents.

Who founded Mahendra Bhavsar & Co., and who leads it today?

Mahendra Bhavsar founded the firm in Ahmedabad in 1982. Chanakya Bhavsar is the Managing Partner. He leads the firm’s disputes and appears personally when appropriate, before the High Court of Gujarat and other courts and tribunals.

How does the firm handle tax and company-law steps in a matter?

Mahendra Bhavsar & Co. is a single point of contact for Gujarat legal work. Tax and company-law compliance steps are handled alongside affiliated firms of chartered accountants and company secretaries, as one team and one timetable. Tax advice is the firm’s own work.