About Mahendra Bhavsar & Co.: A Gujarat-Focused Law Firm Since 1982
Mahendra Bhavsar & Co. is a Gujarat-focused law firm, headquartered in Ahmedabad since 1982. The firm acts for businesses, institutions and families with legal needs in Gujarat and across India, and for overseas clients and international law firms who need Indian counsel on Gujarat-linked matters.
Four decades in Gujarat
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, private client and NRI work, technology and employment. Its lawyers appear before the Gujarat High Court, the commercial courts, the National Company Law Tribunal and arbitral tribunals, and work with revenue, registration and industrial authorities across the state. A team based in Surat serves clients in south Gujarat.
Who the firm acts for
Multinationals and foreign companies entering or operating in Gujarat; international banks and lenders; foreign government authorities and international institutions; international law firms seeking Indian counsel; Indian corporates, promoters and business families; investors and acquirers; manufacturers and exporters; and NRI, OCI and overseas Gujarati families with property, succession and business interests in the state.
How the firm works
- An assessment first: the firm looks at the matter and says what Indian law and Gujarat practice will require before any engagement.
- Scope and fees in writing before work starts, with exclusions stated.
- One point of responsibility for each matter.
- Selective by design: the firm takes on work where its Gujarat and Indian-law judgment adds real value, and says so when another adviser is needed.
Recognition
- Named a winner at the India Business Law Journal Regional Law Firm Awards 2026 in Arbitration & ADR (Ahmedabad) and Real Estate (Ahmedabad).
- Listed in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific.
- Listed in Asia IP.
The kinds of matters the firm handles
- Enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards before the Gujarat High Court, and resisting enforcement where grounds exist.
- Setting up and operating manufacturing businesses in Gujarat for overseas groups, including industrial land, approvals and local authority dealings.
- Large property and industrial land acquisitions, title investigation and project-related security.
- Domestic and international arbitration, and commercial litigation before the Gujarat courts.
- Property, succession and inheritance matters for NRI and overseas families.