Akshay believes in providing legal and advisory services from a space of holistic commercio-legal wisdom and not just myopic view of a legal problem. His experiences include:

• Partner at J. Sagar Associates, one of the top-ranking full-service law firms in India with around 320 lawyers across India.

• Partner at Luthra & Luthra Law Offices (L&L Partners), one of the leading national full-service law firms of India which had around 350 lawyers across India.

• Partner at Saraf and Partners, a spin off from Luthra & Luthra Law Offices (L&L Partners). Akshay contributed to the growth of the firm from 100 lawyers to 180 lawyers within less than a year’s time.

• Associate General Counsel, InterGlobe Aviation Limited (“IndiGo Airlines”). Akshay headed the verticals of commercial department, IT, Training wing, Engineering and worked extensively on Aircraft Acquisition matters.

• Davis, Polk and Wardwell (New York Office) - Experience of working in a globally leading -international law firm

• As part of his total professional experience as a law firm partner and as a senior in-house legal lawyer, Akshay has:

  • Led various mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint venture and private equity transactions

  • Advised on general corporate commercial matters, including advice on FEMA, Companies Act, Contract Act, SEBI laws and other various laws relevant for a corporate client.

  • Advised corporates and its boards on various strategic business issues such as: product launch, strategic disputes, major customer contracts, business collaborations, procurement of high value goods and services like technology, research and development, heavy capital equipment

  • Advised on various business operations-related issues and contracts to enable business growth while minimizing real risk, such as: agreements for business operations (including distribution agreements; supply contracts; procurement contracts; outsourcing arrangements; sales contracts), compliance, employment, litigation.

  • Advised on dispute resolution strategies including shareholder and business disputes of different nature.

  • Advised on employment issues such as CXO employment contracts, standard employment contracts, non-compete and non-solicitation, gratuity, work men and contract labour related issues et al.

  • Represented clients such as: Hero MotoCorp, Pepsi, Dell, Government of India, Sistema, Motherson Sumi, Rico Auto Industries, ICU Medical India and ICU Medical, Inc., Rico Auto Industries, Greencell Mobility, Eversource Private Equity fund, United Phosphorous Limited.

Team:

At SageCounsel, while it is a promise to each client to get sufficient time and attention of Akshay for each matter, Akshay is well supported by appropriate chosen teams as required, with whom Akshay works. This ensures that client always get the apt and right team for the specific matter bespoke to their particular needs, complexity of issue and budgets, with readiness to cater to urgent needs of the client.