Mr. Rishabh Gandhi is an Advocate practicing in India. He is enrolled with the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa. He is also a former Trial Court Judge. He is an Arbitrator and is also a Mediator enrolled with Mediation and Conciliation Project Committee of the Supreme Court of India.
He read Law in the chambers of Hon’ble Dr. D. Y. Chandrachud, Judge, Bombay High Court (as he then was) and Fox Mandal Little and Co., Mumbai. He has also worked as a junior advocate in the Law Chambers of Karnik and Karnik Advocates and has worked as an Associate Advocate with J. S. Wad and Co.
He was an addressee of Chief Minister’s appreciation for outstanding academic and extracurricular performance and was felicitated by Hon’ble Shri. Vilasrao Deshmukh, the Chief Minister of Maharashtra (as he then was). A Gold Medalist of Pune University and recipient of Fellowship from Maharashtra State Education Board, he obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Law from Pune University. He holds Post Graduate Diploma in IPR Laws as well as Diploma in Cyber Laws.
Being an academician at heart, he has been a visiting Professor at ILS Law College Pune, D.E.S. (Fergusson) Law College, Pune and has taught subjects like Law of Evidence, IPR Laws, Constitutional Law, Land Laws, Social Transformation and Judicial Process etc. He has also presented and published research papers and articles on multifarious legal issues in various national and international Journals and Seminars.
He is an active member and associate of Pune Bar Association, Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce and Industries and Agriculture, Bhandarkar Institute of Oriental Research, Shri Mahavir Jain Vidyalaya and Young International Council for Commercial Arbitration.
He has been a Legal Advisor for companies belonging to various Industries such as Pharmaceutical, Education, Information Technology, FMCG, Oil and Gas, Automobile, Telecommunication, Real Estate, Retail, Tourism and Hospitality, and Sugar Industry. He has advised venture capitalists on complex Private Equity transactions, led Mergers and Acquisitions, conducted Corporate Restructuring of several companies.
Although he has created a niche for the corporate practice, he has had a share of experience in both the specialized fields of Arbitration, Civil and Commercial Litigation, which has aided him in evolving into the Lawyer that he is today.
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