Radhika Gaggar

Partner (Co-Head - Private Client)

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Radhika is part of the corporate team and co-head of private client practice & Japan desk of the firm.

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Qualifications

  • 2006 B.A. LLB. (Hons.), International Trade and Investment, National Law University, Jodhpur
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Expertise

Practice Areas

  • Private Client
  • General Corporate

She advises on general corporate matters, with special focus on private acquisitions and inbound and outbound foreign investments to and from India.

In the private client practice, Radhika specialises in estate and succession planning (especially its cross-border aspects and interplay with the Indian exchange control regime, takeover regulations and personal laws), family settlements and constitutions and establishment of trusts. Radhika has extensive experience in advising families, promoters of large corporate houses as well as professional wealth management and fiduciary service providers in relation to establishment and operation of trusts (both in India and overseas), restructuring of existing trust structures, establishment of private trust companies, rights and obligations of the fiduciaries and the beneficiaries and preparation of wills and family constitutions. She has been instrumental in negotiating and implementing high-profile family settlements. She also advises on establishment of charitable institutions to aid and promote the philanthropic endeavours of individuals, families and corporates.

Her expertise on Japan related relationships and transactions has been greatly fortified by her secondment to the Tokyo office of Anderson, Mori and Tomotsune, one of the leading law firms in Japan, for a period of nine months. She has also authored articles on investments into India from Japan, as well as estate planning. She travels regularly to Japan for India focused seminars.

Professional Experience

      • Piramal Enterprises in relation to sale of 20% stake of its pharmaceuticals business to Carlyle Group.
      • Acquisition of Essar Oil by Rosneft Oil Company, a USD 12.9 billion deal and the largest ever FDI deal into India also largest outbound acquisition by Russia.

Awards & Recognition

  • “Recommended Partner” for Private Client Practice in Legal500 2022-2023
  • “Band- 3” for Private Wealth Law in India  (High Net Worth guide rankings) at Chambers and Partners-HNW 2023.
  • ‘Notable Practitioner’ for M&A and Private Equity, IFLR 1000- 2018 – 2023
  • ALB India “Rising Star” 2021
  • ‘Recommended for Corporate M&A’, RSG India Report 2015

Memberships

          • Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa, India

Qualifications

  • 2006 B.A. LLB. (Hons.), International Trade and Investment, National Law University, Jodhpur
expertise

Expertise

Practice Areas

  • Private Client
  • General Corporate