Legal precision.
Strategic clarity.
I combine legal expertise with business insight to deliver practical solutions that protect your interests and drive growth.
Legal precision.
Strategic clarity.
I combine legal expertise with business insight to deliver practical solutions that protect your interests and drive growth.
Practice Areas
Structuring, documenting and closing transactions that span India, the U.A.E. and beyond.
Entity selection, holding structures, shareholder arrangements and board governance.
Commercial agreements drafted for enforceability, and negotiated with risk allocation in view.
Compliance frameworks, licensing, and diligence that surfaces risk before it is inherited.
End-to-end documentation, from incorporation records to resolutions, registers and closure.
Contested proceedings before district and high courts, and commercial dispute strategy.
RERA claims, consumer complaints, and matters before electricity and environmental tribunals.
Training individuals and corporate teams to communicate with clarity and lead with impact.
Every mandate has a story.
Cross-border transactions, corporate advisory and regulatory compliance across India and the United Arab Emirates. Lawyer and Head of Business Strategy at Chanakyatse Consultancy, and founder of Grab the Mic.
My work sits at the intersection of law and business strategy — enabling organisations to structure transactions efficiently, maintain robust compliance frameworks, and scale with confidence.
Trusted by clients
"Ashwin has consistently provided practical, commercially focused legal advice backed by exceptional professionalism. His support with our corporate documentation, contract drafting, and ongoing legal advisory has given us confidence that our business is protected at every stage. He is responsive, detail oriented, and always delivers solutions that balance legal compliance with business objectives. We highly value his expertise and would confidently recommend their services to any organisation seeking reliable long term legal counsel."
What stood out was the commercial judgement. We were given options with consequences attached, not a memo listing risks and leaving us to decide.
He trained our leadership team over six sessions. The difference in how our managers present to the board was obvious by the third.
From the Desk
Structuring an India–U.A.E. transaction: what to settle before the term sheet
Most cross-border deals are shaped by decisions taken before anyone reads the definitive agreement. Six questions worth answering while the structure is still fluid.
The five clauses that decide who carries the risk
Commercial negotiation concentrates on price and term. The clauses that determine what a contract is actually worth usually pass without comment.
Compliance as architecture, not paperwork
A compliance function that exists to produce documents will produce documents. Designing compliance into how a business operates is a different exercise entirely.