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Viral Mehta

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Lead - Private Equity and Financial Services Regulatory at Nishith Desai Associates
📍 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Viral Mehta is the Lead of Private Equity and Financial Services Regulatory at Nishith Desai Associates, bringing over 25 years of experience in M&A, private equity, and foreign investment. A Harvard Law School alumnus, he advises multinational corporations, financial institutions, and governments on complex, high-value cross-border transactions and regulatory compliance.

He is a prolific writer, contributing commentary on contemporary legal and regulatory issues to prominent financial publications such as The Financial Express and Mint. He has also authored a critically acclaimed book on private-placement transactions titled “Private Placement of Shares: Deal-making and the Madisonian Dilemma. ”

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Experience
25 Years
Current Role
Lead - Private Equity and Financial Services Regulatory
Job Level
Senior
Location
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Private Equity & M&A
Heads the Private Equity and M&A practice at his firm, specializing in high-value cross-border deals, dispositions, and joint ventures for over two decades.
Financial Services Regulation
Co-leads his firm's financial services regulatory practice and has written articles analyzing the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) actions concerning non-banking financial companies.
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Career

Work history

9-2024
Lead - Private Equity and Financial Services Regulatory
Nishith Desai Associates
3-2017 - 9-2024
Partner
S&R Associates
3-2007 - 3-2017
Founding Partner
A&M Law Offices
9-2000 - 11-2006
Senior Associate
P&A Law Offices
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Nishith Desai Associates announces strategic leadership addition: Viral Mehta. Featured in Nishith Desai Associates (Press Release)
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Senior Partner Viral Mehta joins Nishith Desai Associates as Private Equity Lead. Featured in Bar & Bench
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Education
1999 - 2000
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Harvard Law School
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