Partners
Gopika Pant
Senior Partner
Gopika has more than 38 (thirty eight) years of legal experience and is dual qualified in India and in the State of New York, USA. She has significant experience in Indian corporate and commercial laws, including in cross border commercial transactions (mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and business alliances), private equity investments
and exits, information technology, banking and finance, matters relating to non-banking finance companies, corporate restructurings, real property transactions, foreign investments into and outbound investments from India and intellectual property law.
Corporate & Commercial
Mergers and Acquisitions
Private Equity/ Venture Capital
Foreign Investment
Banking & Finance
Labour & Employment
Data Protection
White Collar Crime/ Anti-corruption/ Anti-bribery
Projects, Infrastructure & Energy
Restructuring & Insolvency
Corporate Governance
Strategic Advisory
Regulatory Advisory
LL.M. (1986)
LL.B. (1985)
Diploma in Environmental Law, World Wide Fund for Nature (1993)
LL.M. Columbia University, New York, USA
LL.B. Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi
B.A. (Hons), St. Stephens College, Delhi University
Supreme Court Bar Association, India
Bar Council of Delhi, India
New York State Bar, New York, USA
American Bar Association
International Bar Association
Colgate Palmolive India Limited
Asset Reconstruction Company (India) Limited
Webinar on Opportunities Galore: India and Queensland’s trade & investment relationship organized by Ashurst along with the Australia India Business Council in November 2020
American Bar Association, Singapore Trans-Pacific Conference, 2018: Regulation of Foreign Direct Investments and Averting and Responding to Corporate Ethical Crisis
India Policy Roundtable, London: Ease of Doing Business in India
Managing Partners Roundtable, London: New Indian Government- Announcements and Deliveries and Liberalisation of Legal Services in India
India Inc. Seminar, London: A New Dawn for India – What the 2014 Election results mean for Indo-UK Business, London
Institute of International Business Law, Tokyo: Investing in India – Legal issues and practical tips
Impact of the Indian Elections 2014 on Indo-Japan Business, Tokyo: Legal Issues and Considerations when Investing into India, Nikkei Center, Tokyo
Seminar hosted by Ashurst Singapore at Singapore: New Indian Companies Act 2013 – Challenges to be faced, Singapore
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Seminar on Gender Discrimination & Sexual Harassment in the Work Place: CII, New Delhi
Private Equity Forum: Directors Liabilities and Responsibilities, Aamby Valley, Maharashtra
Palm Beach Investors Club: Investing in India – Legal and Regulatory Framework, Palm Beach, Florida
JLL’s, Asia Pacific Property Investment Guide – India chapter
Debtwire’s Global Report on Non-Performing Loans with regard to the India chapter along with Ashurst
Legal and Regulatory sections on Real Estate published by Nomura Research Institute
India Chapter of Asia Pacific Employment Law Handbook along with Ashurst
Chapter on ‘An Unbeatable Combination in Legal Services’ in a book named ‘Winning Partnership – India UK Relations Beyond Brexit’ published by India Inc., UK in 2017
Chapter on ‘India’ in Legal Environment Report of the ‘Belt and Road’ Countries released by All China Lawyers Association and published by Peking University Press in 2017
Article on “Effective corporate succession is crucial for sustainability of family run-businesses in India” in the leading Indian business daily, Economic Times
Article on “Regulatory Framework and Barriers for the Indian MSME Sector” published in Business World’s SME Whitebook 2017-2018
India Business Law Journal “India’s Top 100 Lawyers”– 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Forbes India Legal Powerlist “Top Managing Partner” in India – 2020, 2021
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