About us
Raj Rani Bhalla (Managing Partner)
Raj has an exhaustive experience of dealing with legal matters for more than 40 years. She specialises in advising public and private companies, entrepreneurs and investment banks on public takeovers, mergers and acquisitions reverse takeovers, private equity, IPOs and secondary issues (including rights issues, private placements and open offers), registration of intermediaries including Portfolio Managers, FPIs and Mutual Funds with SEBI. Raj, after her stint of about 9 years with a Public sector Bank, served Securities & Exchange Board of India (“SEBI,”) as Division Chief (Legal) she was responsible for drafting of statutory rules and regulations relating to various capital market intermediaries, conducting adjudication proceedings and inquiries in the capacity of Adjudication Officer, examining the violations of various mandatory regulations and issuing orders imposing monetary penalties and making recommendations to the SEBI Board for imposing minor/major non-monetary penalties, representing SEBI in Court proceedings. She has extensively delivered lectures on the Indian Securities Laws in various forums, including the Indian Law Institute and National Institute of Financial Management. Raj, also worked as Partner (Capital Markets), with Link Legal where she led the team working on the disinvestment of Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited in the offer for sale of its shares. Subsequently, as Partner (Capital Markets and Banking), with MV Kini for seven years, from August 2016 to July 2023, she was instrumental in filing of approx. 100 offer documents with SEBI and Stock Exchanges for IPOs and Rights Issues. Raj received her L.L.B. degree from Faculty of Law, Delhi University in 1983 and was awarded scholarship. Raj received her LL.M. Degree (International Law) from Faculty of Law, Delhi University in 1985 and was a Gold Medalist Scholar. Raj is also a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB).
Rashmi Verma (Sr. Consultant)
She has more than 40 years of experience in corporate transactional matters. She is an experienced result result-oriented professional and adept communicator with a proven ability to engage to deliver performance. She specializes in contract management and Project Finance documentation. Having practiced for five years after completing her LLB from Campus Law Centre, she joined Law Departments in PSU Banks and thereafter joined the Law Department of BHEL. She headed the Corporate Law Department of BHEL and was responsible for litigation and arbitration cases (including international arbitration) of the company besides being responsible for giving legal opinions, drafting legal documents like consortium agreements, joint venture agreements, supply contracts, confidentiality agreements, corporate guarantees and all legal documentations required. She has been practicing as a Corporate Lawyer since January 2017. Rashmi received her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science Degrees from Delhi University. She received her Bachelor of Law Degree from Faculty of Law, University of Delhi.
Kuldeep Bhalla (Sr. Consultant)
He has more than 40 years of experience in banking and finance matters. Kuldeep worked as General Manager with a large nationalized bank and has vast experience in the field of Information Technology related issues and Project Finance Management. He has been actively advising corporates on project finance issues since 2020. Kuldeep received his Bachelor of Science and Masters in Science from Delhi University.
Kavita Rawat (Sr. Consultant)
She is a Securities market professional with approx 30 years of experience. Having served SEBI for approx 12 years at both policy & operational level, she has rich developmental & regulatory experience. Her responsibilities at SEBI, inter alia, encompassed analyzing offer documents, checking due diligence of Merchant Bankers, surveillance of Stock Exchanges, leading inspection of various intermediaries like Stock Brokers, Registrars, Plantation Companies, Investigation of cases of violation of SEBI Guidelines, Rules and Regulations, corporate communication, providing inputs for various policy measures etc. As a SEBI official, she also imparted training to Senior Police/CBI officials about equity market, investigation procedures & techniques in solving cases pertaining to economic offences. Kavita also delivered many lectures on similar subjects, at CBI Academy, Ghaziabad & various other fora as guest faculty. Kavita received her Bachelor of Economics from Hansraj College, University of Delhi and MBA from IIM, Ahmedabad.
Deepika Bhalla Kalal (Consultant)
She has 11 years of experience in banking and finance matters. She worked with a large public sector bank where she was involved in Project Finance Documentation including Common Loan Agreements, Escrow Agreements, etc. in the infrastructure sector, including renewable power, city gas distribution, cement and roads. Deepika received her B.Tech degree from VIT Vellore and PGDM from XLRI, Jamshedpur.
Ankit Bhalla (Consultant)
He has more than 10 years of experience in consulting and startup companies. He has been majorly involved in client handling and project management for various internet based product / service companies including Logistics, Education, Packaging, Loyalty Based Marketing and Analytics Consulting. In his last 2 stints, he worked as a Customer Success Assistant Vice President/Head. Ankit received his B.Tech engineering degree in Computer Science from MDU Rohtak and PGDM degree from the coveted Indian Institute of Management, Kashipur.
Associates & Paralegals
The Firm has a fairly good number of associates and paralegals who are trained in doing research
work. They also help in drafting the documents and pleadings and provide critical support to the
senior members of the Firm.
Our Network of Associates
We have presence in major metros of India through our large network of Associates enabling us to
provide to our clients quality corporate and legal solutions.