Bharat Vasani

Mr. Bharat Vasani is a seasoned legal professional with over 40 years of experience and is currently Senior Advisor – Corporate Laws, at the Mumbai Office of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM). His areas of specialization include corporate and commercial laws, M&A, joint ventures, and securities law.

Mr. Vasani was a Corporate Partner at CAM for the last over 5 years and has extensively advised on complex corporate transactions and several topical issues of corporate and securities law.

Prior to joining CAM, Mr. Vasani was the Chief Legal & Group General Counsel of the Tata Group for around 17 years and retired from the Group as the Legal Advisor to the Tata Group Chairman.

In his long stint at senior management levels, Mr. Vasani has successfully built and managed the in-house legal departments of large multinationals. He has steered several large and significant M&A transactions pursued by the Tata Group, including many successful cross-border deals. He has also successfully negotiated many joint ventures with various multinational conglomerates. He has served on the Boards of several listed and unlisted companies of the Tata Group.

Mr. Vasani has extensively advised on complex commercial transactions involving nuanced legal issues on various aspects such as the related party transactions (RPT) regime in India, new CSR regime, schemes of arrangement, M&A, joint ventures etc and has also extensively advised on aspects relating to inbound and outbound investments and securities law. Mr. Vasani has a vast experience in advising clients on the SEBI LODR Regulations, including the recent amendments notified by SEBI. Over the last few months, Mr. Vasani has provided nuanced guidance to clients on strengthening their internal compliance and governance frameworks, to ensure compliance with the LODR Amendments.

He has also advised various leading companies on complex aspects of corporate and securities laws, corporate governance and crisis management. Mr. Vasani has conducted comprehensive training sessions for Board and Audit Committee members, on corporate law and governance-related aspects. Mr. Vasani is highly regarded in Government and industry circles for his proactive approach on public policy issues. He is the Chairperson of the Legal Affairs Committee of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry - and has proactively represented before the Government and regulators (like MCA, SEBI and RBI) on recent regulatory changes in the realm of corporate law.

He is a keen public speaker and was selected to speak on India’s Competition Act at the reputed Chatham House, London. He is a prolific writer and routinely shares his views on various contemporary aspects related to corporate governance, and other corporate law issues on different public fora. He was also a specialist editor of the 19th Edition of A Ramaiya's celebrated commentary on the Companies Act. In his role at CAM, Mr. Vasani has authored more than 50 blogs on a diverse array of topics ranging from company law, SEBI regulations, FEMA, and corporate governance.