India

Sidley’s significant transactional experience in India dates back four decades. With a highly diverse base of experience and capabilities, we represent a wide variety of clients on India-related matters across every legal discipline and industry sector.

The India Business Law Journal has ranked Sidley a “Top Foreign Law Firm” for India work for eight consecutive years. We are among the most experienced of legal counsel for India-related matters and are known for the quality of our work and our unwavering client advocacy.

Sidley’s India practice draws on the resources and international reach of a full-service law firm to help clients navigate their most complex legal and business challenges. We advise private equity and financial sponsors, established and early-stage Indian corporates, commercial and investment banks, a variety of funds and multinational conglomerates on many India-related matters. Our legal advice particularly extends across areas of law that are vital to the success of businesses investing in and/or operating in India, including:

We also boast broad industry experience in technology, real estate, life sciences, healthcare, financial services, consumer products, retail, e-commerce, industrials, manufacturing, transportation, logistics, and energy.

Our continuous involvement in the India market means we have deep knowledge of India’s rapidly changing legal environment. Although we do not practice Indian law, several of our lawyers are qualified in India and practiced in India prior to joining Sidley, and are fluent in Hindi and other local languages in addition to English.

We sustain strong working relationships with India’s leading domestic firms on Indian law aspects, which allows us to provide clients with seamless and integrated services on India-related matters.

Between 2019 and 2024, Sidley advised on 350 India-related matters with a value exceeding US$38 billion. Many of these were complex, transformative, and market-shaping matters that garnered awards from India Business Law Journal, Asian Legal Business, FinanceAsia, and The Asset Asian Awards.

Sidley’s India practice is consistently ranked as a market leader, with many of our partners recognized for their work by Chambers Asia-Pacific, Chambers Global, IFLR1000, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, and the India Business Law Journal.