Janhavi Dadarkar
Partner
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Janhavi is our head of corporate practice.

Janhavi joined as a partner after a decade in the City and a couple of years in the USA. Previously she was at Denton Wilde Sapte and DLA Piper where she worked with a broad range of clients from blue chip companies, banks and governments to new start-ups, individuals and non-profit making organisations.

Having been a corporate lawyer in the media departments of her previous firms, Janhavi gained a unique insight into specialised media and corporate transactions including advising on equity and debt funding, film finance, joint venture agreements, IP protection and corporate restructuring.

In addition to her legal advisory work, Janhavi is also a presenter at BPP where she trains qualified lawyers, accountants and other professionals on specialist areas such as the Companies Act.

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Manoj Ladwa
Chief Executive
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Manoj is the firm’s founder and chief executive. Following stints in Mumbai and New York, he returned to London and in 2002 founded the firm.

Manoj is a transactional lawyer and advises clients on their investment and strategic decisions. Manoj’s specialist areas are structuring international joint ventures and dispute resolution. He is a recognised expert on foreign direct investments in India.

He is an accomplished media commentator and is frequently invited to speak at conferences. Manoj has authored over 100 articles and publications.

Manoj is a co-founder of Saffron Chase, a leading India focussed government relations and corporate communications consultancy. Manoj is well known for his support for community causes and in 2007 established the MLS Chase Foundation.

In 2003 he established the London office of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and served as its head for three years. Manoj served on various trade promotion committees, including those of UKTI and the London Chamber of Commerce.

Manoj is a graduate of the London School of Economics. He is dual qualified as an English solicitor and Indian advocate.

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Hiren Mehta

Hiren heads the MLS dispute resolution practice in India. He is an advocate with over 15 years experience. Hiren has particular expertise in dispute resolution and real estate and has considerable experience in all contentious issues across sectors. He has acted for a number of corporate clients ranging from top to mid-size companies dealing with both domestic and international arbitration.

He deals with all aspects of litigation law including writ petitions and money recovery matters. Hiren has extensive experience in formulating pre litigation strategy and negotiating all types of development agreements. He also deals with all aspects of property law including real estate litigation and property development. Hiren is fluent in English, Hindi, Gujarati and Marathi.

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Akshay Vani
Managing Partner, Mumbai
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Akshay is the managing partner of the MLS Mumbai office. He is dual-qualified as a solicitor in England & Wales and an advocate of the Supreme Court of India with over 15 years of experience.

Akshay is also a solicitor at the Bombay Incorporated Law Society. He is a transactional lawyer and advises clients on their investment and strategic decisions. His experience has benefited the full range of commercial concerns from small business start-ups to multinational global conglomerates.

His recognized specialties are in India entry strategy and implementation, mergers and acquisition, foreign investments, collaborations, real estate. Akshay also has extensive experience in litigation and dispute resolution. Akshay is fluent in English, Gujarati, Hindi and Marathi.

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Vickesh Banymandhub
Solicitor
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Vickesh is a solicitor in the MLS Chase corporate practice and has over the years been praised for his commitment to delivering what clients want.

After attaining an LLM from King’s College London, Vickesh joined MLS in 2006 and has been with the firm ever since assisting with a broad range of clients from publicly quoted companies to new business start-ups. His experience includes advising on cross border commercial transactions such as joint ventures and acquisitions, intellectual property and general corporate governance. Above all, Vickesh brings a fresh commercial approach to transactions whilst keeping the clients objectives at the forefront.

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Peter Daly
Solicitor
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Peter is a solicitor in the MLS Chase Dispute Resolution team. Peter has been with MLS for since 2005 and in that time has taken cases through all of the divisions of the High Court, the County Court, the Employment Tribunal and elsewhere.

He has a particular specialism in advising companies on matters with an international dimension and thrives on the challenge of finding viable commercial solutions to clients’ disputes.

Prior to his career in the law, Peter worked as a Parliamentary researcher, advisor and lobbyist. He spent a year in Japan as an English teacher, and is a keen five-a-side football player.

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Manan Jaiswal
Advocate
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Manan joined MLS’ Mumbai office as an advocate in 2008 after graduating from Nagpur University. He specialises in corporate law, commercial litigation and real estate. Having worked on a range of commercial contracts from shareholders agreements to intellectual property licences he is adept at advising clients on how to protect their interests. As he has also represented clients in the Mumbai High Court, he takes a pragmatic approach to all matters which may become contentious and indeed can give a company the full attention it requires whether the matter is contentious or non-contentious.

During his time at MLS he has had the opportunity to work on transactions involving companies from various parts of the world and as a result Manan strives above all to give clear and workable advice, whatever the client’s field or jurisdiction of work.

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Imelda Reddington
Trainee Solicitor
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Imelda is a trainee solicitor with a unique blend of corporate world and law firm experience.

Prior to her career at MLS Chase, Imelda spent 13 years working as a senior projects manager for one of the world’s leading courier companies. Her position led her to travel throughout Europe and Africa, implementing new software and logistics systems to facilitate management reporting. Imelda’s commercial awareness, technology interests and project management skills have transferred readily into the modern business law firm environment. Indeed, within a relatively short span of time, Imelda has gained a reputation amongst clients and colleagues as someone who relishes a challenge and gets results.

Her special interests include employment and regulatory law, dispute resolution and intellectual property. Imelda enjoys Irish dancing and skiing.

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Nick Coates FCA
Strategic & Finance Director
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Nick is the firm’s Strategic & Finance Director.

Nick trained and qualified as a chartered accountant with Arthur Andersen. He has over 20 years experience of working in the property sector, both at Director level and as a management consultant, including 4 years as the Finance Director for Bath based architects, Stubbs Rich Ltd.

His expertise extends beyond finance to other business issues including IT implementation, HR policy development, office relocation, managing business start-ups, major change, growth and exit.

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Sue Jamison
Life Sciences Business Director
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Sue is a recognised expert in healthcare management consultancy. She has experience of working for UK and internationally leading healthcare and life science companies. Sue has a track record of initiating and implementing strategic development, and exploiting profitable business opportunities between commercial organisations and their target healthcare market.

Working with both the private and public healthcare sector, Sue is able to offer a practical and flexible approach to best meet the client’s needs for all aspects of strategic planning, business development, identification of partner and acquisition targets and market entry management.

Sue's experience includes various positions over a period of 10 years with Baxter Healthcare and as International Sales and Marketing Director for Smiths Medical. Sue then joined Gyrus, a UK based start-up healthcare company, as their Sales and Marketing Director. Gyrus was subsequently listed on the London Stock Exchange.

Sue is also a Non-Executive Director at Weston Area Health Trust, a NHS acute hospital and a member of the UKTI Healthcare Advisory Board and India Strategy Group.

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Julian joined the firm’s Board in 2007. He was previously retained by the UK's Department of Trade & Industry (UK Trade & Investment) to provide UK companies with advice and assistance in entering and conducting business in India.

From 1995 to 1999 he was Director of International Operations for Vax International Ltd, a British domestic appliance manufacturer. Prior to Vax, he spent 25 years with Rank Xerox Ltd in the UK and overseas. He managed the company's operations in South Asia, Eastern Europe, Russia and the Middle East.

Julian established Xerox in India where he set up a manufacturing and marketing joint venture with the Modis. Subsequently with Vax he established a joint venture with Videocon - one of India's leading white goods manufacturers.

From 1988 to 1992 he was Chairman of the then British Overseas Trade Board's area advisory group for South Asia. He was awarded the OBE for services to exports in 1992.

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