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Spotlight on India

Explore this series of articles laying out the trends and business considerations for companies looking to do business in India.
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Overview

India’s booming economy, digital innovation, and regulatory reforms present major opportunities for global businesses—including India-headquartered companies seeking to expand internationally. Navigating its complex legal landscape, both inbound and outbound, is critical. Strategic legal advice ensures compliance, mitigates disputes, and unlocks growth in one of the world’s fastest-growing markets.

Your trusted partner for India’s complex legal landscape and outbound expansion

As the first international law firm licensed to practice in India under the Bar Council of India’s new regime, we are committed to supporting businesses in India and globally. With our more than 60 years of experience, clients—including India-based companies—trust us to deliver strategic advice for cross-border transactions, M&A, joint ventures, reorganizations, tax, and trade as they expand into new markets. Leverage India’s growth with a multidisciplinary team to confidently manage its fast-growing economy, complex regulations, and outward expansion, focusing on value creation and risk management.

Seamless service underscored by excellence

Experience seamless service from our Indian law experts and over 300 India-focused lawyers in more than 70 offices, advising on corporate, banking and finance, trade, tax, arbitration, investigations, compliance, regulatory and ESG matters, energy projects, renewables, AI, and cybersecurity—helping MNCs and India-headquartered businesses navigate inbound and outbound opportunities.

 

We're excited to offer clients a globally integrated, end-to-end service for their cross-border matters with an India nexus, helping them navigate the rapidly changing Indian market with on-the-ground support and the agility, commercial pragmatism and expertise they expect from Baker McKenzie.

Mini Menon vandePol, Managing Partner, India

 



Why Baker McKenzie?


Strategic Transactions, Cross-border Trade & Tax

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Work with a team who has advised over 300 Indian corporates and banks on more than 2,000 transactions, with unmatched experience leading on complex cross-border deals across healthcare, technology, transportation, energy, and other high-growth sectors. Members of our team have acted on some of the most significant and complex India-related transactions, and can guide you through each step of your matter with multidisciplinary advice.

Find end-to-end commercial-focused assistance spanning strategy, due diligence, deal structuring and financing, to tax, competition, employment, regulatory and ESG considerations, and all aspects of post-acquisition integration. Entrust your business goals to a team with global market knowledge, a keen understanding of cultural nuance and industry specialism on cross-border matters. From capital raising to exploring growth opportunities both within and beyond India, we can guide you on transactions such as capital markets, M&A, private equity, investment funds, venture capital or other financial products.

Contact us:

Ash Tiwari
Partner
London
Mini Menon vandePol
Registered Foreign Lawyer
Hong Kong
 

Investigations, Compliance and Ethics and International Arbitration

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Whether dealing with high-stakes investigations, defending against government enforcement actions, or pursuing growth opportunities, success depends on calibrating risk. Work with trusted advisors to develop strong ethical business models, assess risks of acquisition targets and conducting complex cross-border investigations of compliance misconduct allegations including bribery and corruption, sanctions, complex fraud, money laundering, human rights/modern slavery and more.

Mitigating risk allows you to improve efficiencies and avoid unnecessary operational and fiscal costs. Whether you are looking for guidance on dispute risk mitigation, dispute resolution mechanisms or governance issues, our team has the relevant sector and local expertise to serve your needs, including advice on the nuanced arbitration and mediation landscape in India.

Globally, we consistently rank as a top investigations firm by Global Investigations Review, taking a no-borders, no-boundaries approach to ensure the best multijurisdictional team for every matter. We can guide you on a wide range of issues, including but not limited to FDI governance, antitrust and competition law, tax reforms, cybersecurity, and AI regulation and more.

Contact us:

Mini Menon vandePol
Registered Foreign Lawyer
Hong Kong
Ashish Chugh
Principal
Singapore

AI & Cybersecurity

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Globally, opportunities abound for investment in emerging technologies across information technology (IT) and IT-enabled service industries. Additionally, the rapid and widespread adoption of AI will see FDI activity will continue to rise across sectors such as finance, e-commerce, and healthcare, particularly on emerging technologies.

We have a long history of advising pioneering companies on developing, creating, and deploying technology to unlock unprecedented value for their clients, shareholders, and employees. Additionally, we take a rigorous approach in assisting you with cybersecurity and data protection, to counter the malicious threats emerging and evolving in response to the relentless drumbeat of digitization. Operating in this rapidly evolving environment can be daunting, but the right partner can help you lead with confidence.

Contact us:

Mini Menon vandePol
Registered Foreign Lawyer
Hong Kong

ESG & Governance Frameworks

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As climate change and environmental risks become more pronounced and may increasingly affect a company's global disclosure and compliance requirements, get the right assistance in navigating increasing complex ESG-related reporting and climate-risk management regulatory oversight.

The exponential growth in ESG value and recognition has brought increased pressure on companies across sectors from regulators, investors, employees, and consumers to adopt and enforce high ESG standards. Get the right help in navigating the direction of travel of the ESG regulatory wave in India. Our multidisciplinary team identify and minimize risk, establish sustainable structures and best practices, conduct ESG due diligence, benchmark performance and integrate ESG considerations into business models, operations, finance, and controls.

Contact us:

Philippe Reich
Partner
Zurich
Mini Menon vandePol
Registered Foreign Lawyer
Hong Kong

Energy Transition

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India's importance in global commitments to energy transition are significant and now sharpening in focus, as businesses seek both domestic and international investment opportunities in energy transition, particularly in the private sector.

Understand the key jurisdictions and subsectors that are ripe for both inbound and outbound investment, including large-scale private and public renewable energy infrastructure projects and more. Benefit from guidance on acquisition finance, sustainable financing models and the relevant considerations tied to FDI, labor and tax laws. Our multidisciplinary global team helps energy producers, investors and users forge their energy transition journey in an increasingly complex regulatory environment, enabling them to transform, powerfully.

Contact us:

Emmanuel Hadjidakis
Principal
Singapore
Mini Menon vandePol
Registered Foreign Lawyer
Hong Kong
 


Deal Experience


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5-star International Firm active in India
RSG India Resight Report 2025

International Law Firm of the Year
ALB India Law Awards, 2019, 2021, and 2024

International Law Firm of the Year
Legal Era Indian Legal Awards, 2023

Band 1 of Foreign Law Firms for India-related work
India Business Law Journal, 2018-25

Recognized as A-list lawyers active in India
Regularly ranked as A-list lawyers active in India-International firms' category
India Business Law Journal, 2019-25

Disclaimer

Baker McKenzie LLP is a foreign firm established in India in accordance with the Bar Council of India Rules for Registration and Regulation of Foreign Lawyers and Foreign Law Firms in India, 2022 (as amended in 2025).