Akshat Pande joins Fox & Mandal as a corporate practice partner

Akshat Pande joins Fox & Mandal as a corporate practice partner

The firm now has 18 partners across three offices in two cities

Akshat Pande has joined Fox & Mandal as a partner in the corporate practice. The founder and managing partner of Alpha Partners, he will merge his current practice and the entire team at the firm's Delhi office.

A 2005 graduate of the University of Delhi, Pande has expertise in private equity, venture capital, M&A, joint ventures, exchange control advisory, and investments. He has advised clients in diverse sectors including healthcare, hospitality, real estate, e-commerce (start-ups), and technology. He is also involved in advising and assisting government organizations with real estate and infrastructure projects.

Kunal Vajani, the counsel at Fox & Mandal remarked, "Pande is a well-regarded lawyer whose practice encompasses M&A, funds, and securities work. His experience stretches across many sectors and he has a history of representing domestic and international clients in high-end M&A deals. He has consistently maintained a robust profile within the market for cross-border and domestic work. We welcome him and his team to Fox & Mandal, and hope to see the corporate practice flourishing under his wings."

Speaking on the firm's expansion plans, Debanjan Mandal, the managing partner shared, "We are building a team of leaders who have astute commercial judgment and are able to focus on issues that are important to our clients. Over the years, all those who have made it to the partnership at the firm are subject matter experts, who are articulate, think commercially, and provide business-enabling solutions."