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Need expert legal guidance for your international commercial matters in India? Esplora Legal combines deep local insight with global legal acumen to help your business succeed across borders.
Why Esplora Legal for International Commercial Law in India
At Esplora Legal, we specialize in helping international companies, investors, and business leaders navigate India’s complex legal landscape with confidence. Whether you are entering the Indian market, expanding operations, or managing cross-border transactions, our team provides strategic legal solutions rooted in deep experience with global commercial law.
Clients trust us for several reasons. We are truly international, with offices in India, China, and Central Asia, and we operate at the intersection of global commerce and local compliance. Our lawyers are trained in Indian, UK, European, and Asian legal systems, making us ideal partners for cross-border matters. We serve clients from all over the world, including multinational companies and emerging startups. Over the years, we have successfully advised on numerous international commercial transactions, including complex mergers and acquisitions and international dispute resolutions.
Our International Commercial Law Services
We provide a full range of legal services for foreign and Indian businesses involved in international commerce.
- Cross-border transactions, mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures. Our team guides clients through every stage of deal structuring including conducting legal due diligence, drafting and negotiating transaction agreements, and assisting with executing, closing, and post-closing formalities.
- International commercial contracts. We draft and negotiate international commercial contracts and ensure compliance with Indian law and international standards. Contracts are reviewed for enforceability across jurisdictions.
- Market entry. We help foreign companies enter the Indian market by advising on entity setup, approvals from regulatory bodies, and full compliance under Indian laws.
- Regulatory matters. We advise on regulatory matters, helping clients meet Indian legal requirements for ESG compliance, BSI Certification Standards, foreign direct investment, data privacy, and other sector-specific laws.
- Intellectual property. We protect intellectual property for global brands operating in India, ensuring trademarks, copyrights, patents, and trade secrets are properly registered and defended.
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Meet Our International Legal Experts
Our legal team brings together industry-recognized experts with experience across jurisdictions.
Divya Hazra
Divya Hazra is an international corporate lawyer with over 10 years of experience, currently based between Mumbai and Shanghai. Having worked across three jurisdictions—India, the United States, and China—she specializes in advising large and medium-sized corporations and private equity funds on complex cross-border mergers and acquisitions.
She has significant expertise in structuring and executing transactions under India’s Press Note 3 (PN3) regime, including sensitive cross-border investments and joint ventures involving Chinese parties. Divya regularly advises Indian Fortune 500 companies on their M&A transactions in China, as well as Indian listed companies in the automotive sector on licensing Chinese technology and forming strategic joint ventures. In addition, she advises European and U.S. clients on M&A and joint ventures in India, helping them navigate India’s regulatory and commercial landscape.
Divya holds an LL.B. from Government Law College, Mumbai and an LL.M. from Columbia Law School, New York. She is admitted to practice law in India and New York, and combines her multi-jurisdictional legal training with on-the-ground experience in China to guide clients through regulatory, commercial, and cultural complexities in cross-border deals.
Sampriti Sridhar
Sampriti Sridhar is a corporate lawyer based in Bengaluru, India. With 12 years of specialized experience in venture capital, private equity, and corporate transactions, she advises domestic and international clients on mergers and acquisitions, fundraising, joint ventures, and corporate governance. She has previously worked at some of India’s leading law firms including AZB & Partners and Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and has also served as a Legal Counsel at Lake Shore India Retail Venture Fund, Mumbai. Sampriti is admitted to practice law in India and holds legal education from School of Excellence in Law, Chennai and Columbia Law School, New York.
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What our clients say
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Esplora Legal helped us navigate complex Indian regulations during a high-value acquisition. Their commercial awareness and responsiveness were unmatched.
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Singapore-based logistics company
We were expanding into India and needed reliable legal support. Esplora Legal handled everything from contracts to compliance seamlessly.
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European fintech startup
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