Corporate
Counsel
Made Accessible
Corporate Legal Solutions
Nilaya Legal has been set up in the year 2021 with a vision to provide quality legal solutions that matter, while making focused and niche corporate legal services more accessible. With more than a decade of collective experience in solving complex issues in the private equity, venture capital and corporate and commercial space, we are known for our expertise in getting things done.
Our Practices
Featured
Corporate and Commercial
Mergers and Acquisitions
Fund Formation
Media & Insights
Founder
Sohini Mandal, our Founder, specializes in practice areas of corporate & commercial, private equity & venture capital, intellectual property, media & technology. Sohini assists numerous high impact technology companies, corporates and high growth startups and advises on disruptive business models, supporting through various stages of growth, governance and exits, both in and outside India. She has represented both companies and investors in various marquee deals across stages of seed, angel and institutional rounds of equity as well as venture debt investments.
Having the combined exposure of being an in-house counsel and thereafter being associated with mid-tier firms in the PE/VC space, Sohini is uniquely positioned to understand and advise on various general corporate and strategic matters, startup matters, contractual matters, risk assessment and corporate arbitration and mediation matters.
Accolades
RSG Recognition 2017
Sohini Mandal recognized as Highly Recommended Practitioner in RSG Research Reports (2017)
ALB India 2026 Recognition
Recognised as one of the Firms To Watch in India 2026 by Asian Legal Business (a Thomson Reuters Publication)
Boutique Corporate M&A Firm 2025
Recognised as one of the Top Boutique Corporate M&A Firms in India 2025 by Asian Legal Business (a Thomson Reuters Publication)
Venture Intelligence League Tables 2026
Nilaya Legal Recognised in the Venture Intelligence League Tables 2026
Fortune India Top 100 Lawyers 2025
Sohini Mandal recognized in the Top 100 Individual Lawyers by Fortune India 2025
40 Under 40
Sohini Mandal recognized in the โ 40 Under 40 Best Lawyers (2022) by BW Legal World
Equalifi 40 Under 40, 2018
Sohini Mandal recognized in Equalifiโs 40 Under 40 (2018)
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