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OUR TEAM

We are a lean team of lawyers who work closely with our clients to resolve critical aspects of their businesses.

Srishti Ojha

Partner

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Srishti founded Verist Law in 2014. Srishti has also been listed in the Forbes Legal Power List 2020 for Top Managing Partners above 10 years’ experience and as the Thomson Reuters Acritas Star 2020.

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Srishti specialises in capital markets, securities laws and also sensitive dispute situations such as boardroom disputes, founder disagreements and security enforcement strategies.

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At Verist Law, Srishti has advised Jio Financial, Ambit, Essar, GE, ICICI Securities as well as a range of high-growth companies such as Razorpay, Porter, Cashfree and Northern Arc.

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Srishti graduated from National Law School of India University, Bangalore in 2002 with a gold medal in international law. She completed her LL.M. from New York University in 2003 and passed the New York Bar in the same year.

Sudha Muddaiah

Partner

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Sudha joined Verist Law in 2016. Sudha specialises in structured debt finance. Sudha has particular expertise in non-convertible debt (listed and unlisted), securitisations by issue of PTCs and direct assignments as well as structures on invoice discounting and digital platform lending.

 

At Verist Law, Sudha has represented a number of financial institutions on various forms of structured lending.

 

These include Northern Arc, Keertana Finserve, MAS Financial as well as OfBusiness/Oxyzo, LendingKart, Krazybee/Kreditbee and several others.

 

Sudha graduated from the University Law College, Bangalore in 2003, and completed her BCL from the University of Oxford in 2004.

Arka joined Verist Law in 2025.

 

Arka specialises in mergers & acquisitions and general corporate law.

 

Arka regularly advises on public and private mergers & acquisitions as well as PE and VC transactions, both domestic and cross-border.

 

Arka has also advised on corporate governance including training boards and senior management of listed entities.

 

Arka's previous roles include being a partner at Shardul Amarchand, Mumbai for five years.

 

Arka graduated from National Law School of India University, Bangalore in 2006 and obtained an MBA from INSEAD (France/Singapore) in 2015.

Arka Banerjee

Partner

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Vipul Kharbanda

Counsel

Vipul joined Verist Law in 2025.

 

Vipul specialises in banking and finance, fintech regulation, and data privacy.

 

Vipul’s practice focuses on project finance, non-convertible debenture issuance, debt assignments, co-lending arrangements, as well as data privacy and fintech security standards.

 

At Verist Law, Vipul has advised financial institutions, fintech companies, and infrastructure developers on banking & finance and emerging digital finance matters. These include Branch International, Refyne Finance, Oriana Power, Rotomag and several others.

 

Prior to joining Verist Law, Vipul had an independent consultancy practice.

 

Vipul graduated from National Law School of India University, Bangalore in 2007.

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Chitrangda Singh

Counsel

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Chitrangda joined Verist Law in 2025.

 

Chitrangda specialises in mergers & acquisitions.

 

In her prior role as a senior associate in the mergers & acquisitions practice at AZB, Chitrangda advised Bodhi Tree, Kotak Mahindra General Insurance, Ericsson, Peninsula Land and Delta Corp.

 

Chitrangda is also a Fellow at Shiv Nadar School of Law.

 

Chitrangda graduated from Jindal Global Law School, Sonipat in 2016.

Siddhi joined Verist Law in 2026

 

Siddhi specialises in mergers and acquisitions and data privacy.

 

In her prior role as a senior associate in the mergers & acquisitions practice at S&R Associates, Siddhi advised New Mountain Capital, Emerson, S&P Global, Blackstone, Consello Capital, Baker Hughes and RSA Security.

 

Siddhi graduated from National Law School of India University, Bangalore NLSIU Bangalore in 2019 and is a Certified Information Privacy Professional. 

Siddhi Kudalkar

Counsel

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Sarayu Satish

Principal Associate

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Sarayu joined Verist Law in 2022.

 

Sarayu specialises in mergers & acquisitions and general corporate matters.

 

At Verist Law, she has represented several companies such as Entero Healthcare, Essar, GE, Cashfree, Junglee Games, Marketfeed, Jar, Tyke, and CASHe in a variety of situations including governance, buy-outs, commercial contracts and privacy laws.

 

Sarayu graduated from National Law School of India University, Bangalore in 2016 and completed her LL.M. degree from the Institute for Law and Finance (Goethe University), Frankfurt in 2022.

Sanjna Vijh

Principal Associate

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Sanjna joined Verist Law in 2025.

 

Sanjna specialises in mergers & acquisitions, private equity, and venture capital investment transactions. She also advises on commercial contracts across sectors, including technology, e-commerce, and energy.

 

Prior to joining Verist Law, Sanjna has previously worked in mergers & acquisitions practices of Trilegal and J. Sagar & Associates. Sanjna graduated from Pune University in 2017.

Iti Mishra

Senior Associate

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Iti joined Verist Law in 2025.

 

At Verist Law, Iti focuses on capital markets and securities law.

 

In her previous role as senior associate at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Iti has acted as issuer and underwriters’ counsel on IPOs of various companies including Awfis Space Solutions.

 

Iti has also advised RHI Magnesita India Limited on its QIP. Additionally, Iti has advised on initial offering of units by the infrastructure investment trust of Cube Highways Trust and National Highways Infra Trust.

 

Iti graduated from National Law University, Jodhpur in 2020.

Kanchi Malhotra

Senior Associate

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Kanchi joined Verist Law in 2025.

 

Kanchi focuses on capital markets and general corporate.

 

In her previous role at Khaitan & Co. since 2021, Kanchi has acted as issuer counsel and underwriters' counsel in various IPOs and QIPs including transactions of TVS Supply Chain, Apeejay Park Hotel, Aadhar Housing Finance, and Phillips Carbon.

 

Kanchi graduated from Government Law College, Mumbai in 2021.

Megan Carvalho

Senior Associate

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Megan joined Verist Law in 2022.

 

Megan focuses on structured finance, particularly securitisations and non-convertible instruments.

 

In her role at Verist Law, Megan has advised several entities including Northern Arc, Oxyzo, Kredibee, Rupeek and Muthoot Capital on collectively several thousands of crores of non-convertible debentures.

 

Similarly, Megan has advised SBI, Vivriti Capital and Bank of India in securitisations.

 

Megan graduated from Government Law College, Mumbai in 2022.

Toral Sanghavi

Senior Associate

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Toral joined Verist Law in February 2026.

 

Toral focuses on structured finance, particularly securitisations and non-convertible instruments.

 

In her role at Verist Law, she has advised entities like Mpokket and Branch International Financial Services on collectively several hundreds of crores of non-convertible debentures.

 

Similarly, Toral has advised Save Financial Services and Aristo Securities in securitisations.

 

Prior to joining Verist Law, Toral worked in the Banking and Finance team at Wadia Ghandy & Co.

 

Toral graduated from Pravin Gandhi College of Law, Mumbai, in 2020.

Rajashri Seal

Senior Associate

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Rajashri joined Verist Law in 2024.

 

Rajashri focuses on general corporate matters.

 

At Verist Law, Rajashri has worked with Jio Financial, Rotomag, OYO, CoinDCX, and others on a wide spectrum of matters including governance and commercial contracts.

 

Rajashri was previously at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas where she focused on legal diligence of listed companies, including Fortune 500 companies and on corporate governance matters.

 

She has also worked at an ESG advisory firm focusing on ESG due diligence and related advisory.

 

Rajashri graduated from National Law School of India University, Bangalore in 2021.

Dhvanit Kothari

Associate

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Dhvanit joined Verist Law in 2025.

 

Dhvanit focuses on capital markets and securities law. In his previous role at J. Sagar & Associates, he has advised on a number of QIPs and IPOs.

 

Dhvanit graduated from the M.K.E.S College of Law in 2023 and completed his LL.M. from the O.P. Jindal Global University.

Shubham Jhanwar

Associate

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Shubham joined Verist Law in 2025.

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Shubham focuses on debt transactions and structured finance.

 

Shubham graduated from Gujarat National Law University in 2020.

Rishit Jamkhandikar

Associate

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Rishit joined Verist Law in 2025.

 

Rishit focuses on structured finance.

 

Rishit graduated from National Law University, Jodhpur in 2025.

Dhruv Chopra

Associate

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Dhruv joined Verist Law in 2024.

 

Dhruv focuses on capital markets and securities law.

 

Dhruv graduated from National Law School of India University, Bangalore in 2024.

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