ABOUT US
Desai Legal is a full-service law firm with offices in Mumbai, Delhi and Nagpur, providing comprehensive legal services across litigation and non-litigation domains. The Firm advises clients on appropriate and strategically sound legal solutions across a broad spectrum of practice areas including Real Estate, Arbitration, Company Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Family Law, Intellectual Property Rights, Service Matters, Criminal Law and Constitutional Law. The Firm regularly appears before judicial and quasi-judicial forums such as the High Courts, the National Company Law Tribunal, Central Administrative Tribunal, Debt Recovery Tribunal, Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal and the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal, among other statutory authorities and arbitral tribunals.
Established in 2010, the Firm has evolved into a distinguished chamber of seasoned practitioners known for their integrity, professional excellence and consistent track record of delivering effective legal representation. Desai Legal has developed significant expertise in drafting, pleadings and advocacy across diverse forums in India, particularly in matters relating to constitutional law, corporate and insolvency disputes, arbitration, intellectual property and taxation. The Firm’s core strengths lie in meticulous legal research, precise drafting of agreements and transactional documents, structuring commercial ventures, conducting negotiations on behalf of clients, liaising with regulatory and governmental authorities, and formulating robust litigation and dispute resolution strategies.
Client centricity remains the cornerstone of Desai Legal’s practice philosophy. The Firm has cultivated enduring professional relationships across the country through its commitment to responsiveness, ethical standards and strategic insight. With a strong sense of professional responsibility and unwavering dedication to excellence, Desai Legal represents leading corporate houses, government undertakings and premier educational institutions before the High Courts, the National Company Law Tribunal and various arbitral tribunals, consistently delivering results oriented and commercially pragmatic legal solutions.
OUR INSPIRATION
Hon’ble Justice Shri. Ashok A. Desai
Our work has been greatly influenced by Late Hon'ble Justice Shri Ashok A. Desai, former Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court. It is because to his insight and expertise that our firm is able to serve our esteemed clients so professionally and prudently. He is the absolute personification of what Desai Legal Advocates & Associates stands for, and his career in law is one that we deeply admire.
His brilliance in the area of law extends beyond the courtroom to publications and he's played a significant part in encouraging the future generations of attorneys, our team being just a few of them. Desai Legal Advocates & Associates is forever grateful to Late Hon'ble Justice Shri Ashok A. Desai for his contribution.
The firm strives to uphold the standards established by the legendary Hon’ble Justice Shri Ashok A. Desai, carrying his heritage and values in our hearts in order to immortalize the memory of Shri Ashok A. Desai and continue what he started.
Adv. Mohini A. Rehpade
SENIOR PARTNER
Ms. Mohini A. Rehpade is an Architect cum Lawyer. She has experience in the field of Architecture for more than 20 years in the area of Profession as well as Education.
Having been selected through UPSC, she joined as Deputy Architect Group A officer in CPWD, Govt. of India in the year 2015 and later promoted as an Architect in the year 2020. During her association with CPWD she worked on several Esteemed Projects of Govt. of India with varied cliental like BSF, CISF, NSG, Income Tax, CGST, CAG, etc. Her past experience includes Group Housing Projects of GPRA, High Rise Structures, Institutional Buildings, Administrative Buildings, Campuses for Paramilitary Forces, etc.
After gaining substantial experience in the field of architecture for almost two decades and working with CPWD for almost 9 years, she transited into the Legal field.
Her expertise extends to areas such as Constitutional law, Service law, Matters related to Construction Contracts, Tenders, Real Estate, Arbitration, Civil and Commercial Litigation, Administration law, CAT, MAT, DRT, DRAT, Consumer Court, etc.
Adv. Satyajit A. Desai
OFFICE HEAD DELHI
Mr. Satyajit Desai is a second-generation lawyer in his family and has more than 25 years of extensive legal expertise. He began his own independent practice at the Supreme Court of India in 2000.
He has a number of Supreme Court victories to his name in cases involving constitutional law, property law, and business law. Mr. Desai has personally argued in a number of well-known landmark decisions, such as the Central Government Provident Fund case and The Forest Guard Case.
His clientele includes businesses, educational institutions, and numerous municipal entities across the nation. He represents the Nagpur Municipal Corporation, Maharashtra Hybrids Seeds Co. Ltd., Nagpur Improvement Trust, Maharashtra Public Service Commission, and Maharashtra University of Health.
Adv. Anagha S. Desai
OFFICE HEAD DELHI
Mrs. Anagha Desai has more than 23 years of extensive expertise in the field of litigation. She is specialised in Criminal Law Practice.
She is currently an Advocate On Record (AOR) in the Supreme Court of India. She has to her credit various landmark and reported judgments inclusive of DNA tests.
She has represented the State of Maharashtra before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India as an Additional Government Advocate and the Nagpur Improvement Trust before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India.