Veritas Legal inducts Sukhada Wagle & Areez Gazdar as new Partners

LE Desk

New Delhi, April 4, 2024:  Leading law firm Veritas Legal has inducted two new Partners — Sukhada Wagle and Areez Gazdar.

Veritas Legal is in its tenth year of operation, and now has 16 partners with diverse experience and skills, said the law firm in a press statement. 

Sukhada Wagle is an alumnus of Government Law College holding over 13 years of experience in Civil, Commercial and Criminal litigation with particular focus on real estate and general commercial disputes including arbitrations involving commercial contracts and real estate transactions. She also specializes in matters related to White Collar-Crime and her expertise extends to providing pre-litigation strategy and advisory services in areas related to litigation, including disputes arising from insolvency proceedings and  related issues under the IBC, succession, petroleum industry regulations, consumer disputes.

Areez Gazdar has been with Veritas Legal since its establishment in 2015. He joined the firm as an Associate after completing his articleship at Wadia Ghandy & Co. His practice covers a broad spectrum of commercial litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution, with a focus on foreign institutional arbitration,  insolvency and bankruptcy matters, and securities and stock exchange related matters — advising and representing regulators, companies and individuals. He also assists companies on government tender processes, in particular, in the oil and gas, infrastructure and commodities sectors.

Over the years, the firm and its members have been recognized and ranked by various publications including India Business Law Journal, the Forbes Legal Powerlist, Chambers & Partners (Asia-Pacific, Global Guides and High Net Worth Guide), IFLR1000, Benchmark Litigation, Legal500 Asia Pacific Guide, Asialaw and Asian Legal Business (Thomson Reuters), Who’s Who Legal, BW Legal, Legal Era, and VCCircle, in addition to being featured in Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, Mergermarket, and Venture Intelligence league tables for India, according to the press release.