News

• Manjula Chawla - 07-07-2026

We are delighted to share that our Co-founding Partner, Manjula Chawla, has been recognized in the Asian Legal Business India Top Female Lawyers 2026. This well-deserved recognition reflects her outstanding leadership, legal excellence, and enduring contributions to the profession. We are proud to celebrate this milestone and congratulate Manjula on this remarkable achievement.

• Ashima Dewan - 07-07-2026

We are pleased to announce that Phoenix Legal acted as the legal counsel to Stride Fintree Private Limited (Stride Fintree), a company providing financial solutions and extending loans for supply chain financing, in relation to its new funding round. The round was led by Elevar Equity, alongside participation from other investors. The Phoenix Legal team was led by Ashima Dewan (Partner) along with Srishti Sharma (Senior Associate). Sumit Sinha (Partner) provided structure related advice and other strategic inputs to the Stride Fintree team.

• - 02-07-2026

We are proud to share that Phoenix Legal has been recognized at the India Business Law Journal (IBLJ) Law Firm Awards 2026 across five practice areas: Competition & Antitrust, Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Restructuring, Media & Entertainment, Mergers & Acquisitions, Shipping & Maritime A heartfelt thank you to our clients for their enduring trust and to our team for their exceptional dedication.

• - 01-07-2026

We are delighted to share that our Co-founding Partners, Abhishek Saxena and Saket Shukla, have been recognized as Highly Recommended, and our Partner, Pallavi Bedi, as Recommended in the Lexology Index: Energy 2026 Rankings.

• - 21-05-2026

We are pleased to announce that Phoenix Legal acted as the legal counsel for existing investor Nexus Venture Partners in relation to its investment in the 56 million$ Series D Funding round of Maestroedge Solutions Private Limited (Snabbit), a quick service app providing on-demand home services, co-led by Susquehanna Venture Capital (SIG) and Mirae Asset Venture Investments. With this fresh capital infusion, Snabbit plans to expand into new cities, deepen the penetration in existing markets, and strengthen its technology and operational infrastructure as it scales up to meet rising demand in the segment. The Phoenix Legal team was led by Ashima Dewan (Partner) along with Shrishti Sharma (Senior Associate) with strategic inputs from Sumit Sinha (Partner).

• - 07-05-2026

We are delighted to announce that Phoenix Legal has been recognised in the Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific 2026 rankings across multiple practice areas. In addition, our firm has been acknowledged as a Highly Recommended Firm in both New Delhi and Mumbai. We are also proud to share that our Partners Gautam Bhatikar, Zoeb Cutlerywala, Gaurav Dudeja, and Shivani Sinha, have been recognised as Litigation Stars, while Partners Neha Naik and Aman Avinav have been named Future Stars. We sincerely thank our clients for their trust and our team for their dedication and hard work in achieving this recognition.