Our Leadership
Experienced professionals guiding the firm with strong expertise across capital markets, regulatory and corporate advisory.
Harshal Madan
Founder & Managing Partner
Harshal Madan is the Founder of ShriVara Law Offices and has over 12 years of experience across capital markets, regulatory advisory, transaction support and general corporate matters. He holds a Bachelor of Laws degree, is a commerce graduate, and is also a member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI). Through ShriVara Law Offices, he seeks to deliver focused, practical and dependable legal support, with a strong emphasis on capital markets, regulatory matters and corporate advisory. Harshal began his professional career as a Company Secretary, where he was involved in compliance and secretarial matters. He was thereafter associated with M. V. Kini Law Firm, where he worked on and led several equity and debt capital markets transactions, including municipal bond issuances, while also handling general corporate advisory assignments.
In 2020, he joined the Debt Capital Markets team at SBI Capital Markets Limited, where he gained significant experience in the debt capital markets space and worked on a range of complex transactions, including municipal bonds, InvITs, listed and unlisted debt issuances,public issues and private placements. He was thereafter associated with Zenith India Lawyers as Partner – Capital Markets and General Corporate, where he continued to lead and advise on a wide range of equity and debt capital markets transactions, allied regulatory matters and general corporate advisory engagements. His diverse professional experience has equipped him with a strong understanding of capital markets, particularly in relation to public issuances of equity and debt securities, private placements of debt securities, municipal bond transactions and InvIT-related issuances. He is known for his practical approach, strong execution capabilities and ability to provide commercially aligned legal solutions.
Richa Mandhania
Partner
Richa Mandhania is a Partner in the Firm’s Equity Capital Markets and General Corporate Advisory practices, almost a decade across capital markets, corporate advisory, corporate secretarial matters, litigation and regulatory compliance. Richa is a Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) and holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Rajasthan and a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from the International College for Girls, Jaipur. She is also NISM Series-IX (Merchant Banking) certified. Richa has extensive experience in SME and Mainboard IPO transactions, advising on and coordinating the end-to-end execution of public offerings. Her experience includes drafting and reviewing of Offer Documents as well as undertaking legal and secretarial due diligence.
Her transactional experience includes coordinating with stock exchanges, merchant bankers, legal counsel, auditors, chartered engineers, consultants and other intermediaries for the timely and efficient completion of IPO-related deliverables and regulatory requirements. Prior to her capital markets practice, Richa practised as an Advocate before the Chhattisgarh High Court, where she handled civil and criminal matters and represented clients across proceedings from pleadings through final arguments. Earlier, Richa worked as a Legal Analyst with J.P. Morgan India in Mumbai for four years, where she worked on corporate governance documentation, board processes, entity management and regulatory compliance across multiple jurisdictions. Her experience included supporting North American and European entities on annual elections, recertification processes and corporate migration matters. Richa is known for her diligent and detail-oriented approach, strong stakeholder coordination skills, and ability to manage complex, multi-party and time-sensitive transactions with a high degree of accuracy. Her diverse experience enables her to provide practical and commercially focused legal support across capital markets and general corporate matters.
Gunjan Mittal
Partner
Gunjan is a Partner at ShriVara Law Offices and brings with her significant experience in corporate litigation, regulatory proceedings, corporate secretarial compliances and dispute resolution. Her practice is shaped by a strong combination of regulatory, advisory and contentious experience, enabling her to provide clients with solutions that are legally sound, strategically focused and commercially practical.
Gunjan completed her LL.B from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Taxation from the Indian Law Institute, Delhi. She is also a qualified Company Secretary from the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) and a Resolution Professional.
Prior to joining private practice, she worked with the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), the investigative arm of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India, where she was involved in the investigation and prosecution process relating to significant corporate fraud matters. She has also worked alongside senior counsels, which has further strengthened her experience in corporate prosecution, regulatory matters and complex dispute resolution.Drawing from her regulatory and court-based experience, Gunjan advises and represents clients across a broad spectrum of contentious and compliance-related matters. Her experience spans appearances and matters before various High Courts, National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT), Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Appellate Tribunal for NBFCs, Regional Director, SFIO, and other judicial, quasi-judicial and regulatory forums across India
