Our Core Team Members
Experienced Team of Legal Experts
At ASR, our team of experts are committed to providing cutting-edge legal services for our esteemed clients. With decades of experience in our areas of expertise, we are committed to delivering the best possible results for our clients. Each team member brings unique skills and insights to the table, allowing us to provide the best possible legal representations, and allowing our clients to reach their goals by protecting their legal rights.
Adv. Reshmi B. Balan
Founder, and Partner
Adv Reshmi laid the foundation of the Law firm ASR & Associates in the year 2019 with her specialisation in Trade Mark advisory and is the Managing Partner of the Firm.
Her wealth of experience came with her stint at Trade Marks Office (Ministry of Commerce and Industry) and has been an asset to the firm’s practice in Intellectual Property matters. Earlier she started her practise in 2011 before the Hon’ble High Court, Bombay in various Civil and Govt. matters on original side. She’s very adept in ASR administration aced with her credentials in Intellectual Property Rights and Labour Laws diplomas.
Adv. Bijish Balan
Managing Partner
Adv Bijish Balan is the Managing Partner of the firm and has 24 years of rich experience of serving and leading various departments/Tribunals of Govt. of India at Delhi and Mumbai viz., Ministry of Railways from 1997 to 2016 and Ministry of Corporate Affairs with NCLT, Mumbai from 2016 to 2021 as Asst Registrar/DDO. His legal adroitness inter alia is more discernible in Corporate and Banking Laws, which came though his tour of duty where he was assigned to establish the NCLT, Mumbai Tribunal at Cuffe Parade, Mumbai under the aegis of Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
Adv Bijish Balan specializes in IBC 2016, Companies Act 2013, SEBI Act 1992. He extensively advises lenders, resolution professionals, corporate houses, Debtors and resolution applicant in insolvency, scheme of Merger/demerger and restructuring related matters and appears before SAT, High Courts and Supreme Court.
Adv. Ashwini Gawde
Senior Associate
Adv Ashwini Gawde is associated with ASR and Associates since its genesis and strategize maxime litigation practice. Her practice covers diverse areas of corporate, banking and securities law including IBC, joint ventures, mergers, restructuring and acquisitions, resolution plans, liquidations and Mismanagement in Companies and compliance procedures under Companies Act 2013.
She is a peritum in advising and appearing on all kind of corporate and banking matters before NCLT, NCLAT, DRT and SAT proceedings and has rich experience in the matter of Trade Marks, Commercial Suits, EPFO proceedings, ROC compliances. Her profound and varied experience is appended with her stint at Trade Marks Office (Ministry of Commerce and Industry), legal advisor at Star media office and Law officer with Sun Pharma company.
Adv. Anuj Tiwari
Associate Partner @ Delhi
Adv Anuj Tiwari is designated Partner with ASR and Associates and is a leading lawyer in corporate and commercial litigation, dispute resolution and insolvency and restructuring and an expert in providing client centric and holistic solutions. He has represented various clients which includes large Corporate groups, consortium of lenders, individuals in corporate and commercial litigation/disputes and insolvency matters before NCLT/NCLAT, civil courts, High Courts and Supreme Court. In addition, he has been advising and representing clients on various criminal litigations.
His core expertise before NCLAT is unmatched and his research and analysis on probable outcome of cases using his experience and knowledge of legal precedent are praiseworthy.
Adv. Pravin H Padave
Senior Associate
Adv Pravin Padave is a litigation lawyer with vast experience of 15 years and with core competence in criminal law, commercial litigation/arbitration, white collar crimes and securitization and debt recovery matters. He appears before the City Civil and Sessions Court at Greater Bombay, Metropolitan Magistrate Courts across Mumbai, Arbitral Tribunals, High Court Bombay and Supreme Court. He adopts an analytical, logic-based and hands on approach to dispute resolution, which aim to increase efficiency in complex matters. His legal acumen range from strategy and drafting to appearing and arguing before Courts/Tribunals.
His efforts towards fight to get justice for people in distress and having a people centric approach for their need is always respected by the team and litigants.
Clients We Work With
Excel Hydro-Pneumatics Pvt Ltd
Sudradh Consturctions Pvt Ltd
Yashraj Containeurs Ltd
Island Investments Pvt Ltd
Zee Entertainment Enterprises
Shreepati Developer & Builder Ltd.
Supreme Infrastructure Ltd.
The Maharashtra Agro Industries Development Corporation Limited
Good House Keeping Co Pvt Ltd
Provogue (India) Limited
Provogue Personal Care Private Limited
P & S Jewellery Limited
Rolta Private Limited
Tricom Fruit Products Limited
Vas Infrastructure Limited
Sheltrex Karjat Private Limited
Global Energy Private Limited
Precision Containeurs Limited
Archisha Steels Private Limited
Cian Healthcare Limited
Shreechem Pharmaceuticals Private Limited
Seksaria Industries Private Limited
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