Aparna Mehra
Partner - Antitrust and Competition
Overview
Aparna is a Partner in our New Delhi office and is highly reputed for her expertise in competition law, with 20 years of post-qualification experience, of which 17 years have been exclusive to Indian Competition Law. She has played an important role in the finalization of the Indian merger control regime in 2011 and its revamp in 2023.
Over the years, Aparna has been involved in obtaining approvals for several high-profile combinations, involving remedies from the Competition Commission of India (CCI), across various sectors, including, pharmaceuticals, media & entertainment, technology, private equity and retail. She advices on competition law aspects across various industries and regularly undertakes competition compliance programs for various enterprises.
Aparna has a strong reputation for being responsive, solution-oriented and having an innate understanding of how the regulator thinks. She has assisted the Indian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association’s (IVCA) Regulatory Affairs Committee in making representations to the CCI in relation to the proposed amendments to the Combination Regulations, which could impact the private equity industry.
Aparna has co-authored several competition law publications and has been involved in teaching at Nirma University and O.P. Jindal Global University. She is also a Non-Governmental Advisor to the CCI.
Education
- ILS Law College, Pune
- University of Liverpool
Admissions
- The Bar Council of Delhi
Select representative clients/matters
- Abu Dhabi International Authority on its investment in IIFL Home
- Advent International on its investment in Suven Pharmaceuticals
- Apollo Global Management on its acquisition of Tenneco and Monnet Ispat, and in its minority investment in Hero FinCorp
- Bain Capital on its acquisition of the right to appoint a director in Embassy REIT.
- Bayer AG in its acquisition of Monsanto (winning matter at the Global Competition Review Awards, 2019)
- BillDesk on its proposed acquisition by PayU
- Brookfield on its investment in UPL SAS
- ChrysCapital on its investments in Mankind Pharma, Intas Pharmaceuticals, Busybees Logistics, Lenskart and HDFC Credila
- GE on its acquisition of Alstom’s power and grid businesses
- Larsen & Toubro on acquisition of its Electrical and Automation business by Schneider Electric
- Juniper Networks on its acquisition by Hewlett Packard Enterprises
- LeapFrog Investments on its investment in Utkarsh CoreInvest
- KKR on investment in J.B Chemicals
- Mitsui & Co. on its investments in Sneha Farms and MTC
- Reliance Industries on its acquisition of the retail business of Future Group
- Sony Pictures Entertainment on the proposed merger and amalgamation of Zee Entertainment and Bangla Entertainment with and into Culver Max Entertainment
- Schott Glass India in relation to abuse of dominance investigations
- TPG on its acquisition of shareholding in CARE Hospitals
- ZF Friedrichshafen on the acquisition of WABCO
- GE on its acquisition of Alstom’s power and grid businesses
- PVR on its acquisition of DT Cinemas
- Videocon d2H in its amalgamation with DishTV
- Zuari Fertilizers & Chemicals in its amalgamation with Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers
Recognition
- ‘Leading Partner‘ for Antitrust & Competition by Legal500, 2026
- Ranked by Chambers & Partners Asia Pacific, for Competition & Antitrust, 2019-2026
- Ranked by Chambers & Partners Global, for Competition & Antitrust, 2024-2026
- ‘Distinguished Practitioner’ for Competition/Antitrust by Asialaw, 2025
- Recognized in the 7th Edition of Global Competition Review’s ‘Women in Antitrust’ List, 2025
- Recognized as a ‘Key Lawyer’ in Legal500
- Recognized as ‘Global Leader’ for Competition & Antitrust by Who’s Who Legal, 2021-2024
- Leading Practitioner – Experts Guide list for Competition & Antitrust, 2018-2021
- Featured as a ‘Rising Star’ by Asian Legal Business, 2021
- Awarded at the BW Legal World ‘Top 40 Under 40 Lawyers and Legal Influencers Awards‘, 2021
- Received the Legal Era ‘40 Under 40 Rising Star‘ Award, 2021
- Recognized by Forbes India Legal Powerlist as one of India’s Top 100 Individual Lawyers, 2021
- Recognized as ‘Most Highly Regarded Partner’ for Competition & Antitrust by Who’s Who Legal, 2018-2020
