DSP Legal is a boutique real-estate law firm providing integrated end-to-end legal advice to all stakeholders across the real-estate sector in India. Our team brings in decades of local, regional and state-wide experience and technical know-how, equipped with a deep understanding of the legal and regulatory environment of the real-estate industry India. Our attorneys come with the necessary technical and strategic sector knowledge and a proven track record of identifying and addressing the most critical and core issues with a problem-solving mindset.
We have played a vital role for some of the biggest names in the Indian Real Estate, Development and Infrastructure space in planning, construction, engineering and development projects. Our domain expertise arms us with the ability to lead real estate transactions, undertake general corporate advisory matters from a practical and business-focussed standpoint. Our multi-disciplinary and cross-industry exposure positions us uniquely to serve our clients with a one – stop solution.
We also have a thriving litigation practice and are regularly instructed in matters across Courts all over India, with appearances in the Supreme Court, High Courts, Sessions and District Courts, Debt Recovery Tribunals, Industrial Tribunals, Matrimonial Courts, National and State Consumer Redressal Forums, Land Acquisition Officer and the Commissioner, R.T. S. Appeals before the Maharashtra Revenue Tribunal / Mantralay, and Regulation Matters and Urban Development / Permission Appeals. Our associates have extensive experience in appearing before ad-hoc and institutional Arbitral Tribunals from across the country, and have been instructed by our clients in various stages of commercial and civil contentious disputes right from pre – reference, interim reliefs and jurisdictional challenges, till after the passing of awards or judgments, right till enforcement of decrees.
Clientele
Our clientele includes investors, industrialists, financial institutions, banks, builders and developers, individual sellers and buyers of commercial or residential premises, real estate, holders of leasehold premises, as well as state institutions, covering the entire spectrum of players in the real-estate industry.
Core Areas
Legal Diligence
Title Due Diligence, Drafting of Title investigation and search reports,
Stamp Duty & Registration
Stamp duty, registration and related advise,
Liaisoning
Liaisoning with Sub-registration offices, IGR, JDR, Town Planning Authority etc.
Banking & Finance
Drafting and advising on finance documentation and security documentation etc.
Litigation
Identification and procurement of necessary statutory permissions and / or regulatory approvals.
Transaction Structuring
Transaction Structuring, End to End Strategy Formulation for real estate projects and advising on and drafting of all kinds of transfer documentation involved in it.
Our Lawyers
MR. SATISH P DAREKAR
Email: satish.darekar@dsplegal.in
Phone:- +91-98222 52376
Mr. Satish Prabhakar Darekar is a formidable figure in the Indian real-estate industry. With an extensive experience of over 35 years, Mr. Satish Darekar has handled many high-stake transactions as well as contentious real estate work comprising of development, re-development and investment mandates. He regularly advises clients on large-scale private land acquisitions from a variety of sectors including real estate, infrastructure, construction, public sector (state institutions), manufacturing and industrial, professional services, etc.
Mr. Satish Darekar’s vast experience with broadly all sorts of general commercial contracts within the realm of real estate, infrastructure, developmental projects and finance equips him with an innate ability to strategize the most realistic and feasible solutions to client problems. He has an excellent reputation for identifying critical insights at early stages of engagements, and is seen as an authoritative pan-industry figure.
MR. NIKHIL S DAREKAR
Email: nikhil.darekar@dsplegal.in
Phone:- +91-88053 63111
With an industry-wide experience spanning about a decade, Mr. Nikhil Darekar has made an instrumental mark for himself in private real-estate practice, providing end-to-end advice to his clients on private land acquisition, development and redevelopment schemes, SRA Schemes and has expertise in conceiving, drafting and advising on all kinds of documentation required for the same.
Mr. Nikhil Darekar has led various high-stake corporate real estate transactions and due diligence exercises with notable ease and has received high commendation from his clients for always bringing more to the table than asked. Known for his consistent work output and his focus on creating personalized agreements and deeds for his clients, Nikhil has provided quality legal advice to property developers, banks, financial institutions, families, real estate investors, buyers and sellers of residential and commercial real estate.
Mr. Nikhil Darekar has completed his legal practice course (LPC) from BPP Law School, London. Apart from real estate work, his practice has been multi-disciplinary with having an enviable portfolio of banking and finance transactions, loan documentation, project finance, conceiving, drafting and executing commercial and investment contracts, as well as structuring transactions and laying down strategies for the stakeholders to follow.
MR. AKSHAY DAREKAR
Email: akshay@dsplegal.in
Phone:- +91-90968 28268
Akshay regularly deals with banks and financial institutions and caters to their day-to-day legal, compliance and representation needs. Akshay has headed extensive due diligence exercises for Land and Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) of various banks, and has conducted several legal audits for several large-cap institutions and companies. Akshay routinely provides advisory support on all kinds of loans and debt financing contracts, such as term and working capital, business and institutional loans, project finance, etc. Akshay’s clients know him to produce time-bound, cost-effective and high-quality legal and strategic opinions.
Akshay also has a focus on real estate consulting, and regularly handles drafting and settling of conveying deeds, development agreements, agreements relating to sale and purchase of commercial and residential projects, as well as structuring and strategizing real estate transactions.
Adv. Vrushali Maindad
Email: vrushali.maindad@gmail.com
Phone:- +91-9920590747
Handled litigation at High Courts, District Courts and Criminal Courts, Maharashtra Administrative tribunal, Central administrative Tribunal, DRT, DRAT, National Company Law Boards, consumer courts (experience ranges from handling a matter from the start till the stage of final order/judgment/decree).
Have briefed and/or assisted all the major counsels of Bombay Bar. Independently handled litigation matters in the State of Maharashtra.
MR. ASHUTOSH KUMAR
Email: ashutosh.kumar@dsplegal.in
Phone:- +91-98719 02639
Right after graduating from one of the most premier law colleges in India (ILS Law College, Pune), Mr. Ashutosh Kumar has been extensively practicing in Delhi as a litigating lawyer.
Mr. Ashutosh Kumar, having a reputed name in the Banking Finance Industry, has successfully represented his clients (who are mainly reputed Banks, Financial Institutions, Non-Banking Financial Companies and Asset Reconstruction Companies) on a voluminous basis before various Courts, Tribunals, Commissions Authorities throughout the territory of National Capital Region of Delhi.
Mr. Ashutosh is a seasoned litigator having excellent argumentative skills. He has a well-known name at Debt Recovery Tribunals-Delhi due to which he is regularly appointed as Court receiver Local commissioner in several cases.
Mr. Ashutosh has a very sound understanding of the overall legal system framework, due to which he is regularly consulted by his clients for forming effective Litigation strategy and for Litigation management mitigation.
Jyotsana Sinha
Email: jyotsana@dsplegal.in
Jyotsana Sinha is a technology, intellectual property, and data protection lawyer advising
businesses on creating, protecting, and monetising intangible assets in a digital and regulated
environment.
She works with clients across sectors including e-commerce, technology, healthcare, media,
manufacturing, and FMCG on IP strategy, data protection compliance, and technology
transactions. Her IP practice includes global portfolio management (trademarks, copyrights,
designs, patents), multi-jurisdictional prosecution, licensing, technology transfers, franchise
arrangements, and IP due diligence in M&A.
Jyotsana advises on compliance with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, GDPR,
CCPA, PDPA, and PDPO, supporting clients with privacy frameworks, data audits, consent
architecture, data processing arrangements, and breach response. She focuses on embedding
privacy as an ongoing governance function.
Her technology practice covers SaaS and platform agreements, technology licensing, and
commercial contracts, along with advisory on AI and generative AI governance, including
data use and liability frameworks.
She also advises on media and entertainment law, including content licensing and personality
rights, and represents clients in commercial disputes and arbitration.
Amrita
Contact:Email: Amrita@dsplegal.in
Amrita works with banks and financial institutions and assists them in their lending and investment transactions like term loans, working capital facilities, unlisted and listed debentures, and rupee denominated bonds. She conducts due diligence of borrowing entities, title search for immovable properties, and drafts and finalises loan and security documents. Amrita also looks into regulatory restrictions and compliances (including under SEBI regulations) for such debt deals. Amrita has also structured transactions for issuance of shares with differential voting rights, purchase/ acquisition of existing equity shares, issue of convertible preference shares, employee stock options, etc. She also assists investors in regulatory compliance for such equity transactions.