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.
Aparna 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 and University of Liverpool
Admissions
- The Bar Council of Delhi
Select representative Matters
Abu Dhabi International Authority
- in its investment in IIFL Home.
Advent International
- in its investment in Suven Pharmaceuticals.
Apollo Global Management
- in its acquisition of Tenneco.
Bain Capital
- in 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
- in its proposed acquisition by PayU.
Brookfield
- in its investment in UPL SAS.
ChrysCapital
- in its investments in Mankind Pharma, Intas Pharmaceuticals, HeroFinCorp, Busybees Logistics, Lenskart and HDFC Credila.
CRED and Kunal Shah (founder of CRED)
- on Meta’s USD 900 million Series H investment in CRED.
GE
- in its acquisition of Alstom’s power and grid businesses.
Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S.
- in its acquisition of M.R. Organisation.
Juniper Networks
- in its acquisition by Hewlett Packard Enterprises.
Lakshmi Mittal family
- in relation to the Mittal-Poonawalla consortium’s acquisition of the Rajasthan Royals IPL franchise.
Larsen & Toubro
- in its acquisition of its Electrical and Automation business by Schneider Electric.
LeapFrog Investments
- in its investment in Utkarsh CoreInvest.
KKR
- in its investment in J.B Chemicals.
Mitsui & Co.
- in its investments in Sneha Farms and MTC.
PMI Electric
- in relation to KKR’s investment in the company.
PVR
- in its acquisition of DT Cinemas.
Reliance Industries
- in its acquisition of the retail business of Future Group.
Schott Glass India
- in relation to abuse of dominance investigations.
Sony Pictures Entertainment
- in the proposed merger involving Zee Entertainment and Bangla Entertainment.
TPG
- in its acquisition of shareholding in CARE Hospitals.
Videocon d2H
- in its amalgamation with DishTV.
ZF Friedrichshafen
- in its acquisition of WABCO (winning matter at the Global Competition Review Awards, 2021)
Zuari Fertilizers & Chemicals
- in its amalgamation with Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers.
Recognition
- ‘Future Star’ in Competition / Antitrust by Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific, 2026
- Ranked ‘Leading Lawyers Champions Star Practitioners’ in Antitrust and Competition by Legal Era, 2025-26
- Ranked in the Chambers & Partners, Asia Pacific Guide, 2026-2019 and Chambers & Partners, Global Guide, 2024 for Competition/ Antitrust
- Recognized in ‘RISE Rated Lawyer’ rankings by RSGI, 2026
- Recognized in the 7th Edition of Global Competition Review’s ‘Women in Antitrust’ List, 2025
- Recognised as ‘Distinguished Practitioner’ in Competition/ Antitrust by Asialaw Profiles, 2025
- Recognised as a ‘Key Lawyer’ in Legal500
- Recognised as ‘Global Leader’ (Competition/Antitrust) – Who’s Who Legal, 2024-2021 and as a ‘Most Highly Regarded Partner’ (Competition/Antitrust), 2020-2018
- ‘Leading Practitioner’ – Experts Guide list for Competition and Antitrust, 2021-2018
- 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
