Kalpana Unadkat

Kalpana is a Partner in the Corporate and Commercial Practice Group in the Mumbai office.  She is a qualified Solicitor registered with the Bombay Incorporated Law Society and the Law Society of England & Wales. Prior to joining the Firm, Kalpana spent 10 years at the Ashurst’s London office. She is qualified to practise both Indian laws and English laws. While working at Ashurst, Kalpana played a key role in building Ashurst’s India practice and in building a team at Germany, Milan, Paris and Singapore.

Kalpana specialises in cross border joint ventures and M&As, private acquisitions and disposals, commercial contracts, issues of compliance and corporate governance laws and offers practical solutions to clients on doing business in India. 

Kalpana is a well-recognised expert on Corporate Governance principles. She also advises on board effectiveness, particularly around issues of corporate governance, leadership, organisational climate and decision-making. In this regard, she has led several workshops and trained more than 200 directors with a comprehensive approach to director development. She is also an independent director on board of public companies (listed and unlisted).

She regularly acts for international companies and is recognised in independent guides as one of the leading lawyers.