Archana is the Founder of VERTICES PARTNERS, a leading law firm specialising in Private Equity, Venture Capital and Mergers & Acquisition Transactions. Her Firm is headquartered out of Mumbai and has presence in
Bengaluru, NCR and Pune as well. Her specialization areas are Corporate Commercial Law, Venture Capital and Private Equity Investments. She also has proven skill expertise in Mergers & Acquisitions, Joint Ventures and Strategic Acquisitions across multiple sectors including inter-alia Education, Financial Services, Consumer Products, Healthcare, Agriculture, Gaming, Logistics, Credit Information, Real Estate, Manufacturing and Pharmaceuticals.
Archana has been enlisted in Forbes Legal Power List 2021 as one of the Top 100 Individual Lawyers in Joint Venture, M&A and PE & VC. She has also been awarded Country’s Leading Lawyer for Private Equity & Venture Capital by ET Leaders of Change 2021. Archana had been recognized as Women Leading in Business by The Economic Times powered by Femina 2021. She was enlisted as one of the Top Under 40 Alternative Investment Professionals in India by The Association of International Wealth Management of India (AIWMI) and Indian Association of Alternative Investment Funds (IAAIF). Archana has also been recognised as The Rising Star Partner for Private Equity by IFLR1000 32nd research edition. She was featured in the Asia Legal Business (Thomson Reuters) 40 Under 40 List in the Asia Pacific Region and the 40 under 40 Rising Star by Legal Era. Archana also got featured by ALB in the Women In Law. She was recognized as the Entrepreneur of the Year 2019 by Indian Women Convention and was also featured in Elle India, February 2019 issue as an entrepreneur adding to the India growth story. Archana also got featured by one of the leading business publications in the Top 10 Powerful Women Lawyers of the Country. She has also been featured in the Top 50 lawyers in Asian Legal Business (Thomson Reuters) India Rising Stars 2021. Archana has
been a speaker and writer on several forums including at ET Now, Bloomberg and Venture Intelligence.
Her Firm has been enlisted by Forbes India Legal Powerlist 2020 & 2021 as one of the Top Law Firms Below 10 years’ experience for Private Equity & Venture Capital and Corporate & Commercial Practices. In the past, Vertices
Partners has also been ranked among Top 40 Law Firms 2017 & 2019 by RSG India. Venture Intelligence ranked the firm among Top 10 Youngest Law Firms consecutively from 2016 to 2019 in the Private Equity Segment, Awarded Debutant Law Firm of the Year in Private Equity & Venture Capital League table 2016 and also ranked the firm among Top 10 Law Firm in Private Equity League Tables 2021. Vertices Partners was awarded Best Indian Law Firm 2019 by IBLJ. The firm also won Indian Law Firm Awards 2019 & 2020 in the category Private Equity & Venture Capital, was awarded Top 10 Law Firm – 2018 in Private Equity Practice, and adjudged Rising Star as well as
awarded the Best New Law Firm – 2017 & 2018 by India Business Law Journal. Asia Legal Business (Thomson Reuters) awarded Vertices Partners as a Notable Law Firm in M&A 2019. The firm was also featured in the Who’s
Who 2018 & 2019 by the Asia Legal Business.
Archana sits on the advisory board of several start-ups and new age entrepreneurial ventures. She works very closely with organizations to empower women and mentors and advises budding and seasoned entrepreneurs on several startup and investment forums. Archana is the National Head -Virtual Incubator, Programming and Collaborations, of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce, FLO – the FICCI Ladies Organization, National Startup Cell wherein she, along with her core team have created a community of women entrepreneurs and women angel investors within the FLO members. She is also the Senior Vice Chairperson of FLO Mumbai and works on different aspects around economic empowerment and equal opportunities for women.
RSG INDIA
Venture Intelligence
India Business Law Journal
Asian Legal Business
Asia Law
IFLR1000
VCC EDGE
BW Businessworld
The Legal 500
Chambers and Partners
FORBES
LEGAL POWERLIST
LEGAL ERA