ZI Law is a boutique corporate law practice based out of Delhi, set up by Ishita Bhardwaj in 2021. Ishita personally advises on every transaction at every stage, providing senior judgment, direct access and consistent accountability to clients.

Ishita is a corporate lawyer with over 13 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, fundraising and corporate advisory.

Ishita was previously a Principal Associate at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co., where she advised clients across fintech and payments, healthcare, rail and engineering, consumer appliances, hospitality, oil and gas, cement, insurance, and steel.

Ishita’s experience combines the transactional expertise of a leading full-service law firm with a personal, commercially focused approach to client advisory.

Notable transactions

Ishita’s transaction experience spans complex acquisitions, growth investments, strategic exits, private equity transactions, and debt financings. Notable transactions on which Ishita has advised include:

• An NBFC’s USD 5 million debt financing from a U.S. development finance institution, as well as its Series A and Series B equity fundraise from an impact investor.
• A skincare brand’s Series A fundraise from a leading e-commerce company.
• Fundraise by companies in microfinance, telecom, technology, and construction.
• Sale of an investment company’s stake in an Indian life insurer to a global insurance group.
• Acquisitions of two diagnostics businesses and a gig-workforce platform, as acquirer’s counsel.

Please contact us for a list of selected transactions.

Ishita regularly acts as a trusted adviser to founders, early-stage investors, and growth-stage companies on fundraising, corporate structuring, shareholder matters, governance, and strategic business decisions. Her clients include emerging and high-growth businesses in fintech, energy, education, software, automotive, and consumer and manufacturing sectors.

Recognition and education

Ishita has co-authored the India chapter on Corporate Governance in Getting the Deal Through for four consecutive years (2014–2017). She is a gold medallist from NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, and received the CALI Award for Future Excellence at the University of Illinois College of Law, where she studied on a fully funded exchange programme.