Our Team.
Driven by a commitment to deliver real value, our experienced team brings strategic guidance, practical insight, and solutions tailored to your needs. Forged through years of diverse, hands-on experience across industries and complex matters, our expertise empowers us to deliver informed and dependable support at every step.
Adv. Rakesh Umarani
Founding Partner
Advocate Rakesh Umarani is the Founding Partner of Vidyam Legal and the architect of the firm’s litigation and corporate strategy practice. A graduate of the University of Pune, he holds a Master of Laws in Information Technology and Intellectual Property Law from the University of East Anglia, United Kingdom, and a second Master’s degree in Business Laws from the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru. His academic grounding across technology, intellectual property, and business law informs the multidimensional nature of his practice.
With over 12 years of active litigation and corporate advisory experience, Rakesh has represented large Indian and multinational corporations, financial institutions, educational institutions, construction enterprises, and private clients across courts and tribunals throughout India. His practice spans corporate and commercial disputes, arbitration, economic offences, white-collar investigations, insolvency matters, environmental litigation, real estate conflicts, cyber law issues, and intellectual property enforcement. He is known for handling complex, high-stakes disputes requiring strategic depth and calibrated legal positioning.
Rakesh regularly appears before High Courts, civil courts, arbitral tribunals, regulatory bodies, and specialized forums nationwide. His dual capability as both strategic legal advisor and courtroom counsel enables him to structure disputes from inception through final adjudication. Clients seek him out for matters involving layered commercial risk, regulatory sensitivity, and reputational exposure, where nuanced advocacy and decisive legal direction are critical.
Adv. Harish Kumbhar
Founding Partner
Advocate Harish Kumbhar is a Founding Partner at Vidyam Legal and a core pillar of the firm’s real estate and litigation practice. A law graduate from D.E.S. Law College, Fergusson College, Pune (2009), he further strengthened his academic foundation with a Diploma in Intellectual Property Rights from the University of Pune. Over the years, he has built a robust practice centred on real estate litigation, regulatory disputes, and civil proceedings.
He represents prominent business entities and individual clients before Civil and District Courts, Debt Recovery Tribunals (DRT), Consumer Commissions, the National Green Tribunal (NGT), RERA Authorities, and Cooperative Departments. His litigation practice is particularly distinguished in matters involving property disputes, RERA complaints, environmental clearances, revenue proceedings, and society registrations. He is known for navigating complex land title issues, conducting thorough due diligence, and structuring property transactions with procedural and regulatory precision.
Beyond courtroom representation, Harish has extensive experience in transactional drafting and advisory work, including conveyancing, acquisition structuring, contractual documentation, non-disclosure and licensing arrangements, franchising, leasing, and commercial agreements. His practice also extends to intellectual property applications, consumer disputes, employment matters, and corporate conflicts. Combining litigation strategy with transactional clarity, he provides clients with legally sound and commercially viable solutions while maintaining a strong commitment to professional ethics and social responsibility.
Adv. Gaurav Rana
Senior Associate Partner
Gaurav Rana, LLM (NUS), is an advocate practicing in Pune trial courts, Bombay High Court, and Supreme Court, specializing in white-collar crime, criminal defence, commercial litigation, and arbitration.
Adv. Ashwini Chawan
Senior Associate Partner
Adv. Ashwini Chawan Sanmotrra is a Pune-based real estate lawyer with 8+ years of experience in property law, specializing in title due diligence, conveyancing, and legally secure real estate transactions across Maharashtra.
Adv. Siddhi Nadgir
Senior Associate Partner
Adv. Siddhi Nadgir, B.A. LL.B., D.IPR, and POSH Certified Trainer, is Senior Associate Partner at Vidyam Legal, specializing in corporate advisory, compliance frameworks, business structuring, labour law, governance strategy.
Adv. Mukul Thombare
Senior Associate
Adv. Mukul Thombare is a Senior Associate at Vidyam Legal with 5+ years’ experience in dispute resolution, commercial litigation, corporate advisory, compliance, contract structuring, and strategic legal governance.
Adv. Amey Karmudi
Senior Associate
Amey Karmudi is a Senior Associate in Dispute Resolution, representing clients in civil, commercial, arbitration, and criminal matters before the Bombay High Court, trial courts, and arbitral tribunals.
Adv. Netal Sharma
Associate
Adv. Netal Sharma is a corporate and commercial law professional specializing in drafting agreements, employment contracts, labour law compliance, POSH advisory, and structured legal documentation for businesses.
Adv. Anuprita Jadhav
Associate
Adv. Anuprita Jadhav, B.A. LL.B. (ILS Law College), specializes in corporate, commercial law, contract drafting, data protection compliance, and intellectual property matters including trademark searches and filings.
Adv. Shardul Avhad
Associate
Adv. Shardul Avhad, B.A. LL.B., LL.M. (ADR), specializes in real estate law, title due diligence, RERA compliance, commercial documentation, and dispute resolution including arbitration and mediation.
Adv. Shubham Barbate
Associate
Adv. Shubham Barbate is a Litigation Associate specializing in civil and commercial litigation, corporate and business law, taxation, labour law, and cyber law, with an LL.M. in Corporate Law from Symbiosis Law School, Pune.
Adv. Nayan Hule
Trainee Associate
Adv. Nayan Hule, B.A. LL.B., LL.M., is a legal professional with litigation experience in civil and family courts, specializing in corporate and commercial law, contract drafting, compliance advisory, and regulatory frameworks.
Adv. Joy Rodriguez
Trainee Associate
Adv. Joy Rodrigues, B.A. LL.B., is a Corporate Trainee at Vidyam Legal focusing on corporate and commercial law, regulatory compliance, transactional work, legal research, and corporate documentation.
Anagha Kulkarni
Corporate Trainee
Anagha Kulkarni is a Corporate Trainee at Vidyam Legal assisting in corporate and commercial matters, employment law compliance, HR policy documentation, legal due diligence, and compliance advisory.
Siddhant Salpekar
Legal Intern
Siddhant Salpekar is a B.B.A. LL.B. student at Savitribai Phule Pune University interning at Vidyam Legal, gaining experience in corporate law, litigation, legal research, drafting, and compliance.
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