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Legal partners that stands and

scales with you

Trusted by leading corporates and high-growth startups to navigate complex deals, scale with confidence and build enduring value.

Leading law firm in India

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750+ Transactions Advised · ₹30 Billion+ Mobilised · Top 10 Law Firm in India · Startup & Investment Law Firm of the Year · 22 Years of Deal Experience ·

ABout us

Years of advising businesses across markets.

We work with founders, funds, enablers and corporates — across every stage of growth and every sector.

Years of Deal Experience

Billion +
Mobilised

Transactions
Advised

WHO WE SERVE

One firm for every company building the future.

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From Pre Seed to Pre IPO. And every round we grow through together.

Startups

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Term sheet to exit — structures that hold up and deals that move fast.

Investors

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You build the platform. We’ll build the legal rails under everything you launch.

Enablers

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Your standing counsel, on retainer — one relationship, every question answered.

Corporates &
GCC

LexStart Partners advised

The Whole Truth in raising

₹ 430 crores

LexStart Partners advised

AdOnMo in raising

₹ 200 crores

LexStart Partners advised

Gemba Capital in raising

₹ 180 crores

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Transaction Advisory

From first cheque to pre-IPO, every round structured to move.

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Commercial Contracts

Clear agreements for the way your business works and scales.

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Where your hardest business decisions need the sharpest counsel.

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M&A & Exits

We help keep exit transactions on track by addressing diligence issues, required consents and other process-related matters that may otherwise delay completion. Our approach is informed by twenty-two years of transaction experience.

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POSH 
 

Safer workplaces, backed by compliant system.

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ESOPs 
 

Incentive structured to align people and value.

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Advertising Compliance

Brand growth shaped by legal

clarity

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This is where deals are won, and risk is managed.

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Where the stakes are highest.

This is where we do our work.

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Transaction Advisory

Every round, every stage, one counsel

Transaction Advisory

Every round, every stage, one counsel

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Commercial Contracts

Written once, built to hold up.

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M & A & Exits

Complexity resolved, without losing momentum.

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Early Capital

ESOPs & POSH

Governance that never asks for compromise.

What WE DO

Our Practice Area

LexStart Partners is one of the leading law firms in India that exclusively focuses on the early-stage ecosystem. 

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Transaction  Advisory

We believe in growing with our clients and have assisted startups right from their friends and family stage to Series C investment stages. 

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Commercial Contracts

Our commercial contracts team provides legal assistance from the ground up — right from drafting and reviewing to finalizing agreements.

03

M & A & Exits

M&A Services and exit services, Share Purchase Transaction, Asset Purchase Agreement.

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ESOP & POSH

ESOPs and ASOPs, and full compliance with the provisions of the POSH Act.

THE record

Behind the practice

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News Update

A running account of how we read the market — in analysis, in print, and in the press.

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LexStart Insights

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2026

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OUR TEAM

People who have done this for you before.

750+ transactions, and still showing up the same way.

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Anisha Patnaik

Managing Partner

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Smita Reddy

Partner

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Dhruma Paronigar

Partner

RESOURCES

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TESTIMONIAL

Hear it from the clients we have helped grow.

“Use this space to share reviews from customers about the products or services offered.”

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"A big thanks to the LexStart team for doing outstanding work for the GetVantage Pre-Series A round. The team seamlessly managed the entire investment round with exceptional attention to detail."

Bhavik Vasa

Founder, GetVantage

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"We would like to extend our sincere appreciation to the exceptional team of LexStart for their support in our fundraising efforts."

Abhishek Tripathi

Founder, Settl.

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"Acumen has been working with LexStart for 7 years. We continue to work with LexStart because of the practical, hands-on support that they provide, ranging from investment diligence and negotiation, compliance."

Sunny Kim

Legal Associate Director, Acumen

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"Lexstart has been more than just a law firm for us. Having supported us for more than 5 years, our teams never saw them as a vendor but more like an internal team."

Gaurav  Samdaria

Co-Founder, Karza

Recognitions

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Queries

The counsel that scales with you.

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