Manasi Chaudhari

Manasi Chaudhari is an award winning lawyer and entrepreneur. An alumnus of the University of Oxford, with a Masters in Law and Finance, and graduate of Jindal Global Law School, Manasi specialises in corporate law, intellectual property rights, entertainment law, real estate law, commercial contracts, to name a few, and is an expert in legal strategy and advice.

Manasi started her professional journey in the chambers of Senior Advocate S. Niranjan Reddy (now Member of Parliament), where she extensively assisted in dispute resolution of high profile matters in the Hyderabad High Court and NCLT Hyderabad. Thereafter, Manasi went on to assist the (now retired) Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud, in the Supreme Court of India on various landmark judgments including decriminalising homosexuality in India.

During her early professional life, Manasi identified a gap in the legal services sector, which she sought to bridge through her independent endeavours. Thus, in 2020, she founded ‘Manasi Chaudhari and Associates’ a boutique law firm which specialised in commercial laws. MC&A’s global and pan-India clientele across Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, London, Dubai, and California, consists of A-list clients ranging from leading movie production houses and celebrities to tech startups, FMCG brands, automobile companies, and real estate developers. After successfully running MC&A for four years, Manasi decided to merge MC&A with Numen Law Offices, coming on board as Numen’s Hyderabad office, to collectively expand the firm’s practice areas and ability to serve diversified clientele.

Manasi is also the founder Pink Legal - a United Nations (UN Women) recognised not-for-profit which educates women about their legal rights, runs a free-of-cost legal and mental health support helpline for women, and connects women with verified pro bono lawyers pan-India.

Some of Manasi’s noteworthy awards and recognitions include:

• Awarded the 'Legal Entrepreneur of the Year, 2020, by the Business World Magazine
• Awarded the 'Digital Women Award,' 2020 by Google and SheThePeopleTV
• Appointment by the United Nations (UN Women) as a General Equality Ally in India
• Appointed as an external member for the POSH Committee for Tinder India (Match Group).
• Partnered with global brands including Meta and Puma for projects on gender equality.
• Named as a top 'Legal Influencer to Follow' by ScoopWhoop India.
• Featured in several prestigious publications including the Times of India, The Hindu, Deccan Chronicle, Cosmopolitan Magazine, Asian Legal Business Magazine, NASDAQ India, to name a few.
• Invited as a panelist on prominent national TV platforms, including NDTV and ET Now.
• Invited as a speaker by several organisations and educational institutions including CII (Confederation of Indian Industries), GAIL, Indian Oil, Police Commissionerate Rachakonda (Hyderabad), Jindal Global Law School, Symbiosis Law School, The Sri Ram School, etc.
• Graduated at the top of her batch and on the Dean’s List from Jindal Global Law School.
• Awarded the Savitri Jindal Studentship for academic excellence at Jindal Global Law School.
• Awarded for Outstanding Academic Performance for three consecutive years at Jindal Global Law School.
• Was a Weekly Columnist (Q&A column for women’s legal queries), Namaste Telangana - a regional newspaper with circulation of 3.2 million.

Publications:

• Triple Talaq Bill: Lacunae & Recommendations, Indian NLUJ Law Review, Vol. 5, Issue 2, pgs. 49-84, 2018.
• Dual Capacity of Advocates: Implications for IP Law Firms, Indian Journal for Law & Technology, Vol. 14, Issue 1, pgs. 61-69, 2018.
• Aziz Ansari, Mohammad Farooqui & the Dangerous Myth of a ‘Right' Way to Resist, Economic & Political Weekly, Vol. 53, Issue 13, 2018.
• Lacunae in the Street Vendors’ Act, Christ University Law Journal, Vol. 3, Issue 2, pgs. 25-37, 2014.