Nikita Sukhathankar is a corporate lawyer specializing in venture capital, private equity, and general corporate advisory. As a Partner at Vantage Law Advisors, she advises founders, investors, and growth-stage businesses on practical, business-aligned legal solutions. She has represented over 100 clients across impact and commercial sectors at various stages of growth. Her expertise includes investment structuring, funding transactions, shareholder arrangements, and corporate governance. She also advises on commercial contracts, corporate structuring, and employment frameworks for scaling businesses. She is known for delivering commercially pragmatic advice aligned with long-term business strategy. Her experience spans the full lifecycle of transactions, from structuring to execution and closing. She brings a strong understanding of both legal and business considerations to support sustainable growth.
Shubhika Goyal is an Associate Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India with over six years of extensive experience in handling compliance and legal matters for startups, companies, Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs), and other regulated entities.
She has a strong background in managing day-to-day secretarial compliances for companies incorporated in India, including those with foreign investments and downstream investments.
Shubhika possesses hands-on expertise in legal due diligence, corporate law compliances, and regulations under FEMA as well as RBI/NBFC frameworks. In addition to her compliance expertise, she is adept at handling fundraising activities for startups. She has significant experience in Private Equity (PE) transactions and manages end-to-end compliance for PE deals, including drafting transactional documents and ensuring adherence to all regulatory requirements throughout the process.
Tamanna Phukan is a corporate and commercial law professional, holding a B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) degree from Symbiosis Law School. She focuses on advising startups and businesses on a range of corporate and commercial matters, with particular emphasis on drafting and reviewing commercial agreements. Her work involves assisting clients with transactional documentation, structuring commercial arrangements and supporting the execution of investment and business transactions. Tamanna regularly works on service agreements, shareholder and investment-related documentation and other key contracts integral to business operations. She adopts a detail-oriented and commercially driven approach, ensuring that legal solutions are practical, clear, and aligned with business objectives. Her work reflects a strong focus on precision, risk assessment and delivering efficient, business-oriented outcomes.
With over 7 years of experience in the investment funds and financial regulatory space, Jitesh’s
primary focus has been on the complete structuring and formation of (i) various investment funds
(including Category I, II and III AIFs), (ii) portfolio management services and (iii) investment
advisory services for fund managers, amongst others.
Having worked with over 100+ investment funds, he has assisted various fund managers in
negotiating and drafting private placement memorandums, subscription agreements, investment
management agreements and other associated fund documents; raising capital from various
institutional investors and HNIs; setting up offshore funds in various jurisdictions including Ireland,
Mauritius, Delaware, Cayman Islands and GIFT city. He has advised some of India’s largest mutual
fund houses with respect to various legal-regulatory queries from time to time.
Rajarshi Jain is a corporate and business law professional and Startup Advisor, serving as Of Counsel
at Vantage Law Advisors (VLA). He holds a B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) from Amity University, specializing
in Business and Corporate Laws. With over seven years of experience, he advises founders and
growth-stage companies on corporate structuring, contract drafting and negotiation, regulatory
compliance, and transactions, and has represented clients before the High Court of Delhi and
Company Law Tribunals.
He has a separate experience in the legal tech domain, working on legal automation process tools for
Banks, Fintechs, and NBFCs.
