Chirag Chhabra
Associate
Email
chirag@has.law
Phone
+971 52 462 0884
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Languages: English and Hindi
Location: Dubai
Chirag is a corporate and transactional lawyer with over six years of experience advising multinational corporations, institutional investors, and high-growth companies across jurisdictions. He is an Associate in the Corporate and Commercial practice at HAS, where he focuses on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and private equity investments, and complex commercial transactions.
He regularly supports clients through the full lifecycle of transactions, including deal structuring, due diligence, drafting and negotiating definitive agreements, and closing. His practice also extends to advising on corporate governance, regulatory compliance, data protection, and commercial contracting.
Prior to joining HAS Law Firm, he was a Senior Manager at a global technology company, where he led legal workstreams for strategic acquisitions, venture capital fundraising, commercial contracting and data protection across multiple jurisdictions. He began his career at a leading Indian law firm, where he advised on M&A, PE/VC transactions, capital markets, and securities litigation.
He brings a unique combination of in-house and law firm expertise, enabling him to deliver commercially focused and practical solutions to clients.
Recent Cases:
- Guided a global technology company through strategic acquisitions involving both cash and stock structures.
- Supported multiple fundraising rounds for a global technology company, engaging venture capital and institutional investors.
- Handled one of the largest private equity investments in the Indian port logistics sector.
- Acted for a leading global distributor of speciality chemicals and food/pharma ingredients in its acquisition of a top Indian excipients distributor.
- Represented a leading Indian small finance bank in securing private equity investments from major funds.
- Led drafting and negotiation of complex cross-border commercial transactions for a global technology company across the UAE, U.S.A., UK, EU, and India.
- Admitted as an Advocate with the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa (2019)