After an illustrious career as a litigation and transactional lawyer spanning almost 4 decades, Mr. Anup S. Shah, having placed his colleagues and staff in another law firm, has now moved away from running a full fledged law office to taking up the role of advisory and consultancy works for several of his clients under the same law firm “ASLF Law Offices”. He now takes up various assignments in the nature of advisory and consultant in numerous real estate transactional matters, real estate litigation matters, commercial litigation matters, vetting and settling commercial and real estate documentation, plaints, written statements, affidavits in commercial and real estate litigation matters.
Mr. Anup S Shah began his law journey in Mumbai in 1981 where he worked as a counsel in the chambers of Mr. S.H.Doctor (Senior Counsel) in the High Court of Judicature at Mumbai, as an independent counsel up to 1990. During this period, Mr. Anup S Shah attended several matters under diverse laws in both the High Court and the Supreme Court and conducted several arbitrations in commercial lis. He was also briefed by various law firms of Mumbai , large and small. He then shifted to Bangalore and worked in the office of Mr. Udaya Holla from 1990 to 1993. During this period, he attended to multiple clients and represented several matters in both—the High Court Karnataka and the City Civil Court, Bangalore.
Mr. Anup S Shah then established his own practice and then founded ASLF Law Offices, where he was Founding and Managing Partner. ASLF Law Offices was a multi-practice full service law firm which specialized in all aspects of law documentation relating to property transactions, due diligence of immovable property, effective structuring of real estate transactions, foreign investment in real estate transactions, civil litigation, alternate dispute resolution/arbitrations, commercial contracts, strategic planning of real estate and commercial transactions and litigations in several areas of law and forums. Mr. Anup Shah, continues as ASLF Law Offices undertaking consultancy and advisory for his clients in several transactions.
Mr. Anup Shah has always maintained a high level of integrity and dedication towards his work . He holds a strong belief in the value of trust and guides his clients with utter sincerity and transparency towards effective high-quality legal solutions through a multi-pronged approach. His expertise lies in matters pertaining to commercial and real estate issues,corporate and commercial litigation, land law, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution. Over the years, he has been advising developers, builders, and both—domestic and foreign investors in projects related to real estate investments, structuring development agreements, leases, and joint venture agreements and has vast experience.
Mr. Anup Shah is also an Independent Non Executive Director in several companies. He has in the past been invited by the Times of India several times to respond to the queries of the general public pertaining to legal real estate issues under the caption of “Legal Eagle”. He has also won the ICON award and has been recognised as one of the ‘Top 100 Advocates in India’ in the A List published by the Indian Business Law Journal for three consecutive years. Mr. Anup S Shah has an extensive law library comprising Indian and Foreign books , publications and journals . In keeping with and true to his passionate spirit for law, Mr. Anup S Shah has also institutionalized his personal library comprising numerous books of both Indian and International Law for the benefit of both—the legal fraternity and law students, alike.