Anshul is a Partner at Khaitan & Co and leads the Employment, Labour and Benefits (ELB) practice of the Firm from its Mumbai office.
With over 20 years of experience advising employers on the full spectrum of Indian employment law issues (contentious and noncontentious), Anshul is known for his practical, solution-oriented advice, and has worked with clients across industries — from startups and MNCs to promoter-led businesses. He is also widely regarded for his sharp, business-friendly and pragmatic expertise in advising clients on the now effective Labour Codes, including strategic implementation, compliance readiness, impact assessment, and policy transition under the emerging employment laws landscape in India.
Anshul advises several prominent domestic and international clients on full suite of employment matters concerning employee documentation and policies, ethics and compliance, workplace strategies, workforce management including outsourcing and secondment, social security, equity and non-equity based benefits and incentives, industrial relations including trade union strategies, transition due to business transfers, workplace harassment & discrimination, structuring benefits & incentives, health & safety, internal inquiries, white collar investigations, employee communication, staff and management trainings and representation before labour and other statutory authorities.
Anshul and the ELB (Employment Labour and Benefits) practice under his leadership have won several awards and recognitions over the years being ranked Tier-1 across league tables (including the Labour & Employment Law Firm of the Year award at Legal Era Indian Legal Awards 2021 and 2022).
Anshul also leads the Firm’s thought leadership initiative on advocacy & knowledge sharing in employment and labour law space and actively shares insights on evolving jurisprudence in the employment & labour law space in several industry publications, reputed print media and public speaking events organized by industry bodies including CII, HRFI, ASSOCHAM, IFCCI, IGCCI, ICSI amongst others.
Qualifications
- Awardee, Top 10 Influential Employment Lawyers by Business Today (2023)
- Distinguished Practitioner (Labour & Employment) by Asialaw in 2025
- Awardee, Legal One Stellar Accolade 2025
- Awardee, Top 50 under 50 HR Leaders (for 2023 and 2025) by Human Resource Association of India
- Awardee, Labour & Employment Lawyer of the Year 2023 by Legal Era
- Awardee, Leading Individual Lawyer (Labour & Employment) by Legal Era for the years 2021 to 2024
- Awardee, Top Individual Lawyer (Labour & Employment) by Forbes India Legal Power list for 2021 and 2025
- Awardee, ALB India’s Super 50 Lawyers in 2021 and 2022
- Awardee, Top 40 Under 40 “Finest Lawyers” & “Legal Eagles” of the Indian Legal Ecosystem by BW Legal World
- Honorably ranked and highly recommended by Chambers & Partners Asia Pacific, Legal 500 Asia Pacific (Leading Individual Practitioner) and Law Profiles (Client Service Excellence in Labour & Employment)
Areas of expertise
- APAC HR and Employment