Archana is the Founder of VERTICES PARTNERS, a leading law firm specialising in Private Equity, Venture Capital and Mergers & Acquisition Transactions. Her Firm is headquartered out of Mumbai and has presence in Bengaluru, NCR and Pune as well. Her specialization areas are Corporate Commercial Law, Venture Capital and Private Equity Investments. She also has proven skill expertise in Mergers & Acquisitions, Joint Ventures and Strategic Acquisitions across multiple sectors including inter-alia Education, Financial Services, Consumer Products, Healthcare, Agriculture, Gaming, Logictics, Credit Information, Real Estate, Manufacturing and Pharmaceuticals.

Archana has been enlisted in Forbes Legal Power List 2021 as one of the Top 100 Individual Lawyers in Joint Venture, M&A and PE & VC. She has also been awarded Country’s Leading Lawyer for Private Equity & Venture Capital by ET Leaders of Change 2021. Archana had been recognized as Women Leading in Business by The Economic Times powered by Femina 2021. She was also recognized as one of the Top Under 40 Alternative Investment Professionals in India by The Association of International Wealth Management of India (AIWMI) and Indian Association of Alternative Investment Funds (IAAIF). Archana was featured in the Asia Legal Business (Thomson Reuters) 40 Under 40 List in the Asia Pacific Region and the 40 under 40 Rising Star by Legal Era. She also got featured by ALB in the Women In Law.

Archana was recognized as the Entrepreneur of the Year 2019 by Indian Women Convention and was also featured in Elle India, February 2019 issue as an entrepreneur adding to the India growth story. She also got featured by one of the leading business publications in the Top 10 Powerful Women Lawyers of the Country. Archana has also been featured in the Top 50 lawyers in Asian Legal Business (Thomson Reuters) India Rising Stars 2021. She has been a speaker and writer on several forums including at ET Now, Bloomberg and Venture Intelligence.

Archana sits on the advisory board of several start-ups and new age entrepreneurial ventures. She works very closely with organisations to empower women and mentors and advises budding and seasoned entrepreneurs on several startup and investment forums. Archana is the National Head - Virtual Incubator, Programming and Collaborations, of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce, FLO - the FICCI Ladies Organisation, National Startup Cell wherein she, along with her core team have created a community of women entrepreneurs and women angel investors within the FLO members. She is also the Senior Vice Chairperson of FLO Mumbai and works on different aspects around economic empowerment and equal opportunities for women.

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