Harshita Srivastava is a Leader at the M&A and Private Equity Practice at the multi-skilled, research and strategy driven international law firm, Nishith Desai Associates. She also heads the VC Investment & Startup Practice at Nishith Desai Associates.
Harshita has served as VP-Legal to Nexus Venture Partners for the period 2015 - September 2017. As part of the Nexus team, she led numerous VC investment transactions into India, end to end.
She has led numerous cross border transactions in India, Singapore and the United States. She advises strategic acquirers and Private Equity funds on legal and tax aspects of cross border deals with a special focus on business transfers.
As the Head of the Startup Practice, she represents global emerging growth technology companies throughout their lifecycles and the venture capital and the growth equity funds that invests in these companies.
She has also been part of the SEBI Committee instituted for the setup of the Innovators Growth Platform (listing platform) for startups in India. She is also recognized as an Expert in Residence by the Startup Europe India Network. She is an active member of TiE, Mumbai and has been mentoring entrepreneurs in association thereof.
