About Vijit

Vijit is an American business and startup lawyer based in New York. He is a hands-on advisor to foreign startups, entrepreneurs and investors — providing them a single point of contact for structuring, financing and managing their US operations. 

He represents both startups and VCs, providing comprehensive legal counsel throughout the investment lifecycle. 

He also acts as an outside General Counsel for his clients' US operations helping them with day-to-day legal support such as intellectual property protection, contract drafting and negotiation, service agreements, employment and contractor contracts, distribution and sales agreements etc. 

Vijit has co-taught a NY and California accredited CLE course for attorneys on "Representing Early-Stage Startups" and regularly speaks at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi on US business practices for Indian entrepreneurs.

Before settling in the US, Vijit served as Legal Officer at SEBI (India's securities markets regulator), Senior Researcher at a UN agency and as a Supreme Court litigator working as second chair to Mr. K.K. Venugopal (Former Attorney General of India) in several high-profile corporate disputes. He also completed a judicial clerkship under Justice P.P. Naolekar at the Supreme Court of India. This experience gives him unique insights into the Indian legal and regulatory landscape, where many of his international clients are based.

He is licensed to practice law in India and the State of New York.

Vijit holds a Master of Laws degree from the University of Pennsylvania, the Wharton Business and Law Certificate from the Wharton School and B.A. and LL.B. (Hons.) degrees from the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore. 

He was awarded PhDs in Law and Economics by the University of Bologna (Italy), the University of Hamburg (Germany) and the Erasmus University, Rotterdam (The Netherlands) for his research on corporate and securities laws.

Please email vijit@vijitchahar.com directly to discuss how his cross-border expertise, insight and global experience can help your US business operations succeed.