Heena Chheda PARTNER

Practice Areas

Overview

Heena Chheda is a Partner in the Real Estate practice of ELP.

Heena brings to the table over two decades of extensive experience in matters of real estate laws and litigation on a pan-India basis.

With an in-depth understanding of real estate laws, land laws, revenue code, rent law, stamp duty, registration, commercial laws, law of contract, and personal laws (such as testamentary, trust and succession), Heena has advised various clients including corporates, landowners, developers, housing societies/tenants’ association, banks/financial institutions, educational institutions, lenders, real estate fund and HNI’s.

Heena has deep experience in matters relating to acquisition of land, due diligence, development of commercial and residential properties, sale and purchase of commercial and residential premises, leases, leave and license, joint ventures and joint developments, slum rehabilitation projects, redevelopment of housing societies, acquisitions of properties in special economic zones, acquisition of land belonging to CIDCO/MHADA/MIDC, drafting testamentary documents, family settlements and business transfer agreements.

Heena has also been involved in pre-litigation strategy, assisted, and handled civil and commercial litigations involving real estate transactions & projects, acquisitions of lands, nationalization of mill lands, forest reservations, property taxes, enforcement of securities, partition suits, inheritance disputes and has been actively involved in settlement of contentious litigations.  Her expertise also extends to advising clients and handling matters filed before Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) and RERA appellate tribunal.

Heena has been recommended for her expertise in Real Estate by The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific.

Heena holds an LL.B from the Government Law College Mumbai and is a qualified solicitor in the United Kingdom.

 

Recognitions

Legal500
    • Recognized as Recommended Lawyer for Real Estate
    • ‘Heena Chheda is extremely dedicated and sincere in her role and thoroughly prepared for our meetings. She is able to ascertain and judge the overall matter and benefit to me as a client, as compared to just dealing with the smaller picture or immediate concerns.’ 
    • ‘Heena Chheda is a seasoned real estate lawyer. She understands the client’s requirements quite well and advises not only from a legal point of view but also from an operational and commercial point of view in order to make any transactions successful. We have taken her services to enter the new regional market and we are very satisfied with her services.’ 
    • ‘Heena Chheda goes out of the way to make sure the client arrives at the solutions that they are seeking.’ 

Asia Law Profiles
    • Extremely wise, particular, diligent, trustworthy and an overall excellent lawyer. 

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