Statira is a senior partner with ALMT Legal. Statira began working whilst she was pursuing her law degree in 1996. During her initial years in practice, she gained experience in a variety of fields including corporate commercial law, intellectual property, information technology law and tax law.

Statira’s corporate practice is mainly focused on general corporate and transactional corporate work and includes advising on acquisitions, joint ventures, asset transfers, mergers, slump sales and private equity transactions. Statira’s tax experience includes advising clients on GST, cross border tax issues such as withholding tax, permanent establishment, transfer pricing, and characterization of software payments for various international clients. Statira also has experience in intellectual property rights and has advised clients, inter alia, on strategies for protecting their IP, structuring of IP of group companies, and protection, licensing and assignment of software. On the data protection front, Statira advises clients on legal implications of data privacy breaches and how to ensure compliance with data protection laws.

During her years of practice, Statira has represented a wide range of clients from multinational corporations to domestic companies and promoters across a range of sectors including information technology, e-commerce, retail, manufacturing, and healthcare.

Statira is a member of several international associations and is the Secretary of the Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Committee at the prestigious International Bar Association. Statira has also been on the editorial board of a legal newsletter for over 5 years and has several published articles to her credit. She has also authored articles for international publications. Statira has also chaired panels/ has been a panelist at various international conferences.

Statira is featured in Asian Legal Business magazine’s ‘A-List of India’s Super 50 Lawyers’ in 2024. Statira is featured in Asian Legal Business as ‘ALB India Top IP Lawyers 2023 and 2022’. She has also been recognised as a ‘Highly Regarded Lawyer’ for private equity and M&A by IFLR 1000 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019 Edition. Chambers and Partners has also recommended Statira as Notable Practitioner for Private Equity. Legal 500 2025 Edition has recommended Statira for Private Equity, Tax, TMT and Intellectual Property. Staira is also recognised by Legal 500 for Data Protection. Leaders League 2025 Ranking has also highly recommended Statira for Private Equity and Tax. 2024 and 2021, Global Law Experts Management Handbook has nominated Statira as ‘Highly Recommended Lawyer’ for Corporate Tax Law. Leaders in Law Global Award 2024 – 25 has recognised Statira as ‘Corporate Law Expert of the Year in India’. Advisory Excellence Annual Award 2025 has awarded Statira as ‘Corporate Law Expert of the Year in India’. Global Business Magazine Awards 2025 has awarded Statira as ‘International Tax Adviser of the Year’.