Vinod is a wizard in the field of property related laws. He started his career 30 years back as an individual practicing lawyer and has been a litigation lawyer since then. Currently he is the proprietor of Sampat’s Law Firm. He is also fondly also known as a property “pundit”. He advises corporates and many multi-nationals, media houses, co-operative housing societies, eminent personalities of television and films in matters related to property. His expertise lies in co-operative housing societies, self-redevelopment, RERA, consumer protection act, car parking, transfer of flats, recovery of dues etc. He has authored more than 100 books on Co- operative Societies, Transfer of Flat, Recovery of Dues, Registration and Stamp Duty, Car Parking, RERA etc. He has a team of specialists in the fields of Information Technology Laws, Negotiable Instruments Act, Criminal Law, Matrimonial Laws etc.

Accolades & Accomplishments

• In the last thirty years only about seven persons have been made Hon. Patron members by the Estate Agents Association of India. He has been a Hon. Patron member of the Estate Agents Association of
        India.
• He has also been the Hon. Advisor of the Federation of Accommodation Industry of India.
• Consulting societies and flat purchasers on Regularisation of documents to ensure they do not have to face any legal hassles later
• He has been on the Panel of Advisors of the Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry. He has been on the Committee of Non-occupancy charges formed by the Co-operative Department.
• He had been on the panel of Administrators and Inquiry Officers appointed by the Registrar of Co-operative Societies.
• He was amongst the first persons to oppose the compulsory registration of Flats being introduced by the Co-operative Department vide Circular dated 18/02/1994. He is the President of the Registration
         Fee & Stamp Duty Payers Association.
• He is in recipient of the prestigious Accommodation Times Award for his contribution towards Stamp Duty matters in the year 1994.
• He has also received the Accommodation Times Award for his contribution to Co- operative Society matters in the year 1995. He is the President of the Co-operative Societies Residents & Users
         Association.
• He has pointed out several irregularities in the Bombay Stamp Act 1958 and the authorities have also rectified some of the irregularities.

Skills & Interests

• He is a prolific writer and has authored more than 1500 articles on property related matters. He has also been quoted in Times of India, D. N. A., Hindustan Times, Indian Express, Accommodation Times,
        Free Press Journal, Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Times, Janmabhoomi, Sandesh, Free Press Journal, Dalal Street Journal, Mandvi Times, Financial Times, Financial Newsweek, Andheri Times, Vashi
        Times, Aaj Chi Navi Mumbai, Ghatkopar Times, Cuffe Parade Colaba Express and a number of other newspapers/journals.
• He is an eminent public speaker and has delivered lectures at various organisations including Lions Club, Jaycees Club, Rotary Club, Estate Agents Association of India, Estate Agents Association of Pune,
        Panvel Real Estate Agents Association, Federation of Accommodation Industry of India, Chamber of Income Tax Consultants, besides the lectures organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of
        India at Bombay, Pune, Matheran, Mahabaleshwar, Aurangabad and Shirdi.
• He has also delivered lectures at the various study circles of the Western India Regional Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
• In his free time, he enjoys playing Chess as he had represented his College in chess in Inter Collegiate Chess Championship.

He has a rich background in the matters related to Property, Information Technology, Divorce, and Cruelty against Animals. He completed his graduation in law and has an experience of over 10 years in this field.

Dharmin holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Law from Mumbai University and is also renowned for matters of Transfer of Flats (by way of sale/purchase, mortgage, lease, exchange and gift), Will Probate, Society Formations, Transfer of Development Rights including Gamut of Laws, Regulations, Policies with regards to Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, Land Acquisition Laws, Municipal Laws, laws relating to Land Revenue, Agricultural Land, Development Control Regulations etc. He advises Project Developers on raising funds from reputed financial institutions and banks including by way of undertaking projects in joint venture. He is acting as a legal consultant for matters related to Co-operative Societies as well as for Stamp Duty and Re-development. He is the Treasurer of Co-operative Societies Residents Users & Welfare Association (Regd.). He is the Secretary of Registration Fee & Stamp Duty Payers Association. He also specializes in animal advocacy. His love for animals is greater than his love for humans and hence he takes a lot of cases for Cruelty against Animals pro-bono. He has cases from across India and would have handled more than 100 cases of cruelty against animals.

Memberships

• Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa
• Bar Council of India.
• Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law (ANZSIL)
• Association of European Lawyers (AEA)

Skills & Interests

• He has authored more than 15 books on Co-operative Societies, Transfer of Flat, Recovery of dues, Registration and Stamp duty matters.
• He is the editor of Real Estate Information & Periodicals
• He is also a legal advisor to the Police Times ‘Nirbhay-Police Times’.
• In his free time, he indulges in activities that keep him fit like boxing

Adv. Mithil Sampat finished his BLS-LLB in the academic year 2014-2015 from Dr. D. Y. Patil College of Law, Nerul. As a student,-

• He has participated in various academic competitions like moot-courts, debates, essays / research papers, mock trials and judgment writing competitions,
• He was the Secretary of the Moot Court Association during which not only did he extract record-numbered participation in all of the College's competitions, but also introduced a new competition,
• He has also received meritorious appreciation from Mumbai University.

Presently, as a qualified professional,-

• He specialises in the fields of consumer law, real-estate law and co-operative society law, in which he has also published books,
• He has appeared and argued matters at various platforms like trial courts, the Bombay High Court, all three levels of the Consumer Fora, the Real Estate Regulatory Authority, Registrars of co-operative
        societies, and Co-operative Courts, often successfully
• He has judged academic competitions in and outside of his College each year since graduating,
• He has delivered lectures on Consumer Law in MBA and Law Colleges,
• He was also named as a "Top Writer" in 2018 on the question-and-answer website Quora

His hobbies are reading, humour, music, dance, art, writing and mentoring law students

Heena is a practicing legal consultant and is associated with the firm from the last 20 years. Even though she is a graduate in BSc. Chemistry, her love and passion for law remained. She pursued her LLB from Mumbai University. She has handled matters relating to Amnesty scheme and advises client on property related issues like Transfer of Property, Notice to Builders etc. She has also managed Accounts for various Co-operative Housing Societies. She has authored more than 20 books and has handled more than 200 clients. She is the editor of various periodicals like Society Management Consultant, Housing Society Matters etc. She is enrolled with the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa.