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Sairekha began her career at leading law firms including ELP, AZB & Partners, JSA, and Desai & Diwanji, where she advised on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, infrastructure projects, and cross-border commercial arrangements. Over time, her practice expanded to include employment strategy, workplace investigations, and risk advisory for high-growth and service-led businesses.
She currently advises founders, general counsel, and senior leadership on structuring, compliance, workforce risk, and dispute strategy, combining big-firm technical training with the responsiveness and discretion of a boutique practice. Her work often involves acting as a strategic legal partner to businesses through phases of growth, restructuring, and organisational change.
Lighthouse Legal operates with a lean core and a carefully built network of allied professionals across corporate transactions, intellectual property, taxation, data protection, ESG, and litigation. This enables clients to access coordinated, end-to-end legal support while maintaining a consistent advisory relationship.
The practice is anchored in a simple philosophy:
clear thinking, sound judgment, and legal frameworks that support durable, well-governed growth.
Vedika is a legal professional dedicated to empowering clients through precision-led legal solutions. With 7+ years of post-qualification experience in contract lifecycle management, intellectual property laws and regulatory compliance, she has become a trusted advisor for entities navigating the intersection of law and technology.
Having worked closely with Indian start-ups within the e-commerce landscape, Vedika possesses an intuitive understanding of the agility required by young enterprises. She excels at harmonizing Consumer Protection and Tech Law with business objectives, ensuring her clients remain compliant without sacrificing momentum. Her approach is defined by a commitment to ‘Preventative Lawyering’—identifying risks before they become liabilities.
Vedika brings with her a multi-dimensional, cross-functional perspective shaped by her experience in both top-tier law firms and high-growth corporate environments.
She has navigated complex legal and business landscapes through her roles in-house at Nykaa, the beauty and fashion giant, and most recently, at Hyugalife, a health and wellness startup backed by Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia India). She has also worked at Crawford Bayley & Co., a premier multi-specialty law firm in India.
Beyond her professional practice, Vedika is an avid reader and an aspiring pianist.
At Lighthouse Legal, we help fast-growing, purpose-driven businesses navigate the complexities of people, policy, and partnerships with clarity and courage. We are a modern law practice providing employment law, general corporate advisory, and founder-focused structuring with practical, business-friendly solutions.
Our core practitioners each bring at least 15+ years of post-qualification experience, having trained and practiced at A-list law firms. Lighthouse Legal is founder-led, ensuring senior, thoughtful attention to every mandate. Founded by Sairekha Suresh, Principal Counsel, Lighthouse Legal combines big-firm expertise and small-firm pragmatism with business-aligned legal counsel.
We built Lighthouse Legal for founders, GCs, and business leaders who value clarity, responsiveness, and pragmatic risk management.
We work with startups and scale-ups building from the ground up, venture-backed founders refining operational hygiene, and established businesses seeking to de-risk HR and contracts while maintaining agility. We also support hospitality and service-led businesses that need lean, legally compliant structures without slowing down their operations.
• General Corporate Advisory: contracts, structuring, and commercial risk management aligned with your growth plans.
• Employment Law & HR Advisory: employment contracts, exits, policy structuring, and HR risk audits.
• Intellectual Property (IPR): transactional support, litigation, and precautionary strategies to protect your intangible assets.
• Contract Management: drafting, reviewing, and negotiating founder, vendor, partner, and cross- border agreements, and building contract playbooks for consistent, confident execution.
• Policy Creation: clear, usable policies reflecting your business values and compliance needs.
• Risk Audits: proactive checks for HR policies, internal contracts, and compliance readiness.
• PoSH Compliance & Investigations: provided within a holistic HR risk lens to maintain compliant, safe workplaces.
• Litigation Strategy: risk-based planning and representation to align dispute outcomes with business realities.
We also provide external general counsel and secondment services, allowing your teams to access on- demand, senior legal support embedded within your growth journey. We collaborate with aligned practices to offer integrated support in Tech Law (DPDP compliance), M&A, ESG, and tax advisory and litigation, ensuring your legal needs are covered under one clear, practical umbrella.
We believe legal support should empower, not slow you down. Whether you are structuring founder agreements, scaling your team, protecting your IP, or refining vendor relationships, we help you stay clear- eyed, compliant, and ready for what’s next.
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