The Startup Law Reading List with Samarth Jhunjhunwala

If you are a law student or a young lawyer trying to understand startup law in India, the biggest problem is not the lack of information. It is the lack of direction.

There are thousands of articles, judgments, circulars, and books on company law, venture capital, and startup regulation.

But very few people tell you what actually matters when you begin working with founders.

When I started working with startups, I realised that the lawyers who become valuable early are not the ones who only know theory. They are the ones who understand:

• How founders structure equity

• What goes into a Shareholders’ Agreement

• How term sheets and investment rounds actually work

• What MCA, SEBI, and FEMA compliance startups deal with

This reading list is the exact starting framework I recommend to students and young professionals who want to build competence in startup law.

This is not a random list of books.

It is a structured path to start thinking like a startup lawyer.

If you begin here and study these materials seriously, you will already be ahead of most law graduates entering the market.