Based on the collective views of private practice lawyers in India and in-house counsel around the world, the following are the top India-focused lawyers at international law firms.
The International A-List is based on extensive research conducted by India Business Law Journal (see the methodology here). Biographies and contact details, where provided, are written by the lawyers themselves and have not been independently verified.
Click here to read the editorial report that accompanies the A-List.
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Sheila Ahuja Allen & Overy Singapore |
| Key practice areas: Emerging markets; international arbitration; litigation |
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Babita Ambekar CMS Singapore |
| Tel: +65 9770 0337 Email: Babita.Ambekar@cms-cmno.com Key practice areas: Corporate/M&A; FDI out of India; private equity & venture capital |
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| Babita Ambekar is a partner and the head of India practice at CMS in Singapore. She is an English lawyer specializing in cross-border M&A, capital raising, new market entry, joint ventures and restructurings across the Asia Pacific. Babita has been consistently recognized as a leading foreign lawyer for India-related matters by various leading legal publications and regularly works with Indian counsel and clients on international transactions involving Indian entities.
Babita has wide-reaching expertise across a range of industry verticals. However, her specific areas of interest include the technology, energy, healthcare and consumer sectors. Her clients include publicly listed entities, multinational conglomerates and regional businesses. Babita has over 20 years of experience in the Asia Pacific region. In addition to her India-related experience, she has worked on matters involving Singapore, Japan, Myanmar, Cambodia, Nepal, Malaysia, Korea, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Taiwan, China, Thailand and Vietnam. |
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Talat Ansari Seyfarth Shaw New York |
| Tel: +1 212 218 5539 Email: tmansari@seyfarth.com Key practice areas: Corporate/M&A; litigation and arbitration; intellectual property; projects, energy, infrastructure & resources |
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| Talat Ansari is a partner in Seyfarth Shaw’s New York office. Talat focuses his practice on international and domestic litigation and arbitration. He also advises on corporate and commercial transactions, infrastructure projects, and international litigation and arbitration. Talat offers his clients more than four decades of experience representing India-based industries and servicing and trading companies doing business in the US, including several large Indian conglomerate businesses with international reach and particularly extensive US business objectives and holdings.
Talat also serves as a trusted adviser on matters pertaining to business law, banking, direct and indirect taxes, foreign exchange regulations and foreign direct investment issues. Talat is admitted to practice in both the United States and India. He was born in India, is bilingual in Hindi and English, and is currently based in New York. Talat has proven, time and again, that he is able to synthesize and reconcile American and Indian law, culture, and business. |
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Philip Badge Linklaters Singapore |
| Key practice area: Banking & finance |
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Arun Balasubramanian Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Singapore |
| Key practice areas: Capital markets; corporate/M&A; dispute resolution |
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Ranajoy Basu McDermott Will & Emery London |
| Tel: +44 20 75776916 Email: Rbasu@mwe.com Key practice areas: Banking & finance; ESG and impact financing; projects, energy, infrastructure & resources |
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| Ranajoy is the head of McDermott Will & Emery’s India practice. He regularly advises on complex structured finance transactions including external foreign currency convertible bonds and qualified institutional placements, debt capital markets transactions, energy and infrastructure financings, renewables, supply chain and trade receivables and convertible bonds relating to India. He has advised financial institutions and funds on some of the largest corporate debt defaults and restructuring in India. He has extensive experience in bond restructurings, consent solicitations, exchange offers, induced conversions and tender offers.
Ranajoy is recognized as a pioneer in impact investment and one of the world’s leading lawyers in cross-border ESG and social impact finance structures. Ranajoy has advised on some of the most innovative financial inclusion structures around the world, including the Educate Girls Social Impact Bond, which aims to improve the education of children in India, the Utkrisht Bond and the Quality Education India Bond more recently. |
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Ulrich (Uli) Bäumer Osborne Clarke Cologne |
| Key practice areas: Corporate/M&A; dispute resolution; information technology |
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Jamie A Benson Duane Morris & Selvam Singapore |
| Tel: +65 6311 3660 Email: jbenson@duanemorrisselvam.com Key practice area: Capital markets |
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| Jamie A Benson is the head of Duane Morris and Selvam’s US capital markets practice, US venture capital and India practices. He has over 20 years’ experience and has advised on more than 100 securities offerings throughout the world with total proceeds of approximately US$22 billion. He is one of the leading international legal counsel advising on securities offerings by Indian issuers, having worked on more than 60 offerings by Indian issuers in the past 15 years. He is currently based in Singapore, having previously worked in New York, Sydney and London.
Jamie has represented almost every major international and Indian investment bank and is regularly ranked in Chambers Asia-Pacific, The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, IFLR1000, Who’s Who Legal and Asia Business Law Journal. He is listed in the “International A-List: the top 100 India-focused legal experts outside the country” since 2019 by India Business Law Journal. |
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Manoj Bhargava Sidley Austin Singapore |
| Key practice area: Capital markets |
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Sidharth Bhasin Latham & Watkins Singapore |
| Key practice areas: Corporate/M&A; private equity & venture capital; projects, energy, infrastructure & resources |
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Gautam Bhattacharyya Reed Smith London |
| Key practice area: Dispute resolution |
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Philip Boeckman Cravath Swaine & Moore London |
| Key practice areas: Capital markets; corporate/M&A; private equity & venture capital |
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Piusha Bose Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer London |
| Key practice areas: Corporate/M&A; FDI into India; FDI out of India |
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Raja Bose K&L Gates Singapore |
| Tel: +65 6507 8125 Email: raja.bose@klgates.com Key practice areas: Anti-bribery and anti-corruption; construction and infrastructure; dispute resolution |
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| Raja Bose leads the firm’s commercial disputes and international arbitration practice in Asia and has more than 20 years of experience in international dispute resolution having worked in both London and Singapore. He is qualified both as an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore as well as admitted as a Solicitor of England and Wales.
He is also a qualified arbitrator and is a fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators of the UK as well as of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. Raja is on the panel of arbitrators of a number of arbitration institutions including the SIAC, KLRCA, ICA and HKIAC. He is also a board member and director of the UK Chartered Institute of Arbitrators – Singapore Branch. Raja has experience conducting international arbitrations with seats in Singapore, India, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Vietnam, China, Dubai, Malaysia, London, Paris, Geneva, and New York under a variety of trade association and international arbitration centre rules including UNCITRAL, LCIA, LMAA, GAFTA, CIETAC, BANI, HKIAC, KLRCA, SIAC, ICC, AAA, VIAC and ICSID. While his practice focuses on international commercial dispute resolution with an emphasis on international arbitration, he also has considerable experience supervising, coordinating and managing complex court-based litigation in a wide number of countries in the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region including South Asia, Indo-China and Southeast Asia. In addition to his experience in cross-border multi jurisdictional disputes in infrastructure, construction, shipping, marine insurance, oil and gas, international sale of goods, trade finance, and mortgage enforcement, Raja has also been involved in a number of high profile investor/state disputes and investment treaty arbitrations including defending the governments of India and Bangladesh as well as pursuing actions on behalf of foreign investors against the governments of Thailand, Egypt, and Sri Lanka. Raja also spends a considerable amount of his time providing strategic and structuring advice to clients involved in difficult and complex problems in Asia, which do not necessarily involve formal legal proceedings. |
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Andrew Brereton King & Spalding Singapore |
| Key practice areas: Banking & finance; project finance; restructuring & insolvency; energy |
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Geoffrey P Burgess Debevoise & Plimpton London |
| Key practice areas: Corporate/M&A; private equity & venture capital |
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David Cameron David Cameron Law Office Hong Kong |
| Key practice areas: Banking & finance; capital markets; corporate/M&A |
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David Carpenter Mayer Brown New York |
| Key practice areas: Corporate/M&A; FDI into India; private equity & venture capital |
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Bill Carr CMS London |
| Tel: +44 20 7367 2002 Email: bill.carr@cms-cmno.com Key practice areas: Corporate/M&A; FDI out of India; projects, energy, infrastructure & resources |
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| Bill Carr is a corporate partner in CMS, and co-leads the CMS India group. He has been recognized by India Business Law Journal as an international A-List lawyer for India-related matters since 2019 and is a regular visitor to India.
His main focus is on infrastructure and energy projects, general private company mergers and acquisitions, and joint ventures. Bill regularly advises on cross-border transactions with colleagues throughout CMS and elsewhere. He advises both private and public sector organizations on a range of corporate work, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, joint ventures and shareholder agreements, corporate governance and restructurings, particularly in the primary and secondary markets for infrastructure and energy projects. He also advises clients on commercial transactions in the rail sector, with a particular focus on rolling stock-related transactions. He is recommended as a leading rail lawyer in legal ranking directories. |
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Biswajit Chatterjee Hogan Lovells Singapore |
| Tel: +65 8157 6204 (Singapore) Email: biswajit.chatterjee@hoganlovells.com Key practice areas: Capital markets; corporate commercial; corporate transactional (M&A and PE); regulatory |
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| Corporate partner Bis Chatterjee co-chairs the India practice and leads the US securities laws practice focused on India, SE Asia and Middle East. Bis divides his time between Singapore and Dubai, and works closely with teams across SPB’s global footprint of 54 offices and 1,700 lawyers.
Bis focuses on equity and debt capital markets, corporate finance, M&A and PE transactions. He has worked across industries, including technology, fintech, energy, financial services, defence, infrastructure, real estate, retail and hospitality clients. He has also worked on a range of regulatory issues, including economic sanctions, government procurement, white collar investigations, corporate governance issues and other regulatory disputes. Bis is ranked by Chambers & Partners, IFLR, Legal 500 and other legal directories. Client testimonials include “very professional and extremely thorough”, “solution oriented” and “extremely knowledgeable about India and Indian client requirements”. Bis has worked on a number of landmark transactions, including the US$3.4 billion Coal India IPO; 11 of his transactions have featured in India Business Law Journal’s Deals of the Year in recent years. |
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George Cyriac Stephenson Harwood Singapore |
| Key practice areas: Corporate/M&A; private equity & venture capital |
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Andrew Dale Ropes & Gray Hong Kong |
| Key practice areas: Anti-corruption; arbitration; compliance |
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Valerie Demont Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton New York City |
| Key practice areas: Capital markets; corporate/M&A |
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Sanjeev Dhuna Shearman & Sterling London |
| Key practice area: Banking & finance |
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Arvind Dixit Corrs Chambers Westgarth Melbourne |
| Key practice areas: Corporate/M&A; projects, energy, infrastructure & resources; technology |
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Rustam Dubash Penningtons Manches Cooper London |
| Key practice areas: Dispute resolution; international arbitration |
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Rajeev Duggal Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom Singapore |
| Key practice areas: Capital markets; corporate/M&A; financial institutions |
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Mike Duggan Addleshaw Goddard London |
| Key practice areas: Corporate/M&A; international disputes; international real estate |
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Sunil Gadhia Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton London |
| Key practice area: Dispute resolution |
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Sarjit Singh Gill Shook Lin & Bok Singapore |
| Key practice areas: Dispute resolution; international arbitration; restructuring & insolvency |
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Peter Goldsmith Debevoise & Plimpton London |
| Key practice area: Dispute resolution |
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Pallavi Gopinath Aney Allen & Overy Singapore |
| Key practice area: Capital markets |
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Ankit Goyal Allen & Gledhill Singapore |
| Key practice area: Dispute resolution |
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James Grandolfo Milbank Hong Kong |
| Key practice area: Capital markets |
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Nipun Gupta Bird & Bird London |
| Key practice areas: Automotive; corporate; energy & utilities |
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Rajiv Gupta Latham & Watkins Singapore |
| Key practice areas: Capital markets; corporate/M&A |
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Rahul Guptan White & Case Singapore |
| Key practice area: Capital markets |
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Savi Hebbur Linklaters London |
| Key practice area: Corporate/M&A |
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Martin Imhof Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek Dusseldorf |
| Key practice areas: Corporate/M&A; joint ventures; private equity & venture capital |
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Naomi Ishikawa Milbank Singapore |
| Key practice area: Capital markets |
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Narayan Iyer Linklaters London |
| Key practice area: Banking & finance |
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Abhimanyu Jalan Clyde & Co Dubai |
| Key practice areas: Corporate/M&A; private equity & venture capital |
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Sushma Jobanputra Jones Day Singapore |
| Key practice areas: Banking & finance; business restructuring & reorganization; corporate/M&A |
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Sunil Kakkad Gowling WLG London |
| Key practice areas: Capital markets; corporate/M&A; FDI out of India |
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Rahul Kapoor Morgan Lewis & Bockius Palo Alto |
| Tel: +1 650 843 7580 Email: rahul.kapoor@morganlewis.com Key practice areas: Corporate/M&A; intellectual property; private equity & venture capital |
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| With a focus on global commercial, intellectual property and technology transactions, Rahul Kapoor advises clients on strategic alliances, joint ventures, and corporate partnering transactions in the technology and life science industries including a focus on India-related matters. He also handles patent licensing, supply and distribution agreements, spinoffs and core technology licences.
Rahul is the leader of Morgan Lewis’ India initiative, the local practice group leader of the Silicon Valley and San Francisco corporate transactions practice, and previously served as the firmwide hiring partner and a member of the firm’s Advisory Board. Rahul brings a deep technology background and a comprehensive understanding of the business and technology markets to his practice. In addition to practising law, Rahul taught an IP strategy class for 10 years at University of California Berkeley School of Law. Morgan Lewis is a global law firm with offices in North America, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. |
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Raj Karia Norton Rose Fulbright London |
| Key practice areas: Capital markets; corporate/ M&A; equity capital markets; securities |
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Ankit Kashyap Sidley Austin Singapore |
| Key practice areas: Capital markets; corporate/M&A; global finance; shareholder activism |
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Amit Kataria Morrison & Foerster London, Hong Kong |
| Key practice areas: Capital markets; corporate/M&A; private equity & venture capital |
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Srinivas Kaushik Kirkland & Ellis New York |
| Key practice areas: Corporate/M&A; private equity & venture capital |
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Stephanie Keen Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee Singapore |
| Key practice areas: Corporate/M&A; FDI into India; private equity & venture capital |
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Sachin Kerur Reed Smith Dubai, Abu Dhabi |
| Key practice areas: Construction; oil and gas; projects, energy, infrastructure & resources |
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Ryo Kotoura Anderson Mori & Tomotsune Tokyo |
| Tel: +81 3 6775 1111 Email: ryo.kotoura@amt-law.com Key practice areas: Corporate/M&A; dispute resolution; FDI into India |
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| Ryo Kotoura is a partner and head of the India practice team at the Japanese law firm Anderson Mori & Tomotsune.
He works primarily in the field of Japan-India related matters. With his experience working at an Indian law firm, he regularly advises on domestic clients setting up in India (establishment and operation of local subsidiaries, branch and liaison offices), joint ventures and acquisition of local companies, research of regulations and support for filings, support for conclusion of distributorship agreements and agency agreements, employment management, management of intellectual property rights, litigation, as well as on other legal issues that Japanese companies often face in India. He has an abundance of experience in advising Japanese companies having disputes with companies in India by international arbitration in a third country. |
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Abhishek Krishnan Goodwin Hong Kong |
| Key practice areas: Corporate/M&A; FDI into India; private equity & venture capital |
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Karthik Kumar Jones Day Singapore |
| Key practice areas: Banking & finance; corporate/M&A; FDI into/out of India |
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Ashok Lalwani Baker McKenzie Singapore |
| Tel: +65 6434 2684 Email: ashok.lalwani@bakermckenzie.com Key practice areas: Capital markets; corporate governance; corporate/M&A; equity and debt transactions |
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| Ashok Lalwani is the head of the firm’s India practice and head of the international capital markets practice in the Asia Pacific. He has more than 25 years of experience in handling inbound and outbound India transactions for clients in various industries. He is one of the most respected senior practitioners across the region, with a strong standing among financial institution clients, India-headquartered corporations and MNCs active in India.
Ashok focuses his practice on public and private international securities offerings and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, including the representation of non-US based companies in transactions involving US federal securities laws. His practice also includes the representation of issuers and underwriters in public and private securities offerings in the US and abroad. |
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Laurence Lieberman Taylor Wessing London |
| Key practice areas: Corporate/M&A; dispute resolution; FDI out of India |
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I Bobby Majumder Frost Brown Todd Dallas |
| Key practice areas: Capital markets; corporate/M&A; private equity & venture capital |
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Smitha Menon WongPartnership Singapore |
| Key practice areas: Dispute resolution; restructuring and insolvency |
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Alan Montgomery Herbert Smith Freehills London |
| Key practice areas: Corporate/M&A; joint ventures and investments; pharmaceuticals and healthcare |
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Soumitro Mukerji Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee Singapore |
| Key practice area: Banking & finance |
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James Mullock Bird & Bird London |
| Key practice areas: Data privacy and technology; FDI out of India |
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Vikram Nair Rajah & Tann Singapore |
| Tel: +65 6232 0973 Email: Vikram.nair@rajahtann.com Key practice areas: Commercial litigation; construction and projects; international arbitration |
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| Vikram Nair is qualified in Singapore and English law and has more than 15 years of experience in international arbitration (SIAC, ICC & ad hoc) and Singapore Supreme Court litigation (trial and appellate).
He is experienced in obtaining and resisting urgent interim relief applications, including injunctions, both in the Singapore courts and in emergency arbitrations. He is skilled in handling technical experts in contentious valuations of companies and assets. He regularly advises on complex multi-jurisdictional disputes including shareholder and JV matters, commercial agreements, construction, employment, insolvency and tort. He has advised clients in many sectors including banking, finance, oil & gas, manufacturing, mining, logistics, infrastructure, pharmaceuticals, fast moving consumer goods and property development. Vikram read law at Cambridge University and previously worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Co. He also serves as a Member of Parliament for Sembawang GRC in Singapore. His full profile may be found at: https://sg.rajahtannasia.com/vikram.nair. |
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Deepak Nambiar Kelley Drye New York |
| Tel: +1 212 808 7982 Email: dnambiar@kelleydrye.com Key practice areas: Corporate/M&A; FDI into India; private equity & venture capital |
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| Deepak Nambiar is a partner in Kelley Drye’s New York office and the chairman of the firm’s India practice group. His practice focuses on a wide range of complex corporate and commercial transactions.
As part of his corporate practice, Deepak has worked on mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, where he has represented both buyers and sellers of stock as well as assets in transactions that account for billions of dollars. He has also represented prominent US and foreign corporations on complex technology and outsourcing transactions. He routinely advises clients on cross-border matters involving the US and India. |
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Gautam Narasimhan Allen & Overy Singapore |
| Key practice areas: Banking and finance; private equity & venture capital |
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Nandan Nelivigi White & Case New York City |
| Key practice areas: Projects, energy, infrastructure & resources |
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Meraj Noor DLA Piper Singapore |
| Key practice areas: Capital markets; corporate/M&A; FDI into India |
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Chris Parsons Herbert Smith Freehills London |
| Key practice areas: Corporate/M&A; FDI into India; FDI out of India |
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Ferish Patel Cooley Singapore |
| Key practice areas: Capital markets; corporate/M&A; private equity & venture capital |
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Rahul Patel King & Spalding Atlanta |
| Key practice areas: Corporate/M&A; private equity & venture capital |
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Shashwat Patel Simmons & Simmons London |
| Key practice areas: Corporate/M&A; FDI out of India; private equity & venture capital |
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Jai S Pathak Gibson Dunn & Crutcher Singapore |
| Key practice areas: Corporate/M&A; FDI into India; FDI out of India |
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Dhruv Paul Watson Farley & Williams Dubai |
| Key practice areas: Aviation; banking & finance; corporate/M&A |
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Nicholas Peacock Bird & Bird London |
| Key practice areas: Banking & finance; dispute resolution; technology |
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Jonathan Pentzien Gunderson Dettmer Singapore |
| Key practice areas: Corporate/M&A; private equity & venture capital |
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Sherina Petit Norton Rose Fulbright London |
| Key practice area: Dispute resolution |
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Prakash Pillai Clyde & Co Clasis Singapore |
| Key practice areas: Dispute resolution; international arbitration |
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Yash Rana Goodwin Hong Kong |
| Key practice areas: Corporate/M&A; FDI into India; private equity & venture capital |
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Stuart Rubin Ashurst London |
| Key practice area: Capital markets |
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Dipen Sabharwal White & Case London |
| Key practice area: Dispute resolution |
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Kayal Sachi Mayer Brown Singapore |
| Key practice areas: Banking and finance; corporate M&A; projects, energy, infrastructure and resources |
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Tihir Sarkar Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton London |
| Tel: +44 20 7614 2205 Email: tsarkar@cgsh.com Key practice areas: Corporate/M&A; private equity & venture capital |
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| Tihir is a recognized expert acting for sovereign wealth funds and major multinationals with respect to their foreign direct investment into India. Tihir has particular expertise within the natural resources and the technology, media and communications sectors. He has a long history of working for clients in India and the wider Asia-Pacific area, with clients, including American Express, Coca-Cola and Arcelor Mittal regularly turning to him for advice.
Tihir’s expertise has been recognized by a number of leading publications and directories; Chambers UK and Legal 500 noted his corporate/M&A high-end capability, emerging markets and Asia-Pacific expertise, as well as India corporate/M&A and private equity work. He is an editor of Cleary Gottlieb’s widely read Emerging Markets Restructuring Journal. The Lawyer and Legal Business have previously identified him as one of their “Hot 100” and as a “Star of the Future” respectively. |
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Jinal Shah Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner London |
| Key practice areas: Corporate/M&A; private equity & venture capital; projects, energy, infrastructure & resources |
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Kamal Shah Stephenson Harwood London |
| Key practice area: Dispute resolution |
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Daniel Sharma DLA Piper Frankfurt |
| Key practice areas: Dispute resolution; investigations |
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Sunil Sheth Fladgate London |
| Key practice areas: International corporate and tax structuring; investment funds; private equity & venture capital |
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Nish Shetty Clifford Chance Singapore |
| Key practice area: Dispute resolution |
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Amit Singh Linklaters Singapore |
| Key practice area: Capital markets |
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Kabir Singh Clifford Chance Singapore |
| Key practice area: Dispute resolution |
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Parmjit Singh Eversheds Sutherland London |
| Key practice areas: Corporate/M&A; FDI into India; FDI out of India |
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Ragi Singh Gowling WLG Birmingham |
| Key practice areas: Corporate/M&A; FDI into India; FDI out of India |
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Parveet Singh Gandoak King & Spalding Singapore |
| Key practice areas: Corporate; mergers and acquisitions; financial institutions |
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Sivanesan Sivagnanaratnam Dentons Rodyk & Davidson Singapore |
| Key practice areas: Corporate/M&A; FDI into India; private equity & venture capital |
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Siddhartha Sivaramakrishnan Herbert Smith Freehills Singapore |
| Key practice areas: US securities; equity capital markets; debt capital markets |
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Jonathan Stone Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom Hong Kong |
| Key practice areas: Corporate/M&A; capital markets |
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Michael Sturrock Latham & Watkins Singapore |
| Key practice areas: Capital markets; corporate/M&A; India practice |
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Taeko Suzuki Nishimura & Asahi Tokyo |
| Key practice areas: Corporate/M&A; dispute resolution |
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Divya Thakur Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Singapore |
| Key practice areas: FDI into India; investment funds; private equity & venture capital |
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Ralph C Voltmer, Jr Covington & Burling Washington DC |
| Tel: +1 202 662 5479 Email: rvoltmer@cov.com Key practice areas: M&A; joint ventures; corporate & commercial; private equity & finance |
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Ralph Voltmer is chair of Covington’s India practice and a partner in the firm’s corporate group. Ralph has been active in India for over 20 years working with companies such as Reliance Industries, Reliance Jio Infocomm, Piramal Enterprises, UPL, Mindtree, SpiceJet, the Tata Group, OmniActive Health Technologies, Sterlite Technologies, Balkrishna Industries and Jindal Steel. He advises clients on cross-border and US domestic transactions, including mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and debt financings. Ralph is actively involved in the entrepreneur community in Bengaluru where Covington hosts quarterly workshops for entrepreneurs. He is a member of the board of directors of the US-India Business Council. His recent significant work includes:
Ralph received his law degree from Georgetown University. He has a Master’s degree from the University of California, Riverside and obtained his undergraduate degree from Wheaton College. |
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Nilufer von Bismarck [Since retired] Slaughter and May London |
| Key practice areas: Capital markets; corporate/M&A |
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Pallavi Wahi K&L Gates Seattle |
| Tel: +1 206 370 6648 Email: pallavi.wahi@klgates.com Key practice areas: Complex commercial litigation and disputes; IP litigation; technology |
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| Pallavi Wahi serves as co-managing partner of the US (covering 24 offices) at K&L Gates. She is the managing partner of the Seattle office, chair of the Firmwide Diversity Committee and co-chair of the firmwide India practice.
As an experienced litigator, Pallavi practises complex commercial litigation with an emphasis on corporate and intellectual property litigation. She works regularly on complex contractual breach matters and has also represented Fortune 500 companies in plaintiff or defence counsel capacity. Pallavi also acts as global coordinating counsel for litigation. In this role, she has developed litigation programmes for clients to drive efficiencies of costs and consistency of approach across multiple engagements and jurisdictions. Pallavi has been named to the International A-List by India Business Law Journal in 2019 and 2020 as well. She also has been selected to the Indian Corporate Counsel Association’s Most Trusted Corporate Lawyers list. Pallavi is also ranked in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in the “Litigation: General commercial” category in Washington state; again selected for inclusion in the Puget Sound Business Journal’s “Power 100” spotlighting the 100 most influential business leaders in the Puget Sound area; named to the Washington Super Lawyers list; named to the “IP Stars” list in the US and Washington categories; and included in Acritas Stars, a large database of client-nominated, stand-out lawyers in private practice. Lawyers of Color named Pallavi to their fifth annual “Power List”, which recognizes the most influential minority attorneys and allies in the nation. Previously, Pallavi has been named one of the 100 most influential lawyers in the US by editors and writers across The Business Journals’ network of more than 40 publications. Pallavi has significant experience with the business environment in India. She grew up in India, went to college there, and speaks fluent Hindi. She is well versed with the culture and business environment of the country. Pallavi received her BA from St Stephen’s College, New Delhi. She also received her BA from the University of Cambridge Tripos Law, Magdalene College, Cambridge University in 1999 – automatic conversion to an MA. |
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