From the Business: Yohan Balan works primarily with Covington’s White Collar Defense & Investigations and Anti-Corruption teams on a wide range of matters. He assists institutions and individuals in high-stakes white collar investigations requiring representations before the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. Federal Government a...
From the Business: Lakshmi Rajan, Ph.D. is a registered patent agent in the patent counseling and prosecution practice of Dechert’s intellectual property group. Dr. Rajan has significant experience assisting clients with the preparation of patent application, domestic and foreign patent prosecution, development and management of patent portfolios, patentability opin...
From the Business: Tejaswini received her law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law, where she served as the Executive Editor on the Virginia Journal of Social Policy and Law after also serving as the Articles Editor. During law school, Tejaswini served as a Judicial Extern in the Minnesota Judiciary. She also volunteered with the Virginia Innocence P...
From the Business: Karthik Ravishankar is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. He has significant experience facilitating cases through discovery and bringing cases to trial, particularly at the U.S. International Trade Commission, where he has worked on over a dozen investigations. His practice is focused on patent litigation, and ...
From the Business: Komal Karnik Nigam uses her background in public health and scientific research to understand the business and policy aspects of complex legal and scientific issues in the pharmaceutical industry. Her practice includes a broad range of regulatory matters, including assisting pharmaceutical clients with lifecycle management and product development ...
From the Business: Kirti Reddy is an experienced litigation attorney focused on federal and state investigations involving the False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law and similar fraud statutes. She regularly draws on her experience to provide practical advice on:
From the Business: Rajib regularly represents the leading asset management firms in the world, including recent representations of Apollo, Artisan Partners, BC Partners, Benefit Street, Blackstone, Blue Owl, Carlyle, Cohen & Steers, Coller Capital, Diameter Capital, First Eagle, Golub, HarbourVest, Irradiant Partners, JPMorgan Asset Management, KKR, Lexington Pa...
From the Business: Apurva Dharia focuses on health information technology, privacy and security. He helps clients such as pharmacies, hospitals and health systems develop organizational privacy programs, policies and procedures, and provides privacy risk assessments and mitigation strategies for initiatives and incidents that involve the collection, creation, use or...
From the Business: Dhara Satija has nearly 15 years of consulting experience serving healthcare and life sciences clients across an array of issues, including projects ranging from strategy and operations to regulatory and corporate compliance, risk management, and investigation and litigation support. In particular, Dhara has led projects related to: development an...
From the Business: Arjun is an Associate at Fragomen’s Washington, DC office, where he collaborates with large clients to develop and scale their immigration programs. He advises clients on all aspects of immigration law and is particularly experienced in the PERM labor certification process. He also has experience working on complex immigration matters, such as PER...
From the Business: Megan Kunnel Financial & Legal Services is a professional firm that offers a range of financial and legal services to individuals and businesses. Their services may include financial planning, investment management, estate planning, tax preparation, and legal representation in matters such as estate planning, business transactions, and litigat...
From the Business: Arjun Ghosh is an Associate in Caplin & Drysdale’s International Tax, Political Law, Complex Litigation, and Business, Investment & Transactional Tax practice groups. Mr. Ghosh works in the International Tax group advising individuals and multinational corporations on a broad range of tax issues with a particular focus on international tax...
From the Business: Ronak D. Desai is a partner in the Investigations and White Collar Defense practice based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles offices and firm-wide leader of Paul Hastings’ Congressional Investigations practice. A seasoned international investigations, enforcement defense, and compliance attorney, Ronak has extensive experience in both ...
From the Business: Arjun represents healthcare facilities in matters regarding Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial insurance reimbursement. His practice focuses on Medicaid audit defense and client counseling regarding denials, recoupments, and improper payments. Additional experience includes administrative appeals before the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, alter...
From the Business: Darshan Chulani joined Caplin & Drysdale’s Washington, D.C. office in 2023 as an Associate in the Private Client practice. Prior to joining the firm, he served as Senior Counsel at the Internal Revenue Service in the Office of Chief Counsel. Mr. Chulani provides comprehensive and personalized tax and estate planning advice to high-net-worth in...
From the Business: Deepa Acharya’s practice focuses on intellectual property litigation. Deepa represents clients in all aspects of offensive and defensive litigation matters. Her practice focuses on high-stakes, high-technology patent and trade secrets litigation. She has litigated numerous cases through trial and appeal in federal courts, the International Trade C...
From the Business: Megana Sankaran advises clients on medical device matters, with a particular focus on the pre-market clearance and approval of new devices and statistical considerations. Megana has experience in the design and statistical aspects of clinical trials. She has also advised clients about the presentation of clinical data for FDA submissions and the d...
From the Business: Yaffa Meeran is a litigation associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Her practice focuses on complex trial litigation in federal and state courts across the country. Yaffa also maintains an active pro bono practice.I am one of the most distinguished Legal Services in Washington, DC. I specialize in Bankruptcy Attorne...
From the Business: A co-chair of the firm’s Commercial Litigation and Entertainment & Media practices, Neema Sahni litigates complex disputes across the sports, media, technology, and entertainment industries, and serves as go-to counsel for some of the industry’s biggest names. Through her work at the firm, and her prior experience in-house at The Walt Disney C...
From the Business: He has extensive experience in all phases of domestic and international patent prosecution, having prosecuted hundreds of patent applications in computing, electrical, and mechanical technologies. Sonny uses his background in computer science to work directly with corporate counsels, chief technology officers, and inventors to identify valuable IP...
From the Business: Zalak practices in the area of corporate and securities law. She represents both issuers and investment banks in a wide variety of public and private offerings, including initial public offerings, private placements, and ongoing reporting and compliance under the 1934 Act. I am one of the most distinguished Legal Services in Washington, DC. I spe...
From the Business: Mona Patel has extensive experience representing clients in large scale federal and state investigations brought by enforcement authorities, related qui tam or follow-on consumer protection litigation, internal investigations and compliance matters. She advises clients in the life sciences, defense, technology and manufacturing industries on a wid...
From the Business: Rujul has held a number of leadership roles in the biopharma, PBM, and specialty pharmacy industry, including with CVS Caremark, UCB, and most recently as Vice President at Avalere Health. He has led engagements across a wide range of U.S. and global market access and reimbursement issues, including optimizing new product launches, pricing, PBM an...
From the Business: Nira Pandya is an accomplished legal advisor specializing in corporate law, employment law, and risk management. With a focus on delivering tailored legal strategies, she assists businesses and individuals in navigating complex legal challenges with clarity and confidence. Nira’s expertise spans contract negotiation, compliance oversight, workplac...
From the Business: Kalyani Joshi is an associate in the Intellectual Property Practice Group. Her practice focuses on patent prosecution, post-grant proceedings, and patent counseling. Kalyani’s technical experience covers a wide variety of technologies, and is centered on the growing intersection of life sciences and technology industries. She uses her chemical eng...