From the Business: Trial lawyer Vivek Chopra represents policyholder-clients in coverage litigation in state and federal trial and appellate courts and domestic and foreign arbitrations, and has recovered over $1.5 billion for clients in these actions. Vivek also regularly counsels clients regarding policy language, renewal of insurance, and securing payment of clai...
From the Business: Priya Prakash Royal Esq, LL.M., MBA, AEP, TEP, has been practicing since 2006 and brings unparalleled experience in International Tax Law, trusts & estates, and non-profit law, combined with a distinguished background as a former IRS Estate Tax attorney, Priya stands as a visionary leader in private client services. A multijurisdictional attor...
From the Business: Manu Bansal seasoned patent law professional with over a decade of experience and a strong technology background, Manu Bansal, Ph.D. assists clients in building and managing quality patent portfolios attuned to their business goals. He prepares, prosecutes, and litigates patents in high-tech areas, including multimedia coding and streaming, wirele...
From the Business: Chetan Bansal is of counsel in the Litigation practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Bansal’s practice focuses on intellectual property matters, including patent office proceedings and litigation. Mr. Bansal has represented petitioners and patent owners in dozens of patent office post-grant proceedings, i...
From the Business: Samriti Madan focuses her practice on complex securities enforcement and litigation matters. She was a summer associate at WilmerHale in 2016. Prior to rejoining the firm, Ms. Madan clerked for the Honorable J. Frederick Motz of the US District Court for the District of Maryland. She was also a student mediator for the University of Maryland Franc...
From the Business: Kavita Mohan is an international trade attorney with 20 years of experience handling a wide range of complex international trade law and policy matters. A seasoned litigator, she has obtained precedent-setting decisions at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and multiple favorable decisions at the Court of International Trade. She has suc...
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: 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: Karthik Kumar, Ph.D., focuses on competitor patent and trade secrets litigation, and strategic counseling related to emerging technologies. Recognized in IAM Strategy 300: The World’s Leading IP Strategists 2023 and as a Global Leader, Karthik manages the global patent portfolios of several world-renowned technology companies. He also serves as co...
From the Business: Aparna Sundaram is a distinguished legal advisor specializing in environmental law, corporate sustainability, and regulatory compliance. With a passion for promoting responsible business practices, she provides strategic legal counsel to organizations seeking to balance growth with environmental stewardship. Aparna’s expertise includes advising on...
From the Business: Sunita Paknikar is a senior counsel and business lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP. She is a member of the firm’s Finance Practice and the Energy Industry Team. Sunita focuses her practice on energy, project finance, project development, and tax equity finance. Sunita has helped to finance numerous community solar and other distributed generatio...
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: 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: 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: Pekham most recently served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Vincent L. Briccetti, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, where she worked on a variety of civil and criminal cases. She also practiced as a litigation and enforcement associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP for several years, advisi...
From the Business: Sonal Majmudar is a partner in Mayer Brown's Washington DC office and a member of the Tax practice. Prior to joining Mayer Brown she was former international tax counsel with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Sonal provides comprehensive representation and counseling on transfer pricing matters, including negotiating advance pricing agreements (...
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: Hassan Ahmad is an associate in the firm’s Washington, DC office and a member of the firm’s Appellate and Supreme Court Practice Group. He maintains an active pro bono practice. Prior to joining the firm, Hassan held various positions with local, state, and federal campaigns. He also served as a law clerk to Chief Circuit Judge Mary H. Murguia on ...
From the Business: Ajay Kuntamukkala helps companies navigate complex national security laws that affect their international business activities. His clients look to him to anticipate and resolve cutting-edge challenges such as China-related national security developments, economic sanctions, nuclear trade, unmanned aerial vehicles, encryption, and the intersection ...
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: Pooja Shah Kothari is a member of the Tax Practice and Election and Political Law Groups. She has experience counseling clients on tax controversy matters at the Federal and state level. In addition, Pooja advises various tax-exempt and nonprofit organizations on a wide range of issues, such as federal tax exemption, unrelated business income tax,...
From the Business: Siddharth Goswami is a staff attorney in O’Melveny’s Washington, DC office and a member of the Litigation Department. His experience has been focused on electronic discovery aspects of securities and ERISA matters. He also advises multinational clients on electronic discovery issues in FCPA investigations. Prior to joining O'Melveny, he practiced ...
From the Business: Aarushi is a Special Legal Consultant in the Washington, DC office. She has experience in international commercial arbitrations across a range of industries, including oil and gas, mining, and intellectual property. Prior to joining Three Crowns, Aarushi clerked with Chief Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud at the Supreme Court of India, where s...
From the Business: Neena Shenai is a seasoned legal professional with over 20 years of legal, compliance and policy experience in global cross-border activities in the private sector and in government. Ms. Shenai focuses her practice on sanctions and export controls, import/customs, CFIUS, M&A due diligence and trade policy. From 2015-2023, Ms. Shenai held sever...
From the Business: Sonia Baldia brings business and technology savvy to her global practice, which encompasses U.S. and international commercial, transactional, and intellectual property (IP) expertise across multiple industries including life sciences, banking and finance, healthcare, energy, information technology (IT), manufacturing, and software. She advises on ...
