From the Business: Shahriar (Shah) Raafi joined Caplin & Drysdale as an Associate in the firm’s Complex Litigation and Bankruptcy practice groups in 2021. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Raafi practiced commercial litigation and white collar criminal defense at an international law firm in New York City. Mr. Raafi represents individuals, corporations, and nonprof...
From the Business: Moushmi routinely advises clients on the most complex regulatory challenges relating to the public procurement process. Her experience include litigating bid protests before the Court of Federal Claims and the Government Accountability Office, coordinating regulatory due diligence processes for large scale M&A transactions, and negotiating wit...
From the Business: Sadhvika (Shenu) Reddy is a dedicated attorney who focuses on the regulation of investment companies, investment advisers, and mutual funds. Her practice spans a variety of regulatory and transactional matters, providing clients with comprehensive legal guidance in the complex landscape of investment management. Shenu assists clients with ongoing ...
From the Business: Mahaa Mahmood is a skilled legal advisor renowned for her expertise in international law, corporate governance, and dispute resolution. With a client-focused approach, she offers comprehensive legal solutions to individuals, businesses, and organizations operating across diverse industries and jurisdictions. Mahaa specializes in structuring cross-...
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 ...
From the Business: When you come to our law office, you come to a place that cares about the client and every facet of the client's case. We are able to ascertain the needs and goals of our client's thanks to the time and attention we spend on listening to our clients. The lawyer-client relationship is at the center of our problem-solving approach. Every issue is sc...
From the Business: Anna Aryankalayil offers a unique insight into the antitrust agencies’ enforcement priorities for the tech, life sciences, and energy sectors following her recent service as Attorney Advisor to former Commissioner Noah Philips at the Federal Trade Commission. Having returned to private practice, Anna focuses on merger clearance and litigation, gov...
From the Business: Srinivas Ayyagari has extensive electronic discovery and legal privilege experience, representing clients in the litigation preparation, research and discovery phases of complex multidistrict litigation, congressional investigations and antitrust investigations. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Ayyagari worked on a wide range of eDiscovery matters ...
From the Business: Shruti is also active in the firm’s pro bono practice, where her work has included reproductive rights matters and assisting individuals and families who have experienced sexual or domestic violence. Additionally, Shruti writes frequently on legal developments in the fast-evolving areas of privacy, cybersecurity, and national security. Prior to la...
From the Business: Priya earned her J.D. cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center, where she served as an Editor for the American Criminal Law Review. Priya also served as a Student Attorney in Georgetown’s Appellate Litigation Clinic, through which she argued on behalf of an incarcerated client in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, securing a...
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: Junaid Chida offers counseling, structuring, negotiating and deal management guidance on M&A and financing transactions in the domestic and international markets for a wide range of energy, infrastructure, and transportation assets. With a dominant position in the renewable and clean energy space, Junaid has represented tax-equity investors a...
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: 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: 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: He has represented major U.S. and foreign banks in civil and criminal enforcement matters relating to the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), the federal criminal anti-money laundering (AML) statutes, and a wide range of governance, control framework, safety and soundness, and consumer and fair lending issues. He also counsels clients on BSA/AML regulations, ...
From the Business: AMIT BHATLA focuses his practice on high-stakes patent litigation. Amit received his law degree from the George Washington University Law School, graduating with highest honors and Order of the Coif. Amit earned his B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of Kansas, where he also worked as a research assistant at the Center for Environmen...
From the Business: Renita is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of McNeely, Hare & War LLP, where her practice focuses on patent litigation. She has served as litigation counsel in matters involving the chemical, pharmaceutical and mechanical arts, and has significant experience in all pre-trial, trial and post trial aspects of patent litigation, includin...
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: Ravi routinely helps clients navigate high-stakes, crisis situations that garner the attention of multiple regulators, enforcement authorities, private litigants, and the media. These matters often involve internal and external investigations. He represents companies, boards, and senior executives in federal and state government investigations, li...
From the Business: The Law Office of Prashant Rajendra Dubey is located in Washington, D.C., and is focused on providing legal representation to individuals, families, & businesses in need of immigration services. Immigration is more than laws & procedures, it is the medium by which families stay together, employees achieve dreams, & the bridge between c...
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From the Business: Nikita S. Bhojani focuses her practice primarily on US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval, compliance, enforcement, and promotion matters related to foods, cosmetics, dietary supplements, and medical devices. She also helps with research and drafting responses to support healthcare litigation. Nikita assists clients on labeling, marketing...
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: Javade Chaudhri has worldwide experience assisting private and public-sector companies in transactions and projects in many industry sectors and geographies. He advises companies on domestic and international mergers, acquisitions, and strategic alliances as well as corporate governance, compliance, and internal investigations. He also handles com...
