Karan is a dual qualified attorney with 17 years of experience in the legal industry.
On corporate transactions, he focuses on cross border and domestic venture capital, private equity, M&A, joint ventures, venture capital and structured finance. Karan has led numerous headline transactions for marquee clients. His advisory experience is broad based, ranging from innovating novel structures for fund formation, debt, equity and hybrid investments to advising clients on private client work, commercial, regulatory and corporate governance matters. While Karan believes in having a sector agnostic approach, he has gained domain expertise in financial services, technology, e-commerce, healthcare, renewables and infrastructure. Karan regularly takes guest lectures at leading educational institutes and is a permanent faculty at Economic Times and VCCircle trainings. Karan is also often quoted on legal issues in various publications.
When not lawyering, Karan is ‘constructively engaged’ in riding motorbikes and closet bartending.
Qualified Jurisdictions to Practice
- India
- New York, USA
Directory Recognitions
- Chambers & Partners
- Legal 500
- IFLR 1000
- India Business Law Journal
- FInancial Times — RSG Consulting
Prior Work Experience
- Nishith Desai Associates
- ICICI Bank
Alma Mater
- Northwestern University — Pritzker School of Law and Kellogg School of Management, Chicago
- Symbiosis Law School, Pune
- St. Columba's School, New Delhi
Other Key Qualifications
- Admitted to the New York Bar, USA