Karan is a dual-qualified attorney with close to 19 years of
experience in the legal industry.
On corporate transactions, he focuses on cross-border and
domestic private equity, M&A, venture capital, joint ventures, 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, pre disputes advisory
and corporate governance matters. He also works actively on
advising on W&I insurance matters. While Karan believes in
maintaining a sector-agnostic approach, he has gained domain
expertise in financial services, technology, e-commerce,
healthcare, renewables, and infrastructure.
Karan regularly delivers guest lectures at leading educational
institutions and is a permanent faculty member at Economic
Times and VCCircle trainings. Karan is also often quoted on legal
issues in various publications.
Bar Admissions
- New York Bar Association
- Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa
Directory Recognitions
- IFLR 1000
- India Business Law Journal
- Financial Times - RSG Consulting
- Legal 500
- Chambers & Partners
- Asialaw
Prior Work Experience
- Nishith Desai Associates
- ICICI Bank
Alma Mater
- Northwestern University — Pritzker School of Law, Chicago
- Symbiosis Law School, Pune
- St. Columba's School, New Delhi
Other Key Qualifications
- Admitted to the New York Bar, USA