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Akil Hirani

Akil Hirani

Work Department

Transactions and Corporate/M&A

Position

Head of Transactions Practice and Managing Partner

Career

  • Enrollment in the Bar in August 1992.
  • Qualified to practise law in India, California, and England & Wales, although currently on inactive status in the latter two jurisdictions. Having work experience in California and London.

  • Judicial Clerk at the Superior Court of Santa Clara County, San Jose, CA – 1995

  • Worked at Lawrence Jones (now merged into TLT), London, UK - 1996

Akil Hirani is the head of transactions practice and managing partner and specialises in banking and finance; corporate/M&A; private equity and venture capital; projects and energy; tax; and technology, media and telecommunications.

Particular experience includes structuring investments of foreign companies and financial institutions into India, tax and regulatory advice, M&A, joint ventures, and private equity. Represent the who's who of banks, multinationals and funds.

Languages

English, Hindi, French, Gujarati, Marathi,  

Memberships

  • Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa
  • Bombay Incorporated Law Society
  • State Bar of California
  • International Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • Law Society for England and Wales

Education

  • BA, St. Xavier’s College, University of Mumbai (1989)
  • LLB (Hons.), Government Law College, University of Mumbai (1992)

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