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Veena Krishnan

Position

Partner

Career

Veena Krishnan comes with over 20 years of experience and an excellent reputation in the Real Estate sector in India. She has previously worked with AZB & Partners and Poovayya & Co. in Bangalore.​

She has advised IT Companies, manufacturing units, FMCG companies, hotel chains, factories, and subsidiaries of foreign companies on various aspects of lease and purchase of office spaces, stand-alone buildings, IT complexes, land and properties conveyed by government entities such as the KIADB. She has also advised entities on the lease and purchase of greenfield properties for development.

The scope of her work includes title diligence, certification of statutory approvals, drafting, negotiation and finalisation of documentation including Letters of Intent, Agreements to Lease/Sale, Lease/Sale Deeds, Indemnities, Guarantees, (bank guarantees and corporate guarantees), developer agreements, joint development agreements, construction and interior agreements etc. She also advises funds and investors who seek to invest in real estate and infrastructure entities, entities seeking to purchase lands for residential, commercial and industrial project and clients who seek to acquire the business undertaking of third-party entities/companies.

​Veena is also on the statutory Prevention of Sexual Harassment committees of a number of her clients and has developed niche expertise in this area. She has handled cases filed by women employees of such companies under the provisions of the Sexual Harassment (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (POSH Act).

Veena read law in the National Law School of India University, Bangalore and graduated in 1999.

Education

National Law School of India University, Bangalore