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Raj Kulasingam
Work Department
Energy, Transport and Infrastructure
Position
Raj is a senior corporate/commercial lawyer at Dentons. His 30-year legal career has covered a wide range of transactions in various sectors including financial services, private equity, venture capital, media and technology, real estate, energy (including renewables, and oil and gas), transport (road and rail), utilities (water and waste) and other infrastructure. He has built a world-class network and practice, by being not just a legal advisor but also a connector who is approachable, commercial, enthusiastic, cheerful, humorous, open, practical and collaborative. He aims to add value to all clients and contacts with whom he engages.
Raj was born, raised and educated in Malaysia until he came to the UK for his university and professional legal education (Warwick University and Inns of Court School of Law where he qualified as a Barrister at Gray’s Inn).
He has spent the better part of the last 30 years advising on transactions in the UK, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. He works with Dentons teams and offices across the globe in originating and advising on transactions in numerous sectors and is an active member of Dentons’ Global Africa Group. He is both passionate and optimistic about the future of the continent.
He enjoys public speaking and interacting with people at all levels and is a frequent speaker on a variety of subjects in which he has an interest/experience, from energy and infrastructure to private equity and venture capital/angel investing.
In his spare time, Raj is an active angel investor, advisor and mentor with a portfolio of more than 30 companies (in Europe, Africa and South East Asia), four VC funds and a tech accelerator (with 34 portfolio companies).
Career
- Senior Counsel/Angel Investor/Advisor, Dentons (2010 to date)
- Partner, Dentons (2000 – 2010)
- Senior Associate, Dentons (1995 – 2000)
- Barrister, Gouldens (1990 – 1995)
Education
- Inns of Court School of Law, 1989
- University of Warwick, 1988, LLB
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Transport > Rail
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Real estate > Environment
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Finance > Islamic finance
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Patent attorneys
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Trade finance
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Finance > Asset based lending
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Property finance
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Employment > Health and safety
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport