SAM adds Hemant Krishna as Partner in Corporate Practice

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. is pleased to announce that Hemant Krishna will be joining the firm as Partner, General Corporate Practice in Bengaluru.

Hemant is a tech and M&A lawyer well-versed in advising an array of core-technology and technology adjacent businesses in Web3, online gaming, fintech, e-commerce, digital health, and SaaS.

He has over 14 years of experience in M&A, technology law and private equity transactions. Over the years, Hemant has advised on various matters pertaining to cross-border acquisitions, fund-raises by tech companies, strategic alliances, licensing arrangements, R&D collaborations, joint ventures, divestitures, outsourcing transactions, regulatory advice, data and cybersecurity diligence, and tech product reviews.

Our Managing Partners, Pallavi Shroff and Akshay Chudasama said, “We are delighted to have Hemant on board. His extensive experience in technology law will help us broaden our existing scope of work. His addition to the firm will be of great value to harness the potential opportunity that the IT hub of the country can offer. We look forward to an exciting journey together and wish him the best in this new role.”

About Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co., founded on a century of legal achievements, is one of India’s leading full-service law firms. The Firm’s mission is to enable business by providing solutions as trusted advisers through excellence, responsiveness, innovation and collaboration. SAM & Co. is known globally for its exceptional practices in mergers & acquisitions, private equity, competition law, insolvency & bankruptcy, dispute resolution, capital markets, banking & finance and projects & infrastructure.

The Firm has a pan-India presence and has been at the helm of major headline transactions and litigations in all sectors, besides advising major multinational corporates on their entry into the Indian market and their business strategy. Currently, the Firm has around 776 lawyers including 161 Partners, offering legal services through its offices at New Delhi, Mumbai, Gurugram, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Bengaluru, and Chennai.