Krishna Sarma

Background

About Krishna Sarma

Lawyer specializing in corporate laws specialized regulations and intersection between laws and government policies - a self confessed policy wonk. Started as a corporate litigator in 1993. Set up Corporate Law Group a boutique multi-disciplinary law firm in New Delhi in 1998. Enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi in 1993. Additional Advocate General for the State of Assam in the Supreme Court of India from 2011 till 2016. Standing Counsel for the State of Assam during 2001-2016 (constitutional matters| inter-state boundary disputes) Did a 10 country comparative patent laws study for DIPP in 1999 drafted sub-legislation for the Protection of Plant Variety & Farmer's Rights Act for Ministry of Agriculture in 2003 drafted Indo-US Totalization Agreement for Ministry of Commerce drafted extant Regulations for the proposed International Financial Services Centre in SEZ for Ministry of Commerce in 2003. Majored in History from Miranda House University of Delhi in 1989 and has an LL.B. degree from Campus Law Centre University of Delhi (1992). Specialization in IP Law and Licensing from Franklin Pierce Law Center U.S.A and has worked in the offices of Thelen Reid and Priest LLP in Washington DC mainly in the energy sector. Specialties: Corporate Law Transactional Documentation Mergers & Acquisitions Competition Law Public Procurement FDI Entry Routing Due Diligence Regulatory & Compliance Pricing Patent Prosecution Government Policy Specialized Litigation (patents drug pricing regulatory) International Trade Laws. Indirect Taxation Digital Economy Privacy Laws Industry: Bio-Pharmaceuticals Medical Devices Diagnostics Ag Biotech Food Alcoholic Beverages Tobacco Alternatives Liner Shipping Infrastructure Oil & Gas Mining Honoured by India Corporate Counsel Association with India's most trusted Corporate Lawyer on October 5 2017. In the list of Top 100 Powerful Women in Law in World IP Forum’s publication in September 2017. Board of Directors- Mango Cancer Care Foundation. Director Meera Women Weavers Association Convenor AssamFloods & Axom: New Horizons. Chair CII Sub-Committee on IT & ITES of the CII National Committee on Legal Services (2023-24) Was Sports Secretary (1987) and General Secretary (1988) of Miranda House.