Prashant Mara

Prashant Mara is a commercial and regulatory lawyer specializing in investigation support and dispute management. His clients are mainly in the technology, defence and industrials sectors. He manages disputes (commercial) and prosecution defence (regulatory) for his clients in India. His work is primarily in the areas of foreign investment, public procurement, anti-bribery and cybercrime.

Prashant was previously co-head of the India Group at Osborne Clarke and prior to that ran the India desk of a Franco-American firm in Paris. He started his career as in-house counsel in Infosys and managed their European legal operations. Prashant is qualified to practice in India and read law at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore.

Over the last decade, he has worked closely with in house teams of his clients as a trusted advisor. This enables him and his team to assist the client keeping in mind the strategic rationale – which makes the transaction interesting and the execution, effective. Further, he spends a lot of his time providing board level compliance and crisis response advice including dispute management and acting as the interface between his clients and the regulator.