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Pushkar Thakur is a corporate & employment lawyer representing a gamut of approximately 300 companies in matters pertaining to transactions, operational contracts, workforce management & restructuring and disputes. He brings in close to 15 years of experience having led the legal teams at Fortune 500s and top law firms, such as Nomura, Emaar and Kochhar & Co.
Pushkar is the founder & managing partner at Corrida Legal where his primary clientele comprises of MNCs and FMCG/Tech/FinTech/E-commerce players, and he spearheads strategies for setting up shop in India and becoming a viable growth & investment opportunity in a future-safe manner.
Pushkar’s daily routine involves advising clients across IT/ITES, FMCG/CPG, E-commerce, FinTech, EdTech, Healthcare, Banking, Aviation, Construction and Real Estate industry on their incorporation & structuring, India-entry, operations & compliances, growth strategy (organic and acquisition-led) including PE/VC investments, acquisitions & strategic buyouts, data privacy compliance & employment-related issues. His advice covers the contours of international entity requirements apropos policies & procedures and he helps homologate international contracts & policies.
Pushkar brings a blend of law firm and in-house perspective with a nuanced understanding of the business and regulatory environment. He has forsaken the role of a traditional lawyer by partnering with his clients on investor readiness, business setup and fund-raising whilst keeping operations, workforce and data privacy practices legally compliant. Having led the Employment & GDPR-PDPA compliant processes at leading MNCs, he brings a nuanced perspective on employment, data protection and privacy. Pushkar aims to deliver effective and efficient legal services that meet the needs and business-related expectations of his clients. Litigation is one of his core expertise areas and this helps him draft transactional documents whilst knowing how they will be interpreted before a court of law.
Pushkar has advised clients across a series of civil, commercial, and criminal matters with a focus on white-collar crimes, recoveries, contract breaches, consumer and real estate disputes. As an arguing counsel before various Courts at Mumbai and Delhi NCR, he has represented corporates including International Air Transport Association, EMC (now Dell), Lumata Digital, RaeBareilly Allahabad Highway Private Limited and a consortium of more than fifty international airline companies including Lufthansa airlines, British Airways and United Airlines in matters including civil recoveries & white-collar crimes. He is well versed with complex mandates, having advised a consortium of more than fifty international airline companies including Lufthansa airlines, British Airways and United Airlines in matters including civil recoveries & white-collar crimes.
To sum it up, Pushkar dons the dual hat of a corporate lawyer and litigator, and quarterbacks corporate law and litigation-related matters in addition to PE/VC investments, acquisitions & strategic buyouts. Pushkar helps his clients across IT/ITES, FMCG, banking, aviation, construction, real estate industry and e-commerce start-ups on their incorporation & structuring, compliances, India-entry and growth strategy (organic and acquisition-led). Having been at the vanguard of work-force management and adoption of GDPR-PDPA compliant processes at leading MNCs, he brings a nuanced perspective on employment, data protection and privacy. Pushkar assists clients on preparation of web-based documentation in compliance with applicable data and consumer protection laws.
View some of his recent interviews and talks:
Corporate and Commercial Contract Drafting Mastery
Data Privacy & You, A Wake Up Call – TLRSHOWS
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Reach out to Pushkar Thakur at: pushkar.thakur@corridalegal.com/+91-9211410147.
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