LLM, King’s College London
MA, NALSAR University of Law
BA and LLB, Karnataka State Law University
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Atul Lakshman is a consultant at Tilleke & Gibbins in Bangkok, where he regularly provides advice and assistance to domestic and international clients on complex cross-border commercial transactions and due diligence exercises, as well as general corporate matters. He is also involved in advising businesses in emerging economies such as Cambodia and Laos.
Prior to joining Tilleke & Gibbins, Atul practiced in multiple leading law firms in India, where he facilitated major transactions and provided complex corporate legal advice for clients across aerospace, automotive, consumer goods, fintech, venture capital, and a range of other industries.
Atul holds an LLM in International Financial Law from King’s College London, a Masters in Security and Defence Laws from NALSAR University of Law in Hyderabad, and a BA and LLB from Bangalore Institute of Legal Studies, an affiliate of Karnataka State Law University. He is qualified to practice law by the Bar Council of India (Karnataka) and speaks fluent English and Hindi.
- Assisted a leading Indian space-tech startup involved in engineering, design, development, and testing of all aspects of affordable satellites and launch vehicles in its early-stage and growth-stage domestic and foreign transactions.
- Advised UK-based shareholders and an Indian company involved in manufacture, distribution, sale and service of vacuum pumps and vacuum pumping systems in its 100% share acquisition by a Swedish group of companies.
- Provided end-to-end transaction assistance, including due diligence support, to a strategic Indian venture capital fund in all its early-stage investments in domestic and overseas companies that predominantly operate in the technology sector.
- Advised a Bangalore-based automotive company on its business acquisition and hiring of several key employees of a competing business in the automotive sector, and assisted existing shareholders of the acquiring company in their successful exits.
- Advised multinational corporations in India involved in financial technology on their collaboration with top Asian fintech companies, structuring of their payment systems, and various contractual business arrangements.