Kruti Desai

Kruti has over 12 years of experience in advising Indian and international clients on corporate and employment laws. She specialises primarily in private equity investments, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions. Besides this, Kruti advises on exchange control laws, labour laws, IPR, data privacy, winding up and restructuring matters.

Kruti joined ALMT Legal immediately on graduation from Government Law College, Mumbai in 2005, moved to Delhi and worked with another leading law firm for 2 years. In 2009, Kruti rejoined ALMT Legal as Senior Associate and very soon got promoted to Partner.

Kruti was seconded for 6 months in London with an English law firm where she worked on cross border corporate transactions.

Practice Areas

Kruti’s main practice areas include:

Advising on domestic as well as cross border M&A and PE transactions - providing structuring advice, preparing term sheets, conducting legal due diligence on the target company, negotiating, finalising definitive agreements, closing and post closing actions.
Advising extensively on labour laws involving hiring and firing policies, employee handbooks and policies, sexual harassment complaints, regulatory compliances, payment of statutory benefits, retirement policies, etc.
Advising on exchange control laws relating to inbound and outbound investments. Kruti has a special interest and knowledge in the current FDI policies and trends. Kruti has also attended meetings with the Indian government for making policy decisions.
Advising on winding up & restructuring of Indian companies, closure of liaison offices set up by overseas companies and acting as a voluntary liquidator for various companies under liquidation.
Kruti has advised extensively on the data privacy regulations under the Information Technology Act, 2000.
Advising on IPR matters including filing of trade marks applications, patent searches and copyright issues such as obtaining performance and other licenses from copyright societies.
Advising on commercial laws and contracts.

Publications

Co-authored the Indian Chapter of ‘The International Comparative Legal Guide to Corporate Recovery & Insolvency’ 2013 edition published by Global Legal Group Ltd, London.

Speaker/ Expert Panelist

Kruti has been a speaker/ expert panelist at various events/ conferences:

Guest Lecturer on M&A deals at Kirit P. Mehta School of Law (NMIMS University), Mumbai 2017.
Speaker on "Documentation, Legal Issues & Negotiations For PE, VC & M&A deals" at the GST Seminar held by the All India Plastics Manufacturers Association (AIPMA), Mumbai 2016.
Speaker on “Corporate Structures and Partnerships” at the Indian School of Design & Innovation (Parsons), Mumbai, 2015
Speaker on “Strategic Negotiation of Commercial Contracts” and “Electronic Contracts” at a workshop on “Drafting of Commercial Contracts” organized by Wolters Kluwer in association with ALMT Legal as their knowledge partner, Mumbai 2014
Speaker on “Outbound Investment Policy” at VC Circle’s training workshop on FEMA & FDI Policy, Bangalore, 2014
Speaker on “Sexual Harassment at workplace” at IBS Business School’s seminar on Labour Laws, 2014
Expert Panelist on “Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)” at CII’s Industry-NGO Connect conference, 2013
Expert Panelist on “Single Brand Retail Trade in India” at FICCI’s ‘Massmerize 2012’ conference, 2012

Qualifications & Professional Appointment

Member of the Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa (2005)
BLS/ LLB (5 year course) from University of Mumbai in 2005
Diploma in Cyber Laws from Asian School of Cyber Laws, Pune & Government Law College, Mumbai in 2004 -2005

Recommendations

India Business Law Journal 2014 recommends Kruti for her Employment and Labour Relations practice.
Recommended by RSG India Report 2013 for her private equity and venture capital practice

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