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BRIEF PROFILE OF MR. SAJAN POOVAYYA

Sajan Poovayya is a designated Senior Advocate with extensive constitutional, corporate and commercial law practice in the Supreme Court of India; and in various High Courts of the country. Prior to his designation, he was the Managing Partner of Poovayya & Co., a full-service law firm with offices across the country.

He has officiated as the Additional Advocate General for the State of Karnataka and was one of the youngest to occupy that position. He was proposed and designated Senior Advocate by the Full Court of the Karnataka High Court in 2014.

Sajan Poovayya graduated as a gold medallist with a Bachelor’s degree in Arts and an Honour’s degree in Law from the National Law School of India University (NLSIU). He was a Chevening Scholar at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), from where he obtained a Master’s Degree in Law. He has been a Fellow of the Society of Advanced Legal Studies, London and admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England & Wales.

He has chaired the Karnataka State Council of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), India’s apex industry association. He has also officiated as the India Co-Chair of the New York State Bar Association; Honorary Secretary of the India Section of the International Commission of Jurists; and Vice President of the Society of Indian Law Firms.

Sajan Poovayya brings to bear his experience across multiple domains. He has a vibrant law practice in the Supreme Court of India, National Tribunals and multiple High Courts across the country in areas ranging from constitutional and corporate commercial litigation, technology law, white-collar crime, money laundering, energy law and competition law. He regularly represents large international businesses such as Amazon, Diageo, Google, Monin, Softbank, Twitter etc; and a whole host of large Indian corporate houses such as Adani, GMR, GVK, ITC, Reliance, RPG, Tata, United Breweries etc.