India

Arvind Rao is August Consulting’s Director and Chief Executive Officer. He has strong strategic and tactical management skills and combines them with a passion to develop services that make a positive difference to Clients. Prior to founding August Consulting, Arvind was heading Corporate Services in Ernst & Young, Mumbai. He has brought together several years of experience in industries as diverse as pharmaceuticals, dyes, advanced plastics, telecommunications and consulting. Arvind has also traveled extensively and his experience of working in Europe gives him an edge. In addition to his rich private-sector experience, Arvind worked in public accounting for Deloitte &…

Aaron Solomon is the Managing Partner of Solomon & Co. and has been in active practice for over 23 years. Aaron specializes in transactional work including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, exchange control regulations, competition laws, banking, investment funds, private equity, capital markets and securities laws. He has a hands-on approach and his team has the ability to handle large and complex cross-border transactions. With over 2-decades of experience on cross-border transactions of all types and versatility across multiple practice areas, Aaron specialises in guiding clients across a complex Indian business and legal environment. Aaron is a member of the…

Born and raised in Chandigarh, India but with extensive travel experience from a young age to North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East, Shantanu is a practicing lawyer in the Indian Legal System over the last 11 years and has indepth knowledge and experience in Corporate and Commercial Laws. Adept with Court Procedures, Regulatory affairs, Compliance issues, Banking norms, etc., Shantanu is familiar with cross border issues pertaining to setting up of a new business by a foreign company in India, joint ventures, business collaborations, valuations of businesses, formation and incorporation procedures, private equity and venture capital investing.…

With over 11+ years of versatile experience in Intellectual Property Law matters (Trademarks, Patents,Copyright, Industrial Design)- Amit handles the intellectual property needs of Large multinationals and Fortune 500 companies as well as small businesses and individuals across a wide range of industries across the globe. Amit assists clients in obtaining and protecting their trademarks, patents, copyrights and designs in India as well as in South Asian jurisdictions, through a network of preferred agents. His practice primarily includes preparing and filing applications for registration of trademarks, patents, copyrights & designs, drafting and filing responses to office actions, obtaining registration of trademarks,…