(Palo Alto, California) – LAWFUEL – Legal News Network – Abrar Hussain has joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as senior counsel in the firm’s corporate practice in Silicon Valley, the firm announced today.
Mr. Hussain’s practice focuses on India-related matters. He has advised private equity firms, venture capital firms, public and private technology companies, angel investors and foreign companies – including emerging Indian multinational companies – in mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances and joint ventures, secured and unsecured debt agreements, equity financing agreements, and licensing and technology matters. He joins the firm from Greenberg Traurig, where he was of counsel.
Mr. Hussain previously was a founding partner of The Safina Group, LLP, a boutique law firm focused on commercial transactions for domestic and international companies doing business in Asia. Earlier, he was the president and general counsel of Relatia, Inc. and the COO and general counsel of NewCore Networks, Inc.
Mr. Hussain received his B.A. from Cornell University in 1993 and his J.D. from the Vanderbilt University School of Law in 1996. He is a charter member of the Silicon Valley chapter of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), the world’s largest entrepreneurial organization, and co-chair of its publications committee.
Prakash Mehta, co-chair of Akin Gump’s private equity practice, stated, “India’s position as an economic player on the world stage is well-established. Abrar’s India practice and skill set mesh well with Akin Gump’s India-related policy and transactional expertise. We are very pleased to welcome him to the firm.”
Mr. Hussain added, “Akin Gump’s unique mix of experience in emerging markets and its depth in the private equity arena make it a natural fit for my practice, and I look forward to helping grow the India practice here.”
Founded in 1945, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, a leading international law firm, numbers more than 900 lawyers with offices in Austin, Brussels, Dallas, Dubai, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Moscow, New York, Philadelphia, San Antonio, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Taipei and Washington. The firm has a diversified practice and represents regional, national and international clients in a wide range of areas, including antitrust; appellate; banking and finance; capital markets; communications and information technology; corporate and securities; corporate governance; employee benefits; energy; entertainment and media; environmental; estate planning, wealth transfer and probate; financial restructuring; global security; government contracts; health; insurance; intellectual property; international trade; investment funds; labor and employment; land use; litigation; mergers and acquisitions; private equity; privatization; project development and finance; public law and policy; real estate development and finance; Russia/CIS; tax; and technology.
