Twenty-five years between law and software. I negotiated contracts for a living, then built products to make that work easier. Now I'm doing both at once, with Leela Works and LexAude.
The path so far
A firm rethinking how commercial legal services are delivered. We pair experienced lawyers with engineers and agentic technology, so businesses get more legal capacity with direct partner involvement and predictable pricing. I lead the business, how we deliver, and the technology.
Leela is an email agent that keeps the memory of a negotiation for in-house legal teams. Copy it on deal emails and it tracks every draft and concession, catches clauses that quietly come back, keeps the issues list current and proposes redlines from your playbook.
Worked with startups on AI strategy and fast prototypes: agentic and multi-agent systems, document intelligence, fine-tuning and search, through to product design and go-to-market.
Business intelligence for India's private markets. The Enterprise Edition gave investors, analysts and strategy teams startup and deal data they could query, and Paper.vc became a trusted source of news on venture activity.
Started as contract automation at IITM Research Park, then became an online workflow for startup and investor deals. It closed more than ten venture rounds in eighteen months.
Headed the corporate transactional and technology practices. India entry, venture capital and private equity, infrastructure projects, technology, procurement and supply contracts, for Indian and overseas clients.
Private equity, joint ventures and acquisitions, and lender's counsel on hydro-electric and thermal power financings.
Drafted and negotiated large telecoms infrastructure, software, manufacturing and distribution contracts, and led the legal team for a new broadband entertainment business.
An early member of what was arguably India's first technology law practice: telecoms regulation, domain name disputes, patents, and the first member rules for internet trading on an Indian stock exchange.