Bio

Rupinder Malik specializes in mergers & acquisitions, private equity investments, joint ventures, strategic alliances, cross-border investments, regulatory issues for India entry, restructurings of Indian and international conglomerates, as well as compliance and white-collar crime investigations. Rupinder is a Senior Partner and a member of the Executive Committee of JSA. She is an India Chapter Leader of Women’s White Collar Defense Association (“WWCDA”) and the Vice Chair of IBA – LFMC (Law Firm Management Committee). She regularly advises clients on matters relating to foreign investments laws (inbound and outbound) and on corporate commercial transactions. Being recognized as a solution-oriented lawyer, she has a wealth of experience in advising on legal and contractual matters for the successful outcome of a transaction. She has advised on several diverse transactions and matters across sectors such as real estate, healthcare, e-commerce, EV, fintech, technology, infrastructure & energy, services, and manufacturing. Rupinder also advises and assists with compliance related matters and white-collar crimes investigations in connection with ABAC, fraud, cybercrime, money laundering and sanctions. She leads a team that advises and assists with compliance, corporate internal investigations and defending corporate clients facing enforcement actions in connection with white-collar crimes including issues under the (Indian) Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, the (Indian) Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, the (US) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the (UK) Bribery Act, 2010, and other local and international anti-corruption laws. She has also extensively handled matters in connection with general employment law (undertaking staff accountability assessments) and workplace policies, code of conduct, Prevention of Sexual Harassment. She advices and assists on advisory in relation to IT laws, contractual reviews, data privacy diligence and other related aspects.