Sunil Kakkad

Sunil Kakkad is a corporate finance lawyer with over forty years' experience. He has advised UK and international clients on cross-border and domestic public and private mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets transactions, private equity investments, joint ventures and strategic alliances, and corporate governance and risk and regulatory issues.

Sunil was a partner at the Firm until 2022 and served as Head of the Firm's Corporate Group from 2014 to 2022. He was also a member of the Firm's International Board between 2021 and 2024.

Since becoming a consultant to the Firm in 2022, Sunil has worked with the Firm's UK Leadership Team on numerous projects, including the expansion of the Firm's network of relationships in South Asia and South-East Asia. He is also a Board sponsor of EmbRACE, the Firm's ethnicity and race network.

As joint leader of the Firm's India Group, Sunil has acted as a trusted adviser to Indian and international clients on a wide range of India related corporate transactions and has been recognised for his expertise by his inclusion in the India Business Law Journal's International A-List of India-focused foreign lawyers since 2019. He also manages several of the Firm's key client relationships in India.

Clients

Sunil's clients include listed and large private companies in the UK and abroad, operating primarily in the renewable energy, technology, media & entertainment and professional and business support services sectors, as well as financial institutions and high net worth individuals and families.