Blog 3nd International Conference “Planning of International Business: experience in Europe and Asia”

Poorvi Chothani, Esq., Founder, LawQuest

Poorvi is the Founder and Managing Partner of LawQuest, a general business law firm in India.

Poorvi has an LL.M. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and an LL.B. from the renowned Government Law College, Mumbai.

Poorvi is licensed to practice law in India and the State of New York, which enables her to practice U.S. Federal Law and NY State law.  In addition, she is a registered and practicing Solicitor in England and Wales.

With more than 25 years of experience in litigation, corporate and commercial law coupled with her focused, recent experience in intellectual property law and global immigration laws, Poorvi has the ability to provide holistic legal counsel to LawQuest’s clients.   She has worked closely with large, local and international clients, including renowned, international consulting firms, Indian and American banks and investor relations companies, multi-jurisdictional business processing companies, pharmaceutical and health product organizations to name a few, helping them achieve their business goals in India and abroad.

Additionally, Poorvi is often quoted in the Economic Times, India’s leading business daily and on radio, CNBC-TV 18 and Zee Business News.  She regularly speaks at events organized by leading national and international organizations.  Poorvi was the founder Editor-in-Chief of the Business in South Asia: Legal Views and News, an initiative of NASABA’s Business Law Section.  NASABA, the North American South Asian Bar Association provides a vital link between South Asian lawyers across North America.  Currently Poorvi is an Associate Editor of the Indian Law News a quarterly published by the International Section of the ABA.  Poorvi has been nominated once again, amongst the world’s leading private practice lawyers in Who’s Who Legal for 2010-2011.   She regularly publishes articles in prominent national and international law and business journals. She has also authored papers on the “Impact of Certain International Laws on the Indian Outsourcing Industry,” “Copyrights and Emerging Technologies,” and on “Client Confidentiality and Privacy Issues When Providing Services to the UK and the US.”  Her most recent publication is “Doing Business in India – An Overview for Human Resource Professionals” launched at the Society for Human Resource Management’s 61^st Annual Conference & Exposition in the U.S., which is slated for translation into Spanish, Polish and Italian.

She serves as a Vice Chairperson on the India Committee, and the Women’s Interest Network both of which are a part of the Section of International Law, the American Bar Association (ABA).  She is the current president of The American Alumni Association, Mumbai, the Convener of the Society of Indian Law Firms, Mumbai Chapter and a founding member of the NYSBA’s India Chapter.  She is a special invitee on the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce’s (WIC) management committee.

Poorvi is actively involved in fund raising activities for education related charities and under her leadership, the team at LawQuest renders pro-bono services to several charitable institutes.