Harsha Pisupati is an associate in Stradling’s Corporate and Securities, and India practice groups.

He focuses on transactional and general corporate representation for private and public companies predominantly in the technology, e-commerce, life sciences, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, and renewables sectors. He has represented investors and corporates in the U.S. and India in domestic and cross-border M&A, private equity and venture capital investments, technology transactions, and general corporate advisory. He has advised clients at all stages, from entity formation through equity and debt financings, acquisitions, and sale.

Before joining Stradling, Harsha practiced law at leading Indian law firms where he represented significant private equity and venture capital funds on their investments in India, and several businesses including multi-national corporations, domestic conglomerates, and startups on their domestic and cross-border transactions and corporate governance matters. He has advised on a host of corporate & securities, foreign exchange, technology, healthcare, privacy, and e-commerce laws.

Representative Matters:

  • Advised Walmart-owned Flipkart Ventures’ $100 million fund on its investments in portfolio companies located in the U.S., India and Singapore.
  • Advised Accolite Digital in its majority stake sale for $250 million to New York-based private equity fund, New Mountain Capital.
  • Advised Massachusetts-headquartered BackOffice Associates, LLC (Syniti) on its merger with Intrinsic Intermediate Holdings, Inc.
  • Represented Softbank Vision Fund on its investment in Policybazaar, a leading insurance aggregator platform in India.
  • Represented Ant Financial on its investments in Zomato, a leading food aggregator and delivery platform; and Paytm, a leading e-wallet and fintech company in India.
  • Advised the promoters of SGD Pharma India in the sale of their minority stake to PAI Partners, a French private equity fund.

Credentials

Education
  • New York University School of Law, LL.M., Corporations, 2023
  • Jindal Global Law School, B.B.A., LL.B. Hons., 2019
  • India
  • Not yet admitted to the CA Bar