Partner

Practice Areas

Private Equity & Venture Capital

Funds

Mergers & Acquisitions

Corporate Restructuring

Public Market Takeovers

Franchising


Education

LLB (Hons.) Lucknow University, 2006
LLM (Business Law)

National law School of India University, Bangalore, 2008


Memberships

Bar Association of Uttar Pradesh

Alok Sonker

Partner, Mumbai

Alok is a Partner in K Law’s Mumbai Office and is a part of the M&A and Private Equity Practice Group. He has advised several clients on transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, strategic alliances, private equity investments (including in listed companies). Prior to joining K Law, he was associated with L&L Partners (Luthra and Luthra), Link Legal India Law Services and Khaitan & Co

.Speaking Engagements

Speaker at events organised by Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, IIT Bombay, Ikeva co-working space and 1SmallStep (NGO).

Features and Publications

Co-authored ‘Planning and agility key to sealing cross-border deals’ available at https://www.vantageasia.com/planning-and-agility-key-to-sealing-cross-border-deals/

Co-authored various chapters for Lexis Nexis Guide on Companies Act 2013.

Awards and Recognition

  • Recommended Lawyer for Private Equity and Investment Funds for India by The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, 2022

  • Recognised as one of the Super 50 Lawyers in India by Asian Legal Business (Thomson Reuters), 2021

  • Recognised as one of the Top TMT / Fintech Lawyers in India for 2021 by Asian Legal Business (Thomson Reuters)

  • Recognised as India’s 50 future legal leaders by India Business Law Journal, 2021