Dharani V Polavaram

Dharani V. Polavaram is a Partner in the Corporate Advisory Practice Group, bringing over 15 years of experience in advising multinational and Indian corporations on complex corporate and real estate transactions. A graduate of NALSAR University of Law with a B.A. LL.B., she further honed her expertise with an LL.M. from the University of Virginia School of Law, combining strong academic foundations with practical commercial insight.

She has been a Partner at the Firm since 2008 and has built a reputation for guiding clients through high‑value mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity investments, and large‑scale real estate projects across India. Her practice spans corporate advisory, employment law, intellectual property rights management, projects and infrastructure development, as well as real estate structuring for campuses, manufacturing plants, and R&D facilities.

Throughout her career Dharani has represented leading multinational companies in structuring leasehold acquisitions large‑format leases campus developments and industrial parks often involving multi‑jurisdictional regulatory compliance cross‑border funding arrangements and stakeholder coordination She focuses on delivering solutions that balance legal risk with business objectives enabling clients to scale operations efficiently while maintaining full compliance.

Beyond transactional work Dharani actively contributes to thought leadership through industry publications speaking engagements and client advisories on evolving regulatory trends in corporate governance employment frameworks IP protection and real estate policy She is widely regarded as a trusted strategic advisor who combines technical depth commercial pragmatism and client‑centric service to support long‑term business growth across sectors