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Snehal Patil is the founder, CEO and managing attorney of IndUS Counsel. He regularly counsels clients on U.S., India and other global transactions.
Snehal has acted as outside general counsel to numerous Silicon Valley based venture-backed startups throughout their various stages, including formation, corporate governance, private equity and venture financings, mergers and acquisitions, employment, real estate, structuring foreign operations and investments, franchising, joint ventures, exit strategies and dissolutions. He also has in-depth experience negotiating large, complex licensing and outsourcing arrangements, as well as other agreements to acquire, develop, commercialize, protect and distribute intellectual property, both domestically and internationally. Snehal regularly counsels clients on privacy, data security, open source, compliance, immigration and regulatory matters.
Snehal is a former member of India's prestigious Civil Services. He is dual-licensed to practice law in California and India. Snehal has on the ground experience in both countries and maintains a strong network with business and legal professionals involved in U.S.-India transactions.
Snehal has acted as outside general counsel to numerous Silicon Valley based venture-backed startups throughout their various stages, including formation, corporate governance, private equity and venture financings, mergers and acquisitions, employment, real estate, structuring foreign operations and investments, franchising, joint ventures, exit strategies and dissolutions. He also has in-depth experience negotiating large, complex licensing and outsourcing arrangements, as well as other agreements to acquire, develop, commercialize, protect and distribute intellectual property, both domestically and internationally. Snehal regularly counsels clients on privacy, data security, open source, compliance, immigration and regulatory matters.
Snehal is a former member of India's prestigious Civil Services. He is dual-licensed to practice law in California and India. Snehal has on the ground experience in both countries and maintains a strong network with business and legal professionals involved in U.S.-India transactions.