Prashant Mara

Prashant Mara is a litigator specialising in white-collar and regulatory defence, internal investigations and complex disputes. His clients span a range of regulated sectors including technology, energy, defence, automotive, aviation, pharma, chemicals, and extractive industries. Prashant works closely with cross-border teams of outside and in-house counsel to investigate whistleblower allegations (including anti-bribery and anti-corruption), to act as defence counsel in regulatory prosecutions and to assist in dispute resolution. Further, he spends significant time providing board-level compliance and crisis response support in anti-bribery and anti-corruption, ESG-related matters, especially to his listed company clients. Working with other teams in the firm, Prashant leads on supply chain audits and putting in place corporate governance structures for his clients. He regularly appears before various courts in India and represents his clients in international arbitrations involving commercial disputes. Forbes India has recognised Prashant as a leading white collar crimes lawyer in India. India Business Law Journal listed Prashant in their A-List of India’s top 100 lawyers. His work has also been recognised by Acritas Stars (Thomson Reuters) and Legal 500. Prashant was previously co-head of the India Group at Osborne Clarke in London and Köln and prior to that ran the India desk of a Franco-American firm in Paris. He started his career as an in-house counsel at Infosys and managed their European legal operations.

Prashant Mara is a litigator specialising in white-collar and regulatory defence, internal investigations and complex disputes. His clients span a range of regulated sectors including technology, energy, defence, automotive, aviation, pharma, chemicals, and extractive industries. Prashant works closely with cross-border teams of outside and in-house counsel to investigate whistleblower allegations (including anti-bribery and anti-corruption), to act as defence counsel in regulatory prosecutions and to assist in dispute resolution. Further, he spends significant time providing board-level compl...