IP Expert

Overview

Anshul Sunil Saurastri is a Managing Partner at Krishna & Saurastri Associates LLP. His practice focuses on contentious and non-contentious issues in all forms of intellectual property laws including patents, trademarks, copyrights, designs and trade secrets and healthcare laws, media and entertainment laws, contractual laws and related corporate laws.

More specifically he counsels clients on IP protection, IP prosecution, IP enforcement, IP litigation and IP management in India. He also regularly advises on licensing, franchising, merchandising, mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, asset and share purchases, foreign investment, data protection issues, non-disclosure agreements and employment agreements.

Anshul holds a graduate (masters) technical degree from the University of Pennsylvania and an undergraduate (bachelors) technical degree from Case Western Reserve University. He received a law degree from the University of Mumbai and is licensed to practice law and as a patent agent in India.

Prior to joining the firm, he worked at a large Indian law firm, as a financial/technical analyst in various USA based early-stage venture capital/private equity firms, as a business strategy consultant, and as a lab researcher in leading USA based research institutions for which he received recognition as an author in a publication in the journal Blood.

Having a unique blend of coursework in the sciences, engineering and law and valuable training in legal services, financial and technical analysis, strategic business advisory and lab research, he has amassed cross-functional expertise. His clients consider him a legal hybrid because of such global exposure to different domains.