DMD Advocates

Corporate and Commercial

Senior Partner

Rashi Dhir is a Senior Partner at DMD Advocates and heads the Firm's Corporate Group. With close to three decades of experience in corporate and cross-border transactions and international taxation, he brings a unique blend of analytical thinking and business strategy to structuring, negotiating and closing complex commercial transactions.   

Mr. Dhir's background in economics, accountancy and finance provides a practical and holistic approach to the practice of law which seamlessly combines with the litigation, tax and corporate talent of the Firm to deliver the best solution to its clients. He advises international and domestic clients, including several Fortune 100, 500 and 1000 companies, private equity funds, financial institutions and business houses. He specializes in areas pertaining to mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, investments, asset management (private equity funds and hedge funds), project financing, corporate restructuring, structured investments, securitization, structured finance, capital markets and general corporate matters. His transactional experience ranges over multiple jurisdictions including the US, India, ASPAC, Europe and South America. He has practiced law both in New York and India and has been associated with several prominent domestic and global transactions involving Fortune 1000 companies, large business groups and SMEs in India. He has also advised several not-for-profit organizations, including, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, US-India Business Council (USIBC), US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) and USIN Foundation.

Besides being a business lawyer, Mr. Dhir has been an entrepreneur responsible for successfully launching certain businesses in the US and India. He has and continues to advice and mentor several start-ups that have successfully developed from early stages to being sought after companies and businesses. He has also worked with clients to create unique risk management systems, financial products, and legal and compliance infrastructures. His problem-solving skills as a business lawyer have led him to be a successful mediator of complex commercial and corporate disputes, thus eliminating the need for protracted litigation.

Mr. Dhir currently serves on the Board of Directors of USIN Foundation and has served as a board member for several prominent companies in the field of healthcare, finance, and technology in India and US. Prior to joining the Firm, he worked for over fifteen years in New York; first as a senior member of the Global Financial Products Group in Clifford Chance and then as Managing Director and General Counsel for leading financial institutions.

Mr. Dhir earned his LL.M. from Harvard Law School, Boston, US and his LL.B. from Delhi University, India.

English, Hindi

USISPF, USIN, IBA, International Chamber of Commerce, India

LL.M. Harvard Law School, Boston, LL.B. Delhi University