Lakshman Shankar

PDLegal LLC is a firm offering a comprehensive range of legal services to its clients. This ranges from basic legal advice to complex litigation and corporate transactions. Whatever the nature of the brief, the objective of the firm is to deliver personalised and approachable partner-level service in an efficient and cost-effective manner.

As an independent and conflict-free law firm, we are often briefed by foreign law firms and other local law firms to act as Singapore counsel.

The leanness of the firm belies its in-depth expertise, sophistication and agility in providing exceptional legal services comparable to its larger contemporaries.

At this firm, we believe that serving our community is part of our vocation and privilege as lawyers. All our lawyers are passionately engaged in providing pro bono legal services and representation to the less fortunate.

Lakshman’s career has covered a wide range of practice areas in India: commercial litigation, international arbitration, corporate law-private equity investment and M&A, commercial contracts and real estate.

While at law firms in India, Lakshman advised foreign investors on Indian foreign direct investment regulations and investment structuring, and on company law in general. Many of his clients were Singaporean and American investors, both corporate entities and funds, who sought to invest in and do business in India. 

A former partner at a prominent full-service Indian law firm, Lakshman also worked in-house as General Counsel of an Indian-American business entity engaged in multiple business sectors before moving to Singapore. 

Lakshman graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, India with a BA, LLB (Hons) degree. He also has an LLM in business law from the National University of Singapore.