Date & Time: November 18, 2019 | 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Where: Rise Mumbai, Lower Parel

Speaker: Shantanu Surpure, Attorneys at King & Wood Mallesons (KWM)

Speaker Bios:-

Shantanu Surpure

Shantanu Surpure is a US, UK and India admitted attorney and Of Counsel at King & Wood Mallesons (KWM). Shantanu has broad experience in cross-border corporate, M&A, capital markets, venture capital and private equity transactions.

Mr. Surpure is a Charter Member of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TIE) and a co-founder of Mumbai Angels, which is India’s leading angel investment group.

Mr. Surpure is a frequent speaker regarding cross border M&A, venture capital/private equity and entrepreneurship having spoken at Harvard, Stanford, Columbia Law School, UC Berkeley, Wharton (Wharton India Economic Forum) and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT). He has also been quoted by and/or had articles published in Forbes, Reuters, International Financial Law Review, Asian Venture Capital Journal, The Economic Times and India Business Law Journal.

Mr. Surpure holds a BA Magna cum Laude from Brown/London School of Economics, an MA Jurisprudence from Oxford University and a JD from Columbia Law School.

Mr. Surpure is admitted to practice law in California, New York, Nevada, India and England and Wales.

Rocky Lee:

Rocky Lee is an International Partner at King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) and a deal lawyer with nearly two decades of experience in China cross-border transactions.  He is widely recognized as one of the top legal advisors to funds and founders with numerous awards and accolades from the likes of Asia Law & Practice, Chambers Asia, China Business Law Journal, the Financial Times and Legal 500. 

Mr. Lee has particular expertise in China's "restricted industries" which often involves the use of “VIE” structures, as well as complex regulations governing foreign investment to and from China.  

Amongst his many China transactions, Mr. Lee led Xiaomi’s financing, breaking ground for billion-dollar tech deals in Asia and multi-billion dollar valuations. Didi, Tujia, Grab, Lufax and OFO are some of the unicorn deals Mr. Lee managed for investors. 

Mr. Lee received a BA from the University of California Berkeley with high honors and his JD from the University of California Los Angeles.  Mr. Lee is admitted to practice law in California.