Mukesh Kumar is a senior partner at leading Indian law firm KNM & Partners, Law Offices, based in New Delhi, where he brings more than 29 years of multidisciplinary legal and business-advisory experience.

Uniquely qualified as a lawyer, chartered accountant, company secretary and cost & works accountant, Kumar offers clients a rare convergence of legal, financial and compliance insight, allowing him to navigate complex corporate-, investment- and regulation-intensive matters with strategic clarity.

He is widely recognised for advising Fortune 500 companies, multinational corporations, real estate businesses, banks, NBFCs, promoter groups, family offices and high net-worth individuals. His advisory spectrum covers inbound and outbound investments, foreign exchange regulation, mergers and acquisitions, real estate and infrastructure transactions, tax structuring, corporate restructuring and dispute resolution before courts, tribunals and arbitral forums.

In his corporate, FDI & structuring work, Kumar has managed India-entry strategies, joint-venture structuring, stake acquisitions and exits for global conglomerates including major Japanese and European companies. On the real estate and infrastructure front, he has led high-value land acquisitions and real estate project developments, advised lenders and NBFCs on debt/equity financing for property projects, and guided developers through regulator-intensive compliance, RERA registration and customer-facing documentation.

In banking & finance and insolvency matters, he has acted for banks, NBFCs and asset-reconstruction companies in structured finance, distressed-asset transactions and insolvency-resolution proceedings under India’s IBC regime.

Additionally, Kumar provides strategic tax and compliance advice from tax-efficient structuring of cross-border investments, joint ventures, mergers & acquisitions, group reorganisations to succession planning and capital-gains optimisation for promoter families and HNIs. He also offers litigation and arbitration support, for large and mid-size clients and providing support to overseas clients in negotiating sensitive exit scenarios.

As a recognised thought-leader, Kumar has contributed to global legal-benchmarking studies, including the World Bank’s Doing Business report and the World Justice Project’s Rule of Law Index.

His cross-disciplinary credentials, combined with hands-on experience across advisory, transactional and dispute-resolution arenas, make Kumar an outstanding choice for clients seeking sophisticated, integrated counsel across India’s corporate, investment and regulatory landscapes.