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Prashant Mara is a litigator specialising in white collar and regulatory defense, internal investigations and complex disputes. His clients are from across a range of regulated sectors including technology, energy, defence, automotive, aviation, pharma, chemicals, and extractive industries. Prashant works closely with cross border teams of outside and in-house counsel to investigate whistleblower allegations, act as defence counsel in regulatory prosecutions and assist in dispute resolution. Further, he spends significant time providing board-level compliance and crisis response support in ESG related matters, especially to his listed company clients. Working with other teams in the firm, Prashant leads on supply chain audits and putting in place corporate governance structures for his clients. He regularly appears in front of various courts in India and represents his clients in international arbitrations on commercial disputes. Forbes India has recognised Prashant as a leading white collar crimes lawyer in India. India Business Law Journal listed Prashant in their A-List, which lists India's top 100 lawyers. His work has also been recognised by Acritas Stars (Thomson Reuters) and Legal 500. Prashant is also regularly invited to speak at various national and international events to speak on business crime, ethics and compliance issues, and most recently spoke at the TRACE Forum, International Forum on Business and Ethical Conduct (IFBEC), International Bar Association and American Bar Association. Prashant was previously co-head of the India Group at Osborne Clarke in London and Koln and prior to that ran the India desk of a Franco-American firm in Paris. He started his career as in-house counsel in Infosys and managed their European legal operations. Prashant is qualified to practice in India and read law at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore.