Sunil Kakkad is a partner in the Corporate Group at Lawrence Graham LLP, a leading London based business law firm, and the head of its India Group. He is a corporate finance lawyer with over 20 years' experience of advising UK and foreign listed and private companies, financial institutions and high net worth families and individuals on a range of corporate finance activities, including domestic and cross-border M&A, capital raising (including IPOs and secondary issues on AIM and the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange), private equity, fund structuring for private equity and real estate investment, and joint ventures and strategic alliances.

He is ranked by Chambers Asia as a leading adviser to Indian companies on corporate finance transactions. He regularly advises Indian companies on M&A and capital raising transactions in the UK and elsewhere in Europe. Transactions in the technology sector include advising Satyam Computer Services, Patni Computer Systems and NIIT Technologies on acquisitions in the UK and elsewhere in Europe.

He is a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars on M&A and capital raising.