November 25, 2020
Alok heads the Japan Practice at Dua Associates and specializes in assisting Japanese companies in their investments and operations in India. Having lived and worked in Japan for close to a decade, he is fluent in the Japanese language and familiar with Japanese social customs and business practices. In Japan, Alok served as an in-house lawyer for Chiyoda Corporation, Tokyo, and developed special expertise in international construction contracts.
In India, he has advised several leading Japanese companies on corporate, commercial, and business laws with special emphasis on foreign and domestic investment, joint-venture formations, incorporation, mergers & acquisitions, and corporate restructuring. Alok has also assisted Japanese companies in contractual negotiations, dispute management, and business strategizing as well as in gaining an understanding of the Indian business environment, customs, and practices.
Alok holds a Bachelor’s in History (honors) from St. Stephen’s College Delhi University. He did his L.L.B. from the University of Delhi. He also received a two-year fellowship to study Japanese Business Management & Practices at the Hiroike Institute, Kashiwa, Japan. He studied the Japanese language initially at the University of Delhi and later did an advanced course at Reitaku University in Japan.
