Ganesh Rao

Practice Areas

Ganesh Rao is a Partner at Trilegal and part of the Corporate practice group, specialising in asset management and funds. In addition to his core practice of advising general partners, he regularly acts as counsel to limited partners (including development financial institutions, pension funds, corporations and family offices) on their investments in private funds and other investment programmes.

Additionally, Ganesh advises a number of clients on special situations relating to funds, including fund disputes, end-of-life situations, fund secondaries, key person events, LPAC special counsel and manager removals.

Career

Featured as one of 40 under 40 India Inc’s Top Young Leaders 2021 by the Economic

Times in association with Spencer Stuart

Band 1 in Investment Funds by Chambers and Partners (Asia Pacific), 2023

Distinguished practitioner under the Investment funds category; Asialaw Profiles (2022)

One of ‘40 under 40’ Outstanding Legal Professionals by Asian Legal Business and Thomson Reuters

‘India’s Future Legal Leaders’ by IBLJ

Professional Memberships

Asia Pacific Regional Forum Liaison Officer, Asset Management and Investment Funds Committee of the International Bar Association (2022)

Personal

Education: NUJS, Kolkata

Admissions: Bar Council of Karnataka