Where I've Worked

Serving as Chief Legal Officer supporting a client's technology, cloud and data-centre engagements — pairing legal leadership with a practical understanding of infrastructure architecture, delivery and commercial operations.

• Lead legal and commercial structuring for data-centre, cloud infrastructure, managed-services and systems-integration partnerships, translating technical delivery models into enforceable contracts.
• Advise executive leadership on contract architecture, risk allocation, governance, liability, IP, confidentiality and regulatory exposure.
• Structure agreements around measurable work packages, deployment milestones, O&M transition and MRR-linked commercial objectives.
• Develop governance mechanisms covering decision rights, technical acceptance, audit rights, cybersecurity/ISO/SOC expectations and exit protections.

Executive leadership for the convergence of edge computing, AI, GPU/cloud infrastructure and data-centre services — from technology strategy through ecosystem development and commercialization.

• Define strategy for transforming data-centre infrastructure from conventional colocation into an AI-, cloud- and edge-intelligence services platform.
• Develop commercial models around AI compute, GPU infrastructure, sovereign infrastructure, edge deployments and AI-enabled enterprise services.
• Translate infrastructure capability into market-facing products with defined pricing, deployment requirements and recurring-revenue models.
• Drive institutional and ecosystem partnerships spanning universities, technology companies, startups and enterprise customers.

Technology strategy and productization for an AI- and cloud-enabled education platform connecting academic institutions, faculty and students with production-grade AI infrastructure.

• Architect technology strategy for AI education, cloud laboratories, faculty enablement and AI-enabled curriculum delivery.
• Design hands-on learning environments spanning generative AI, agentic AI, RAG, GPU computing and CI/CD.
• Develop on-demand cloud/AI infrastructure and one-click learning environments, reducing dependence on locally maintained lab hardware.
• Build university partnerships combining curriculum, faculty development, student training and certifications.

Enrolled with the Punjab & Haryana Bar Council. Practice spans commercial litigation, technology matters, intellectual property, debt recovery, corporate advisory and dispute resolution.

• Represent and advise businesses, technology companies, institutional stakeholders and individuals in commercial and technology-related matters.
• Handle litigation and proceedings across multiple forums.
• Apply technology and business experience to litigation strategy, weighing the commercial consequences of legal decisions rather than treating proceedings in isolation.
• Use negotiation, mediation and structured settlements where preserving enterprise value outperforms prolonged adversarial proceedings.

Founding advisor to CAOS, an organized stakeholder body representing cloud and data-centre asset owners affected by complex legal, operational and commercial disruption — taken from concept through legal formation, governance design and business-continuity planning.

• Led legal work behind the Society's formation and registration, including its constitutional framework, governance documentation and foundational records.
• Develop legal strategy for a stakeholder population of roughly 1,100 asset-owner commitments, reconciling individual contractual rights with collective litigation and asset-preservation objectives.
• Develop strategies for preservation, custody and potential reactivation of server and data-centre assets, and help architect a commercial model to return infrastructure to productive use.
• Structure and negotiate multi-party contracts and MOUs between the Society, technology integrators, infrastructure custodians and operating entities.

Lead strategic legal, stakeholder and business-continuity initiatives arising from complex PMLA and Enforcement Directorate proceedings — working across litigation, investor interests, infrastructure assets and commercial relationships to preserve enterprise value and pursue operational recovery.

• Coordinate strategy across litigation, investor protection and continuing operations, keeping immediate decisions aligned with asset preservation and recovery objectives.
• Lead efforts to establish fresh contractual relationships with technology integrators, infrastructure partners and suppliers, reducing dependency on legacy relationships.
• Use mediation and structured negotiation to de-escalate disputes where continued adversarial proceedings would destroy commercial value.
• Advise on governance structures for clearer accountability, decision rights and stakeholder protections as operations are rebuilt.

Legal advisor on complex litigation, corporate risk and dispute-management matters, including a publicly listed company environment, advising management through matters carrying significant legal, commercial and reputational implications.

• Lead and coordinate multi-forum litigation strategy, keeping positions aligned across courts, tribunals and authorities.
• Advise and protect the Board and senior management against litigation and regulatory exposure.
• Convert contentious disputes into constructive commercial relationships through mediation and structured negotiation.

Empanelled advisor to university incubation ecosystems, advising founders, researchers and institutional stakeholders on creating, protecting and commercializing intellectual property — treating IP as a value-creation strategy, not just a registration exercise.

• Advise startups on trademark, copyright, patent, trade-secret and licensing strategy aligned to their business model.
• Advise founders on IP ownership and chain-of-title risk, including employee/consultant contributions and open-source dependencies.
• Conduct training sessions across universities and incubation ecosystems on IP, startup legal strategy and brand protection.
• Connect IP strategy to AI, SaaS and cloud platforms, where conventional IP approaches intersect with licensing and data rights.

Founded and grew a real-estate holding and investment company from initial British Columbia operations into a diversified residential and commercial portfolio spanning British Columbia and Nova Scotia — managing the full investment lifecycle while staying cash-flow positive through COVID-19.

• Managed the complete acquisition lifecycle: due diligence, valuation, negotiation, financing and transaction completion.
• Managed tenant relationships across the full lifecycle, personally handling collections, tenancy disputes, tribunal proceedings and court hearings.
• Managed renovation and value-enhancement projects — scope, contractors, budgeting, procurement and quality oversight.
• Introduced technology-enabled processes for property administration, records and distributed portfolio operations.

Operated within SAP's Global Technology Legal Compliance organization at the intersection of software engineering, IP, licensing, cloud infrastructure and commercial product strategy — supporting products through the compliance lifecycle from source-code analysis to release readiness.

• Conducted legal-compliance reviews across SAP products, analyzing source code and binaries to identify third-party and open-source components.
• Used Black Duck software-composition analysis to identify licensing obligations and IP conflicts before release; served as a leading internal resource on GNU-family (GPL/LGPL) licensing.
• Advised product teams through the shift to cloud and virtualized deployment, including hypervisor-based deployment strategies for on-premise and AWS environments.
• Developed remediation strategies for high-risk, mission-critical third-party components, balancing IP risk against functionality and release schedules.
• Extended the same methodology to M&A technology due diligence, identifying IP and licensing exposure in acquisition targets.

Led development and modernization of enterprise vehicle-information systems supporting one of Canada's largest online automotive marketplace environments, bridging hands-on software engineering with systems integration and technical delivery.

• Designed and maintained secure data-exchange and integration services connecting internal platforms with major third-party automotive portals.
• Worked across the SDLC, translating business requirements into technical specifications and integration solutions.
• Modernized legacy applications while preserving compatibility with established business processes and external integrations.