Niharika Rao
Principal Associate
Niharika has extensive experience in Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Private Equity and Venture Capital, Joint Ventures and General Corporate Advisory.
She has worked on diverse transactions and represented various stakeholders, from investors and acquirers to investee companies, founders and target companies. She has advised transactions from end to end, from structuring, due diligence, documentation and exits. Her expertise includes handling complex and nuanced matters including cross border transactions.
Her broad experience ranges across a number of fields such as FMCG, healthcare, personal care, fintech, space tech, and more.
Niharika also advises on corporate and regulatory matters (including FEMA) and commercial contracts (including service agreements, IP licensing agreements, etc.).
She has worked on diverse transactions and represented various stakeholders, from investors and acquirers to investee companies, founders and target companies. She has advised transactions from end to end, from structuring, due diligence, documentation and exits. Her expertise includes handling complex and nuanced matters including cross border transactions.
Her broad experience ranges across a number of fields such as FMCG, healthcare, personal care, fintech, space tech, and more.
Niharika also advises on corporate and regulatory matters (including FEMA) and commercial contracts (including service agreements, IP licensing agreements, etc.).

niharika.rao@alplaw.in
Areas of Expertise
Education
B.A. LL.B. from Symbiosis Law School, Noida (Class of 2018)
Languages
EnglishHindiKannada
When Not Lawyering?
"Niharika loves travelling and trying new food, using both as a way to immerse herself in new and diverse cultures and to meet new people. She is also an avid reader of science fiction and can almost always be found with a new book within reach."
