Jonathan Pentzien and David He Named to India Business Law Journal’s 2024 International A-List

India Business Law Journal has named Singapore office founding and managing partner Jonathan Pentzien and partner David He to its 2024 International A-List. This is the fifth consecutive year that Jon has been honored and the second consecutive year that David has been honored as top international lawyers for India-related deals.

Jon ranks among the very top practitioners in the region for advising global emerging growth technology companies throughout their lifecycle as well as acting for venture and growth equity investors on some of the largest financing rounds and M&A transactions in India and Southeast Asia. Jon’s India-based clients include Flipkart, FreshToHome, Lightspeed India, OkCredit, Orange Health, Peak XV, Prosus Ventures, Tiger Global and Yellow.ai. Under Jon’s leadership, the Singapore office continues to be the “most active VC law firm” by PitchBook, and top-ranked in the India Business Law Journal, The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific and Chambers Asia-Pacific for its India-related work.

David has spent nearly a decade working with startups and VCs throughout the U.S., China, India, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa. Based in New York, Silicon Valley and Singapore during this period, David has led negotiations on more than 600 successful venture financing transactions and advised on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, commercial contracts and public listing preparations for a number of venture-backed startups. David’s India-based clients include Appsmith, Gallabox, Khatabook, Lightspeed India, Loop Health, Peak XV, RevSure.ai, SirionLabs and Tiger Global.

The India Business Law Journal’s International A-List recognizes the finest international lawyers who demonstrate a strong understanding about the nuances of India and the needs of Indian clients, and are skillful in guiding clients through complicated cross-border aspects of India-related deals. These international lawyers were selected after extensive research and interviews with clients, experienced lawyers at Indian law firms and India-focused in-house counsel around the world by India Business Law Journal.