Singapore Partners Jonathan Pentzien and David He Named to India Business Law Journal’s 2025 International A-List

Singapore office founding and managing partner Jonathan Pentzien and partner David He have been named to India Business Law Journal’s 2025 International A-List. This is the sixth consecutive year for Jon and the third consecutive year for David to be recognized as top international lawyers for India-related deals.

Jon is a leading expert in advising global emerging growth technology companies across their lifecycle and representing venture and growth equity investors in some of the largest financing rounds and M&A deals in India and Southeast Asia. His India-based clients include Flipkart, FreshToHome, Lightspeed India, OkCredit, Orange Health, Peak XV, Prosus Ventures, Tiger Global, Xook, Yellow.ai and Workhack. Since opening the Singapore office in 2016, the team has consistently been recognized as the “most active VC law firm” by PitchBook and has earned top rankings from the India Business Law Journal, The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, and Chambers Asia-Pacific for its India-focused work.

David has spent nearly a decade working with startups and VCs in the U.S., India, China, Middle East, Africa, UK/EU, Australia and all across Southeast Asia. Based in New York, Silicon Valley and Singapore during this period, David has advised VC and PE funds, startups and technology companies on a variety of matters, including cross-border equity and debt financings, buy-side and sell-side acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate restructurings, and general corporate governance. David’s India-based clients include Appsmith, Gallabox, Inshorts Media, Khatabook, Lightrock, Lightspeed India, Loop Health, Peak XV, RevSure.ai, SirionLabs, Tiger Global and Volopay.

The India Business Law Journal’s International A-List recognizes the finest international lawyers who demonstrate a strong commercial understanding of the nuances of India’s business landscape, are skillful in guiding clients through complex cross-border aspects of India-related deals and are respected within the Indian legal community. 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.