MR. M.R. PRASANNA is an Independent Consultant primarily for corporates, advising them on a variety of corporate transactions, mergers and acquisitions. He is also associated with Aarna Law as a Senior Advisor to that firm.
Prior to this he was the Chief Legal Officer of Larsen & Toubro Limited, Mumbai for seven years and the General Counsel of the Aditya Birla Group, spearheading mergers and acquisitions for 12 years. Prasanna serves as a Director on the Boards of many Indian companies and has been and continues to be a Director on the Boards of many of the Aditya Birla Group Companies both in India and abroad.
He is a Life Member of the Institute of Directors. A member of the International Bar Association, he is also active in the working of various committees of the Bangalore Chamber of Commerce & Industries as also the local chapter of the Confederation of the Indian Industries. He is a member of the Editorial Boards of India Business Law Journal, Hong Kong and Asia I.P. Magazine on Intellectual Property Law.
Prasanna is a IIAM Certified Mediator. He is empanelled as an arbitrator with the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA), Indian Institute of Arbitration & Mediation (IIAM) and Nani Palkhivala Arbitration Centre (NPAC). In 2010, he was recognized in the Hall of Fame as India’s top 50 lawyers.