Shantanu Surpure is a corporate attorney and focuses on corporate, M&A, renewable energy, venture capital/private equity and capital markets financings and transactions. He has a special focus on cross-border India-US transactions and has previously practiced law with large US law firms in Silicon Valley and New York/London.
Shantanu has previously spoken on cross border M&A, venture capital and entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School, Stanford University, Wharton Business School of the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton India Economic Forum), Columbia Law School (Dean's Visiting Speaker Series) and the Indian Institute of Technology – Mumbai, the Indian Institute of Technology – Chennai and the Indian School of Business – Hyderabad.
Shantanu is a Charter Member of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) and is active in mentoring entrepreneurs and start-up companies in developing the Silicon Valley "ecosystem" in India including being a co-founder of the Mumbai Angels, which is India's leading angel investing group.
Shantanu holds a BA from Brown University/London School of Economics, an MA Juris from Oxford University and a JD from Columbia Law School. Shantanu is admitted to practice law in New York, California, India and England and Wales.
Shantanu was the Articles Editor of the Columbia Journal of Asian Law. He is also on the Board of the Columbia Law School Association.