Most of my career has sat at the edge of law and strategy. After graduating from national law school, I started at Khaitan & Co., one of the largest law firms in the country, before moving to Spice Route Legal, as a technology lawyer, to get closer to the intersection of law and tech. That interest wasn't new, back in college I had founded the Cell for Tech and Law, which was my first real signal that this was the space I wanted to be in. Working with founders, investors, and product teams on high stakes deals and commercial negotiations was the best possible training for thinking under pressure. But I kept finding myself more interested in the business problem behind the legal question than the legal answer itself.

So, I decided to jump into the chaos of a YC-backed fintech startup, FamPay. While my title said “lawyer” the work went far beyond that. I was embedded within the strategy team as well, and in a Series A environment, that meant doing whatever it took to put out fires, from leading the regulatory audits and negotiations with partner banks, to helping define how our credit products would work in-market. That’s where I learnt something law schools don’t teach - real strategic work doesn’t just manage risk, it moves the needle, and that legal training is, at its core, a way of thinking that is far more valuable when pointed at the business than at the contract.

Now at Google, I work as Product Counsel, operating at the intersection of regulation, product, and strategy. A big part of my job is to shape strategy where legal, business, and user experience collide at a global level. It's a very different scale, but I apply the same instincts: make decisions without perfect data, manage trade-offs, and move things forward.

I've worked in both zero-to-one and global scale environments, and the next chapter for me is about full ownership: not only advising on how and what gets built, but being in the room where it gets decided, and then making sure it actually happens. I'm looking for an early-stage environment where the problems are still being defined and wearing multiple hats is genuinely useful.

If any of this fits your bill, I would love to talk!