Ram Kumar Poornachandran

Practice Areas

• Competition/ Antitrust

Career

Ram Kumar Poornachandran is part of the Firm’s Competition/ Antitrust practice and has over 15 years of experience. He specialises in merger control mandates, cartelisation, and abuse of dominance cases. Ram advises clients on complex matters across various sectors including digital markets, pharmaceuticals, media, petrochemicals, energy, FMCG, and glass. Ram holds an LL.M. from the National University of Singapore and a postgraduate diploma in competition economics from the King’s College, London. He is a ‘Non-Governmental Advisor’ to the CCI.

Work Highlights

• Swiggy.com on an alleged abuse of dominance complaint before the CCI

• Google on an alleged abuse of dominance investigation before the CCI

• Bain Capital on its acquisition of interest in IIFL Wealth Management

• Star India on proceeding before various High Courts and the Supreme Court of India challenging CCI orders directing investigation

• Nunhems on an alleged cartel investigation before the CCI

Awards