Nepal

Devendra Pradhan

Devendra Pradhan

Email: dpradhan@pradhanlaw.com  

 

Devendra Pradhan is the founder and the managing member of Pradhan & Associates. Devendra primarily focuses his practice in advising and representing foreign corporations and has represented many multinational companies from Fortune 500 list. He primarily focuses his practice in the area of aviation, aircraft leasing and financing, telecommunications, technology, merger and acquisition, corporate finance, intellectual property, international transaction, etc.

 

In aviation sector, Devendra handles contentious as well as non-contentious work. In non-contentious sector, he advises and represents primarily aircraft and engine manufacturers, foreign aircraft owners and leasing corporations, airlines, brokers in transactional, commercial and regulatory matters and represents them before government agencies. In contentious sector, he handles matters relating to aircraft leasing disputes, air carriers’ liability, accident investigation, accident litigation, etc.

 

Devendra is recognized as a leader in various areas of law including the field of aviation law by major international legal directories. The UK legal directory, The International Who's Who of Aviation Lawyers 2010, based on peer recommendation, has named him as the leading aviation lawyer in Nepal.

 

Devendra has widely published scholarly articles on various areas of Nepali aviation law as well as on key issues of international aviation law in various international law journals and prestigious international publications which include, Journal of Air Law & Commerce, Getting the Deal Through – Air Transport, etc. He is a frequent speaker at various international forums.

 

Devendra received a Bachelor’s Degree in Law from Tribhuvan University in Kathmandu, Nepal in 1990. He also obtained an LLM in International Business Law from American University, Washington College of Law where he studied international aspects of aviation law. In addition to Nepal, Devendra is also admitted as an attorney at law in New York, District of Columbia and various Federal Courts in the United States of America.