Darren Punnen

Darren Punnen is a senior member of the Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Healthcare team, and leads the Technology in Healthcare Practice at Nishith Desai Associates. His practice particularly focuses on advising several foreign and domestic clients in the pharmaceutical, med-tech and life sciences industry on commercial, regulatory, litigation, investment, white collar and intellectual property matters. He has also been part of multiple pharmaceutical and healthcare transactions, providing investors with essential inputs that are unique to this industry. He also advises several clients on matters in the food and beverage industry, and handles matters relating to technology, media and telecom laws as well.

Darren regularly contributes to national and international publications, writing on various topics including pharmaceutical, medical device and healthcare regulations, med-tech and digital health. He is a monthly contributor for Thomson Reuters and has also prepared various guidebooks ranging from medicinal product regulations to pharmaceutical and medical device regulatory, intellectual property and competition law framework.

darren.punnen@nishithdesai.com