Vivek Boray

Head of U.S. Practice @ Seven Legal

About

Vivek has over 15 years of experience as a startup lawyer, advisor, and mentor to early-stage startup founders in Silicon Valley, New York, and across the world. Vivek works with teams ranging from “2 people in a garage” to global multinational corporations. He has been a mentor with leading accelerators and incubator programs such as Techstars, 500 Startups, Founders Institute, Startup Chile, and many others. He has a passion for advising companies that are looking to “go global” and he has worked with teams from around the world. Vivek started his career with the top tech law firm in the world, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Later, he worked with several leading global firms such as Norton Rose Fulbright and Bracewell before launching his own law firm. He was recently General Counsel of Locus, a state-of-the-art delivery automation platform that uses advanced algorithms to automate logistics of an on-demand business & provide a drastically better end-customer experience. Vivek has lived in India, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, and the United States.

Country

United States

City

San Francisco

Industry

Law Practice

Skill

Mergers, Private Equity, Venture Capital, IPO, Joint Ventures, Corporate Law, Licensing, Due Diligence, Legal Research, Corporate Governance, Corporate Finance, Contract Negotiation, Latin America, Mexico, India, Chile, Mergers & Acquisitions, Entrepreneurship, Securities Regulation, Cross-border Transactions

Experience

Head of U.S. Practice

Seven Legal

2023-2 - Present · 3 yrs 8 mos

New York, New York, United States

Advise startup companies and their investors around the world throughout a company’s lifecycle.

International/U.S. Partner

King Stubb & Kasiva, Advocates & Attorneys

2023-9 - Present · 3 yrs 1 mo

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

King Stubb & Kasiva is a Corporate Law Firm in India that has established teams in every practice area to ensure our services meet the most exact standards. They have their offices in Bangalore, Chennai, New Delhi, Mumbai, Kochi, Kolkata & Pune. Their Key Practices include Corporate M&A, Private Equity & Venture Capital, Banking & Finance, Real Estate, Dispute Resolution (Arbitration & Litigation), Insolvency, Regulatory and Labour & Employment matters. The Firm also has dedicated practices surrounding Capital Markets, Competition and Anti-trust, Environmental, Food, Information Technology, Infrastructure & Project Finance, IPR, Investment, Legal Metrology, Litigation, Media Law and Tax. Its industry focus encompasses blockchain & cryptos, e-commerce, defense, fintech, healthcare & Pharmaceuticals, power & energy, telecom, media and telecommunications, transport & logistics, trusts, charities and not-for-profit and white-collar crime. Over the last several years, King Stubb & Kasiva (KSK) – Advocates and Attorneys has developed a niche in mid-market M&A, litigation and disputes resolution, employment and labor, banking and finance, IT, ecommerce and emerging technology practices. The firm’s clients include large and medium Indian and foreign businesses, multinational corporations, and Fortune 500 companies. The firm advises ministries, government authorities, and public sector undertakings. KSK also assists and advises start-ups in different industry sectors including e-commerce, fin-tech, genomics, defense, drugs & cosmetics, ed-tech, med-tech, news & media aggregation, logistics, blockchain, airports, mining, green energy, power & energy, real estate, engineering & manufacturing, pharmacy wholesale & retail distribution, F&B, fashion & clothing, fitness.

Director/Curator at Slingshot Festival

Slingshot Festival of Music, Electronic Art and Tech

2019-7 - Present · 7 yrs 3 mos

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Development, programming, marketing, and production of music, electronic art and tech based partnerships in the South.

Director & Advisor, Business Affairs

Azadi Records

2017-8 - Present · 9 yrs 2 mos

Mumbai Area, India

Work on business affairs and partnerships for India's most exciting & independent hip hop label.

Resident DJ & Advisor, Business Affairs

boxout.fm

2019-4 - Present · 7 yrs 6 mos

Greater Delhi Area

Host a monthly show: Nostalgia For An Age Yet To Come

Head of Legal Affairs

Velvet

2022-2 - 2025-5 · 3 yrs 4 mos

São Paulo, Brazil

General Counsel

Locus

2021-3 - 2022-5 · 1 yr 3 mos

Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Locus is a state of the art delivery automation platform which uses advanced algorithms to automate logistics of an on-demand business & provide drastically better end-customer experience. The suite comprises of propriety route deviation engine, order dispatch automation, field user app, route optimization, scheduling, tracking for end-customer, and predictive analytics. Effectively offering the entire technology stack, in the form of a platform as a service.

Founder/Partner

De Franceschi & Associates

2020-1 - 2021-2 · 1 yr 2 mos

San Francisco Bay Area

Advise startups and investors globally throughout a venture's life cycle.

Entrepreneur In Residence

WeWork Labs

2020-3 - 2020-9 · 7 mos

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Entrepreneur in Residence

WeWork Labs

2019-12 - 2020-2 · 3 mos

Bengaluru, Karnataka

Counsel & Partner

Inventus Law Technology Partners (ILTP)

2015-3 - 2019-10 · 4 yrs 8 mos

San Francisco Bay Area & Bangalore, India

Inventus Law (www.inventuslaw.com) is a global technology corporate law firm focusing on representing founders, startups, angel investors, venture investors, and corporations on technology, venture financings, licensing, mergers and acquisitions and joint venture transactions in the Silicon Valley and beyond.