DHRUV SURI

Dhruv enrolled as an Advocate in 2009 and joined PSA immediately thereafter. He completed his Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Columbia Law School, New York in 2014 and re-joined the firm in 2015. He was promoted partnership in December 2017.

Dhruv heads PSA’s TMT/Start-up/Venture Capital practice group where he actively advices multiple technology companies, start-ups, venture funds, angel investors and family offices across a range of practice areas such as corporate/commercial, antitrust, compliance and regulatory, data protection and privacy, foreign exchange laws, intellectual property, labour and employment, M&A, etc. Some of the other sectors where Dhruv actively advices clients are apparel and accessories, automotive, deep-tech, energy, fintech (payment banks, NBFCs, payment gateways, etc.), FMCG, food, gaming and e-sports, healthcare (tele-medicine, e-pharmacies, hospitals, pharmaceutical manufacturers, etc.), hospitality (hotels and hostels), logistics, telecom, etc.

Dhruv’s practice sits at the intersection of technology, regulation, and dispute resolution. He also advises leading Indian and international clients on data privacy governance, digital compliance strategies, and DPDPA readiness, including gap assessments, implementation frameworks, ROPAs (Records of Processing Activities), and privacy impact assessments. His advisory work covers the full data lifecycle – ranging from collection and processing to cross-border transfers and breach response – with a focus on aligning business operations with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA), IT Governance, and emerging AI regulatory frameworks.

Additionally, Dhruv also heads the Dispute Resolution practice of the firm where he represents clients before multiple forums across India. He regularly appears in the District Courts, High Courts, Supreme Court, Competition Commission of India, National Company Law Tribunal, National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, etc. as well as represents clients in domestic and international arbitrations.

Recognised as one of India’s leading tech-law and privacy practitioners, Dhruv was named a Future Legal Leader (2024) by the India Business Law Journal (IBLJ), and was consistently featured by Asian Legal Business (ALB) among Asia’s Super 50 TMT Lawyers (2022), India’s Super 50 Lawyers (2023), and Top TMT & Fintech Lawyers (2021–2023).

Beyond PSA, Dhruv is on the Advisory Board of ContentLens.ai, where he contributes to policy discussions on AI governance, content authenticity, and data ethics, and advises GoTrust on the ethical and compliant use of technology for personal data processing. Additionally, he is on the board of ITechLaw Association, and heads the Delhi chapter of Columbia University’s Alumni Association. He regularly speaks at conferences as well as conducts trainings for incubators and accelerators.