
Ms. Naina Krishna Murthy
Founder & Managing Partner, K Law
Ms. Naina Krishna Murthy

Achiever's Success Story
“Two things you are in total control of in your life are your ATTITUDE and your EFFORT.”
Naina Krishna Murthy, one of India’s most formidable legal advisors, is the Founder and Managing Partner of K Law. She started her career with Arthur Anderson followed by a stint as the In-house Counsel at Biocon. Founded in 1999 in Bengaluru, K Law, under Naina’s leadership and guidance, is a major player in the Indian legal market today.
With over 26 years of experience, Naina specializes in corporate commercial law, specifically M&A, JV, collaborations and PE/VC investments. She is also a trusted legal advisor to some of the foremost corporates in India.
Naina is on the Board of several leading organizations, including the Universal Business School. She has co-chaired the Infosys Grievance Redressal Board for five years. In addition to that, she has been on committees of various companies involving sexual harassment complaints. Some of these companies are Novartis India Ltd, Mphasis Ltd, McAfee Software India Pvt Ltd, GE India Technology and British Telecom, among others.
Naina has been appointed as the external Ombudsman of SB Energy, a Softbank company. She has also served as a Director of various companies including National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Ltd. Currently, she is on the Board of Bajaj Energy Ltd. since March, 2019 and IndoStar Capital Finance Ltd. since February, 2018.
Naina has been acclaimed tremendously as being at the forefront for women in business. She has been widely appreciated by accolades including Forbes India Legal Powerlist 2021 in the Top 50 Managing Partners and Top 100 Individual Lawyers categories, Asian Legal Business (ALB) Super 50 Lawyers in India, 2021, Lexology Client Choice Awards 2021 – Healthcare, India; featured in the Managing Partner Roundtable by ALB 2020, APAC-Insider Most Influential Woman in M&A Law, 2016; and CMO Asia Woman Leadership for Excellence in Entrepreneurship, Pan Pacific, Singapore.