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Praveen Kosuri
Practice Associate Professor of Law

Praveen Kosuri
Practice Associate Professor of Law

Tel: 215.898.8071
Fax: 215.573.6783
Email: pkosuri@law.upenn.edu

Expertise

  • Business Law
  • Start-Up Ventures

Bio

Praveen Kosuri comes to the Law School with a background in law, business, and public interest. [More]
Praveen Kosuri comes to the Law School with a background in law, business, and public interest. Most recently, Kosuri was Assistant Director of the Institute for Justice Entrepreneurship Clinic at the University of Chicago Law School. Prior to that he was a lawyer with a Chicago law firm where he counseled businesses on corporate transactional matters as well as complex commercial litigation. Kosuri was also an investment banker with Credit Suisse First Boston where he was involved with all facets of capital raising for Fortune 500 companies as well as representing them in mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures. Prior to receiving his M.B.A., Kosuri began his career as a Cook County Public Defender. He was also an Adjunct Professor at Northwestern University School of Law. [Hide]

Representative Professional Positions

Penn Law – Practice Associate Professor of Law (2007 -)

University of Chicago, Clinic on Entrepreneurship – Assistant Director & Lecturer in Law (2005-07)

Krasnow Saunders Cornblath, LLP – Associate (2002-05)

Credit Suisse First Boston – Investment Banking Associate (2001-02)

Cook County Public Defender’s Office – Assistant Public Defender (1995-2000)

Representative Professional Activities

Chicago Youth Programs, Board of Directors (2006-)

 
Praveen Kosuri

Education

  • M.B.A. - University of Chicago - '01
  • J.D. - Washington University, St. Louis - '94
  • A.B. - Duke - '91

Courses Taught

  • Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic

Research Areas

  • Community Economic Development
  • Domestic Microfinance
  • Transactional legal practice and theory
  • Legal Education and Pedagogy