V. Kumar Sharma

Qualifications

  • Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore
  • Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) & Bachelor of Social Science (BSocSc) (Major in Political Science)
    Graduated Magna Cum Laude (with High Distinction) with a double degree in law and social science from Singapore Management University. Both degrees were pursued simultaneously.
    Cumulative GPA of 3.62/4.0.
    Dean’s List (AY: 2008/2009).
  • Awarded the Sing Lun Scholarship for academic excellence in 2009.

Contact Details

D: +65 6837 9556
F: +65 6849 9555
E: kumar@eldanlaw.com

Kumar trained and qualified with a Big Four law firm in Singapore and was previously at a leading international law firm that specialized in the energy, trade & commodities and infrastructure sectors. He has worked with prominent Senior and King’s Counsel and has over a decade of litigation and arbitration experience. Kumar’s contentious disputes experience spans areas such as projects and construction, ship building, trade disputes, hospitality, complex commercial fraud, asset recovery, joint ventures and shareholder/directors’ disputes. He regularly appears before the Singapore Courts and is experienced in arbitrations under all major rules, including SIAC, ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, AIAC, DIAC, BANI, HKIAC, and GAFTA.

Kumar has substantial experience advising on digital assets and on cryptocurrency and cybersecurity related matters. He has advised project founders from inception through to fund raising by initial coin offering, investor relations, product launches (involving text to intelligent NFTs), corporate structuring, AML / KYC and regulatory risks, on and off ramps for ecosystem users, hacked wallets, and governance by token holders via decentralized autonomous organizations. Kumar also acts as an advisor to projects in negotiations with third parties such as Web 3 venture capitalists, algorithmic market makers and cryptocurrency exchanges, and in securing frameworks that best protect digital assets.

He is a member of the Enterprise Blockchain sub-committee of the Blockchain Association of Singapore, whose purpose is to promote blockchain technology and educate businesses on the application of the technology.

Kumar graduated magna cum laude from Singapore Management University in 2013, having simultaneously pursued double degrees in law and the social sciences (majoring in political science). He was called to the Singapore bar in 2014.