Urminder Aulakh has practiced law for more than two decades, representing individuals, families, business owners, investors, and companies both in the United States and internationally. His practice includes corporate matters, estates and trusts, investment and business immigration, intellectual property, and litigation. These areas of law particularly benefit from his prior experience in forensic accounting, financial and strategic auditing, startup development, equity syndication, and venture finance. This background helps him more effectively identify and balance legal and economic risks, uncover additional value, and develop potential avenues for resolution that might otherwise be overlooked.
Aulakh began his academic career at the University of Maryland, studying business administration, economics, and organizational behavior. While there, he worked with a team that conducted a comprehensive strategic audit of Digital Equipment Corporation’s operations, markets, and capitalization. He subsequently earned a Master of Accountancy from George Washington University, where he collaborated with a seasoned academic to analyze the economic and strategic motivations behind Japanese venture-capital investments in the United States. Separately, he studied the impact of proposed federal tax reforms on the equity syndication industry. After several years of professional work at the Boston syndicator The Great Bay Company and in the Washington, D.C., offices of Grant Thornton, he earned his law degree from Howard University School of Law.
After practicing law for a number of years, Aulakh co-founded a technology startup in the food distribution industry. In this role, he assembled funding, technology, and commercial distribution partners to launch an innovative multi-distributor ordering platform. Although the venture achieved high valuations, it was ultimately swept up in the collapse of the dot-com market. This experience gave Aulakh a visceral understanding of the challenges inherent in building, financing, and operating a technology startup under rapidly changing conditions.
Rather than treating these disciplines as separate silos, Aulakh has spent the past two decades integrating them into a broader perspective that shapes his legal judgment. His perspective can be particularly valuable to clients and to other attorneys who collaborate with him on intricate legal matters that require a multidisciplinary approach or simply a bridge between specialties.
Having spent his formative years in Punjab, London, Glasgow, and Washington, D.C., Aulakh learned early to examine challenges from multiple perspectives. Beyond the traditional practice of law, he leverages the tacit knowledge derived from his unique perspective to uncover latent value and economic potential. Alongside Brown Rudnick partner Andrew J. Sherman—author of the seminal work Harvesting Intangible Assets— Aulakh works to develop and execute strategies for realizing that value.
Of Counsels & Affiliates
Our of counsels constitute a select group of highly qualified attorneys who work with the firm in a variety of areas, including specialized litigation and intellectual property. We also team with other firms and funding sources when additional resources are needed to prosecute a matter. To accommodate client interests nationally and internationally, we maintain a global network of lawyers who function as local counsel in client matters pending before tribunals in their respective jurisdictions. We have cultivated these relationships over many years of practice, and they form an integral part of our delivery of quality legal services to clients worldwide.