About
Advocate, teacher and researcher of technology law
Ten years across the courtroom, the lecture hall and public institutions, now converging on one research question: how law should govern the technologies that are reshaping it.
Profile
Lucknow, India
Advocate since 2016
Avinash Singh is an advocate enrolled with the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh since 2016 and a partner at Avinash Law Offices, Lucknow. He handles civil, commercial, criminal and arbitration matters before the Supreme Court of India, the Allahabad High Court, its Lucknow Bench, and courts and tribunals across the state.
Alongside practice he has taught law as Assistant Professor at Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad, and at Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan, Bhubaneswar, where he brought cyber law, digital markets and data governance cases into core subjects. Earlier, at the Procurement Observatory of IIM Lucknow, he worked on World Bank-supported research on public procurement law.
His education spans India and Europe: a BBA LL.B. (Hons.), an LL.M., the UGC-NET, and an M.A. in European Regulations and Governance from the University of Bonn, along with certifications from WIPO, the United Nations and Universiteit Leiden. He has presented more than thirty papers at national and international conferences.
His present focus is the regulation of frontier technologies — artificial intelligence, quantum technologies and the data economy — which he is developing into doctoral research. He is also the founding trustee of Samvit Foundation and the Institute of Policy Research and Studies, and Managing Editor of the Global Sports Policy Review.
In court
The advocate
Partner at Avinash Law Offices. Civil, criminal, commercial and arbitration matters before courts and tribunals across Uttar Pradesh.
In the classroom
The teacher
Assistant Professor of Law at Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad, and Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan, Bhubaneswar. UGC-NET qualified.
In the field
The builder
Founding trustee of Samvit Foundation and the Institute of Policy Research and Studies. Managing Editor, Global Sports Policy Review.
§ 1 Career
A record across courts, campuses and policy
Practice, teaching, research and public institutions have run side by side for a decade.
- 2020 – presentPartnerAvinash Law Offices, LucknowCourts, tribunals and regulatory authorities across Uttar Pradesh and the NCR.Practice
- 2016 – presentAdvocateBar Council of Uttar PradeshConsulting counsel in civil, criminal, commercial and matrimonial disputes.Practice
- 2021 – presentFounding Trustee & ChairmanInstitute of Policy Research and Studies, LucknowInstitutions
- 2020 – presentDirector & Managing EditorGlobal Sports Policy ReviewInstitutions
- 2014 – presentFounding Trustee & ChairmanSamvit Foundation, LucknowInstitutions
- 2022 – 2023M.A., European Regulations & GovernanceUniversity of Bonn, GermanyStudy
- 2021 – 2022Assistant Professor of LawSiksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed University), BhubaneswarTaught a 2,500-student UG and PG cohort through blended learning; brought cyber law, digital markets and data governance cases into core subjects.Teaching
- 2019 – 2021Assistant Professor of LawSymbiosis Law School, Hyderabad (Symbiosis International University)Faculty in-charge, Moot Court Association; head, Centre for Banking and Finance. Ran a value-added course on capital markets practice and coordinated 20+ national and international events.Teaching
- 2017 – 2019Project Assistant (Research)Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, Procurement ObservatoryWorld Bank-supported research on public procurement law; analysed procurement litigation data to build KPI-based dashboards for the Ministry of Finance.Research
- 2017 – 2018AssociateHSVR Law OfficesCriminal bail, domestic violence, MACT and family court matters; drafting and briefing.Practice
- 2016 – 2017LL.M.Sri Ramswaroop Memorial UniversityStudy
- 2011 – 2016BBA LL.B. (Hons.)MATS Law School, RaipurStudy
§ 2 Formation
Where the craft was learned
Early training in the chambers of senior counsel at the Supreme Court, at regulators and commissions, and inside law firms and a public-sector legal department.
- 2016Competition Commission of India, New Delhi
- 2015Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh (Public Ombudsman)
- 2015Chamber of Joseph Aristotle, Counsel for the State of Karnataka, Supreme Court of India
- 2015Office of K.K. Venugopal, former Attorney General of India, Supreme Court
- 2014Fox Mandal & Company, Chennai
- 2014Legal Department, South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. (Coal India)
- 2014Judicial Training & Research Institute, Government of Uttar Pradesh
- 2013Chhattisgarh Human Rights Commission
- 2013Harjot Singh & Company, Lucknow
- 2012Consumer Action and Civic Action Group (CAG), Chennai
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Degrees, international certifications and specialised training, from the University of Bonn to WIPO, the UN and Leiden.