PM Devaiah joins Adani Group as Group General Counsel

PM Devaiah joins Adani Group as Group General Counsel

Erstwhile Vice Chairman and Group General Counsel at Everstone Group – PM Devaiah is all set to join the Gautam Adani led Adani Group as the Group General Counsel.

A veteran with more than 27 years of experience as an in-house counsel, PM Devaiah has worked with various blue chip companies and has handled a number of domestic and international legal and regulatory assignments and projects.

Devaiah joined Everstone in 2007 as General Counsel and was elevated to the position of Vice Chairman & Group General Counsel. At Everstone, he was part of a fully integrated and captive legal team that served internal legal and compliance requirements of all the verticals in the India and Southeast Asia focused private equity and real estate investment company. He was also involved in private equity laws, securities laws, cross border legal and regulatory issues and compliance oversight over portfolio companies.

Devaiah's experience spans across a variety of industries, including telecommunications, power, IT services, FMCG, manufacturing, private equity, real estate and multimodal transport. He has previously worked for multinational and leading businesses including Tata Projects, Hindustan Unilever, Carlyle Group, ICICI Venture and BPL Cellular.

Devaiah holds a Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws from the University of Mysore.