Irfan M. Dinani
Partner
Irfan M. Dinani is a Partner with Leech Tishman and a member of the Corporate and Real Estate Practice Groups. Irfan is based in the Pittsburgh office, where he focuses his practice on corporate and international law, with particular emphasis on securities, cross-border transactions, and regulatory matters in North America, the United Arab Emirates, and Tanzania. Irfan is also a member of the Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Group, and leads the firm’s Emerging Cyber Technologies Industry Group. He works closely with the Estates & Trusts Practice Group on Islamic estate planning initiatives for clients.
Irfan has a wealth of experience in general counsel matters including representing private clients on mergers and acquisitions; private placements; corporate governance issues; diverse contractual matters including product supply/distribution agreements, NDAs, MSAs, SaaS agreements; sophisticated transactional document review and analysis, negotiating license agreements, and preparing joint venture agreements. He routinely counsels principals, officers, directors, managers and equity stakeholders and negotiates shareholders’ agreements, operating agreements, subscription agreements, and other ancillary governing and share transfer agreements. In addition, Irfan drafts and reviews domestic and international contracts and advises on corporate procedures and compliance.
Irfan also has experience in a range of real estate legal matters, including preparing lease templates and negotiating commercial lease terms and contracts, for office, cell tower, and industrial sites.
A detailed list of Irfan’s representative experience is available here.
Academics
J.D., Villanova University School of Law
Paralegal Certificate with emphasis in International Trade Law and Business, The Philadelphia Institute
B.A. in Political Science, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Admissions
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
United Republic of Tanzania (Inactive)
Experience
ADCA Veritas Law Group (Tanzania)
Pennsylvania Securities Commission
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
Languages
Gujarati
Hindi (Conversational)
Swahili