Firm News

Date: August 16, 2017

Thank you GLQC for a great opportunity to get to know your members while enjoying the roof top at Ponce City Market! Attorneys from KPPB LAW’s commercial real estate staff (pictured from left to right), Alice Wei, Nichole Roche, Alyson Markovich and Samir Patel taking in the city skyline. The Georgia Lenders Quality Circle (GLQC) is a non-profit association for banks, non-bank lenders, certified development companies, and other professionals, and service providers that are active in the origination, support, management, and liquidation of government guaranteed small business loans. The association seeks to provide a forum for its membership to exchange ideas, information, and insight with each other, development companies, agency officials, and the associate members in order to strengthen the industry, and promote a better environment in which to operate and prosper.

Date: August 7, 2017

So you are busy operating your business but have a great new idea: it may be a groundbreaking product or an underserved market that should be explored. But how do you implement this idea? You and your management team are already stretched. Where does the additional capital and expertise come from? Is a joint venture the answer? Partner Sonjui Kumar and Law Clerk Jesse C. Moore explore this topic in the latest issue of Khabar Magazine’s Business Insights. Read the full article here.

Date: July 12, 2017

Georgia Trend’s Kenna Simmons recently spoke to Georgia business leaders to gather perspectives on global business trends and how the state’s strong international relationships are supporting the state’s favorable trade climate. When Simmons spoke to Sonjui Kumar, Kumar (in her role as the chair of the Georgia Indo-American Chamber of Commerce) shared her thoughts on Georgia’s relationships with India, which ranks 21st for exports and 8th for imports and how it is a big player at the Port of Savannah. Kumar noted in the article, “We know there’s a change at the federal level, but [Atlanta] is still a welcoming city – the mayor, the governor, everyone has said that we are still open for business and we are not turning away trades.” Read the full article at http://www.georgiatrend.com/June-2017/Open-for-Global-Business/

Date: July 12, 2017

The KPPB LAW team is proud to attend its 14th consecutive conference for NASABA/SABANA. The KPPB LAW attorneys attending the 2017 conference in Washington D.C. include Sonjui Kumar, Kirtan Patel, Ritu Verma and Radha Thiagarajan. For more conference information this year’s convention focus on “Monumental Strides,” visit http://www.sabanorthamerica.com/convention/

Date: June 20, 2017

Partner Sonjui Kumar (Corporate Law) will participate in the panel CLE discussion, “Serving on a Non-Profit Board”. The CLE-eligible event, sponsored by SABAG and GAPABA, is scheduled for Thursday, June 29 at 6:00pm at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton in Atlanta. All the attorneys serving on the panel have served or are currently serving on nonprofit boards while practicing law. Sonjui Kumar is the current chairman of the board of the Asian American Legal Advocacy Center, an organization dedicated to fostering the social, economic and civil rights of Asian Americans in the Southeast. She also is a member of the board of GIACC (The Georgia Indo American Chamber of Commerce) and a long time charter member of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TIE), Atlanta Chapter. To RSVP for this event, email sabaga13@gmail.com. Food and drink will be provided and CLE credit is available.

Date: June 6, 2017

To pivot is to turn your business around to adapt to changing technologies, market demands, or just a better idea. The pivot can be hard to recognize by those closest to the company, and may be much easier to appreciate after the fact. Although the startup technology sector has given us the most vivid examples of pivoting at the right time, the concept of pivoting can apply to any industry and at any stage in the life cycle of an enterprise. Remember to periodically check in with employees, customers, and the market, to evaluate the perception and success of your company for long-term success. Read more of this article here, written by KPPB LAW’s founding partner and corporate attorney, Sonjui Kumar.