Saudamini Patni is a Director based in our Mumbai office.  She specializes in pre-transaction due-diligence, anti-corruption investigations, asset tracing investigations, disputes and inquiries across diverse sectors in South Asia, as well as global pre-executive due-diligence.

She has conducted hundreds of investigations uncovering reputational and regulatory risks, including integrity concerns, political links, and past disputes associated with targets in sectors such as IT, education, and others.  Some of her recent work includes managing investigations for Fortune 500 companies focused on identifying policy risks in the e-commerce sector in India; an anti-corruption investigation into possible sanctions violation activities by an entity based in South Asia involving projects undertaken by an international organization; an investigation into an IT provider and a tech executive in India, uncovering a scheme of setting up rival firms and poaching employees and clients; identifying sources of wealth and influence on policy of a government-backed non-corporate MSME in India; among others.

Prior to joining Mintz Group, Saudamini worked at the finance and risk division of a prominent multinational business information services company, conducting diverse corporate investigations.

Saudamini holds an M.Sc. in Economics from Symbiosis University, Pune, and a BA in Economics from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai.

She is proficient in English and Hindi.