Milan Dalal leads the firm as Founder and Managing Partner. Milan advises clients on complex legislative, regulatory, business, and political issues. His global practice involves providing strategic advice to some of the world’s leading corporations, trade groups, innovative startups, and nonprofits across the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
Milan frequently appears before industry and investor conferences, corporate gatherings, and board meetings as an expert speaker on a variety of topics, including financial regulation, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, national security, tax reform, and cryptocurrency. He is often quoted on public policy issues, such as Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, American Banker, Institutional Investor, and The Financial Times.
Milan previously spent nearly a decade serving in various roles in government, including Senior Economic Adviser and Tax Counsel to U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-VA); Staff Director of the Senate Banking Committee’s Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment; Staff Director of the Senate Banking Committee’s Subcommittee on National Security, International Trade, and Finance; and Legislative Director to U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY).
Milan has also practiced law at leading law firms, advising technology entrepreneurs, companies involved in capital markets and venture capital transactions, and on antitrust matters.
Milan has published academic papers on international law and presented on “Strategies for the Economic Reconstruction of Iraq” at the U.S. Naval Academy. He has been a guest speaker at Boston University School of Law, New York University, and American University. Milan is a member of the Atlantic Council, is a Truman National Security Partner, and serves as President of the Democratic Business Council of Northern Virginia.