Monica Arora is a partner and co-head of the Private Funds Group at Proskauer.
Monica advises asset managers on the full spectrum of investment fund matters across a wide variety of strategies including buyouts, credit, growth equity, energy transition, real assets and infrastructure funds.
Monica is a thought leader in the industry and is consistently ranked as a leading investment funds lawyer, including by Chambers USA and The Legal 500 and was named to The Deal’s “Top Women in Dealmaking” list in 2023 and to Forbes’ inaugural list of “America’s Top 200 Lawyers” in 2024.
Monica is a prominent and engaged participant in the private funds community, including as a member of the Private Investment Funds Forum, the New York City Bar Association’s Private Investment Funds Committee, Women in Private Equity and the Private Equity Women Investor Network (PEWIN).
Monica’s influence extends beyond her role as co-head of the Department and a leader in the private funds community. She plays a key role in numerous internal and external DEI initiatives and was recognized by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association as a 2022 Rainmaker. She is an active board member of Her Justice, a leading organization that provides free legal advice to low-income women living in New York City and is actively engaged in several charitable boards outside the Firm.
Client Testimonials
“Monica is incredible — super smart, practical and wonderful to talk to. She's an excellent lawyer and makes us feel confident in her advice.” Legal 500, 2024
“Monica is an exceptional individual who has high technical sophistication and extremely strong interpersonal skills.” Chambers, 2024
“Monica is the most sophisticated lawyer in the business. She is detail-oriented, extremely commercial and easy to work with. She can handle every facet of fund work and tears through tremendous amounts of work with great efficiency. She manages deadlines and budgets very well and always under promises and over delivers.” Legal 500, 2023
“Monica is a tremendous lawyer, she's very commercial and a wonderful person to work with.” Chambers, 2023
Education
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Georgetown University Law Center, J.D.
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University of Chicago, B.A.
Admissions & Qualifications
- New York
Awards & Recognition
Forbes: Top 200 Lawyers 2024
Chambers Global: USA: Investment Funds: Private Equity: Fund Formation 2021-2024
Chambers USA: Nationwide: Investment Funds: Private Equity: Fund Formation 2020-2024
The Legal 500 United States: Private Equity Funds (Including Venture Capital) 2018-2024
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific China: Investment Funds: Foreign Firms 2024
Best Lawyers in America: Best Lawyers 2024
The Deal: Top Women in Dealmaking 2023
Minority Corporate Counsel Association, 2022 Rainmaker
"Corporate Leadership Award" by the South Asian Bar Association of New York (2015)
"Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business" by the Asian American Business Development Center (2013)
Languages
- English
- Hindi