FORT LAUDERDALE and NEW YORK CITY – National law firm Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has announced that Harsh Arora has joined the firm as a partner based in the Fort Lauderdale and New York City offices. He joins from another national law firm, where he was a partner and led the business law practice.

Arora concentrates in the areas of domestic and international corporate transactions and related business dispute resolution. He counsels public and privately held companies as a boardroom advisor and a courtroom advocate in high-stakes corporate matters.

Arora serves as general counsel for businesses with a prominent national or international presence. His general counsel practice focuses on preventative counseling and business structuring. He also assists clients with dispute resolution relating to corporate transactions through business litigation, arbitrations, and mediations. He handles complex cases such as parallel civil and administrative proceedings, multidistrict actions, and bet-the-company litigation.

“We’re pleased to welcome Harsh to the firm and our team,” said David Itskovich, who leads the South Florida Real Estate Team. “His wide range of experience in real estate and other industries for national and international companies in business transactions and related dispute resolution will be a great asset for our clients.”

Arora is an AV Preeminent rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell since 2021 and has been recognized for his legal work by the Best Lawyers in America in Commercial Litigation for 2022-2023, “Legal Elite” in the area of Business Law by the Legal Trend Magazine for 2020-2022, “Top Lawyer” in Business Law by Boca Raton Observer for 2022, “Top Lawyer” in Business Litigation and Corporate Law by Fort Lauderdale Illustrated for 2000-2022, and “Tax Lawyer of the Year – USA” by Finance Monthly for 2022. In 2021 he was recognized as the “Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year-USA” by both Lawyer Monthly and Finance Monthly, “Tax Controversies Advisor of the Year-USA” by Finance Monthly and he was inducted in the Marquis Who’s Who in America. He has also been recognized as the 2021 “Best Lawyer” in Business Law by the Fort Lauderdale Magazine. He is a Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellow and Pathfinder Facilitator and is a past president and current board member of the South Asian Bar Association of Florida. Harsh has received national recognition for his leadership in propelling diversity and inclusion in the legal industry by Profiles in Diversity Journal as “Diverse Leader” for 2022, Daily Business Review’s Florida Legal Award for “Diversity and Inclusion: Individual” for 2022, South Florida Business Journal’s recognition as a “Diverse Voice” Honoree for 2021, and Profiles in Diversity Journal’s recognition as “Asian Leaders Worth Watching” for 2021.

Established in 1897, Nelson Mullins is an Am Law 100 firm of more than 930 attorneys and government relations professionals with offices in 15 states and Washington, D.C. For more information on the firm, go to www.nelsonmullins.com.