Born on 3rd November, 1951 Mr. Dua is the founding partner of Dua Associates, which is one of the largest and leading law firms in India with presence in eight cities namely Delhi, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad and Chandigarh. He has successfully established and developed Dua Associates into a practice with over 150 professionals including 42 partners and senior principals. Mr. Dua has vast experience in corporate law, M&A, privatization, project finance, public issues, entry strategies, foreign investment, corporate structuring/ restructuring, infrastructure projects, international trade and taxation aspects of doing business in India.  The firm has the aforementioned practice areas and  a strong litigation and arbitration practice. 

As Managing Partner Mr. Dua has advised a variety of clients including General Motors, AT&T, Lucent Technologies, Estee Lauder, Rio Tinto, Dow Chemical, DuPont, AIG, Prudential, Petronet LNG, Hindustan Lever, ITC, Chevron Texaco, TVS Motor, GAIL, Alcoa, IFC, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, Citibank, Kohlberg Kravis Robertson, Chubb, Warburg Pincus, GE and McDonald's. He is a member of the Advisory Committee on Competition Advocacy and also of the Competition Commission Advisory Committee on Regulations of the Competition Commission of India.  Mr. Dua was a member of the High Level Committee to suggest Scientific and Rational Regulatory Environment for Companies/Firms in India.

He is a founder member of the American Chamber of Commerce in India .Mr. Dua sits on the Boards of several leading listed public companies in India and subsidiaries of multinational corporations. He resides in Delhi and is married with one daughter.