Leadership
Dr. Lincoln R.Prabhakaran
LL.M., Ph.D. (Law)
Supreme Court Attorney | Founder & Institutional Leader | Advocate for Inclusion & Justice
Twenty years, eight thousand matters, and a practice built across two continents – measured not only by the scale of the work, but by what it’s been used for.
“Law, love and life are unparalleled, unique in their style, grandeur in its path, majestic in its approach. It reaches its zenith of perfection when it is wedded towards justice, divorced from injustice”
– Dr. Lincoln R. Prabhakaran
EXCELLENCE · GLOBAL REACH · SOCIAL PURPOSE
Litigation and legal matters handled
Corporate relationships, including
Fortune 500 companies
Attorneys across the LGLC
network
Paralegals across the LGLC
network
A career built across borders
Dr. Lincoln R. Prabhakaran is an internationally recognised, distinguished international lawyer whose career, spanning more than two decades, sits comfortably across legal systems and continents.
His practice reaches across international corporate law, Supreme Court advocacy, complex litigation, arbitration, intellectual property, regulatory affairs, legal education and institutional leadership, alongside a consistent thread of social-justice work
He is Founder and Chairman of Lincoln Global Law Chambers (LGLC), and separately founded Pravda Law Associates – pairing an India-focused litigation practice with an international legal platform.
He recently launched Lincoln Global Technologies, working on AI, cybersecurity, fintech and digital transformation, and founded LIFE (Lincoln International Foundation for Equality), a non-profit working on peace and justice globally.
Professional success and social responsibility have not been treated as competing objectives – they’ve become elements of the same vision.
On Lincoln Prabhakaran’s professional philosophy
Excellence
Academic distinction, Supreme Court practice, complex mandates and continuing intellectual engagement.
Global reach
Professional experience in the United States and an international practice connecting India with jurisdictions, institutions and clients worldwide.
Social purpose
Disability rights, inclusion, human-rights advocacy, public-interest work, legal awareness and mentorship.
Career Journey
From Global Corporate Law to the Supreme Court
returning to establish a Supreme Court practice in India — and, from there, building the institutions that now carry his work forward.
Global corporate experience
Began as a Tax Attorney at Ford Motor Company’s World Headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, trained by Bradley Gayton, Director – Global Trade Taxation and Customs, and David Leitch, Vice President and General Counsel — formerly Deputy General Counsel at the White House under President George W. Bush.
International legal exposure
Went on to practise with LexisNexis, handling complex corporate and intellectual-property matters — early exposure to multinational legal environments that would define his later career.
Supreme Court practice
Established himself as a practising advocate before the Supreme Court of India, appearing in complex litigation before the Supreme Court, High Courts,
tribunals and other legal forums.
International legal practice
Expanded into international disputes, arbitration, cross-border advisory work, and relationships with governments and institutions worldwide.
Institution building
Founded Pravda Law Associates and Lincoln Global Law Chambers, developing legal teams and an international network from the ground up.
Practice & mandates
The scale of the practice
His work extends beyond conventional domestic litigation into complex international matters — representing clients before the Supreme Court of India, High Courts, tribunals and international forums on corporate, commercial, intellectual-property and international-law disputes.
$10B
Appointed by His Majesty Awule Kaku Aka III, King and Paramount Chief of Nzemaland, Ghana, in connection with a stated ten-billion-dollar international litigation matter, with legal authority granted in consultation with the Council of Elders.
$15B
Legal advisor, collaborator and promoter for the fifteen-billion-dollar Port City Colombo project (Sri Lanka), on behalf of a company ranked 66th on the Fortune 500.
Gov.
Legal advisor to governments of various countries - reflecting the breadth of his international legal relationships and institutional engagements.
Institutional leadership
From practitioner to institution builder
Lincoln Global Law Chambers
As Founder and Chairman, he has developed a global legal platform serving corporations, investment funds, governments and institutions, with capability in complex litigation, international arbitration, regulatory compliance, international taxation, intellectual property, trade law, data protection, privacy, fintech and technology law.
Pravda Law Associates
Founded as a complementary platform in India, handling litigation, corporate advisory and dispute resolution for major foreign and domestic corporations before the Supreme Court, High Courts, industrial tribunals and labour courts.
Lincoln Global Technologies
A newer venture focused on AI, cybersecurity, fintech, digital transformation and emerging technologies - extending the practice into the legal questions technology is now raising.
LIFE - Lincoln International Foundation for Equality
A non-profit organisation he founded, dedicated to advancing peace and justice globally.
Together, Pravda Law Associates and Lincoln Global Law Chambers now operate through a network of more than 100 attorneys and 50 paralegals, supported by senior advisers with experience in major international institutions – combining deep Indian legal capability with international reach, alongside initiatives in legal audits, capacity-building and pro-bono advocacy for disaster victims, environmental causes and marginalised communities.
Looking ahead
Social impact & future leadership
Uses his professional standing to advance disability rights, inclusion and legal education, while preparing his practice for AI, cybersecurity and the next generation of legal technology.
Impact
Recognition, inclusion and public service
Madras High Court
& Client Advocacy Award
Repute
INCLUSIVITY
Law as an instrument of inclusion
Knowledge
Legal Education & Mentorship
He has maintained a long-standing commitment to legal education and mentorship, with academic and professional engagements at McGeorge School of Law (USA), the University of Salzburg (Austria), Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Madras University, Anna University, Lovely Professional University, Amity University and Chandigarh University. He has also served as a judge for the global rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition, encouraging students to treat law as a discipline requiring rigour, ethics and social awareness — not simply a profession.
He secured University First Rank and Gold Medals in both graduation and postgraduate law, with his LL.M. specialising in Crime and Tort, and was honoured in 2006 as India’s Youngest Super Brain Youth of the Country by Competition Success Review. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Judicial Reforms, AI and Cybersecurity.
Artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, digital governance, data protection and fintech are redefining both legal practice and the administration of justice — and his current research and professional interests increasingly track that shift. Together with LGLC’s growing work in technology, privacy, data protection and fintech law, it points to a practice built for where the profession is heading, not just where it’s been.
Global reach
An International Network of Legal Leadership
Over the course of his career, Mr. Lincoln has developed relationships with senior figures from the judiciary, government, international institutions and the global legal profession. His professional network includes senior judicial and governmental figures from countries including India, UK, Malaysia, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Ghana, the Netherlands and others.
H.E. Mr. Dharambeer Gokhool
President of Mauritius
Hon’ble Justice Dato’ Mary Lim Thiam Suan
Former Federal Court Judge, Malaysia
Asian International Arbitration Centre
Alphonsus M. M. Orie
United Nations Judge
Former Supreme Court Judge of the Netherlands
BAN Ki-moon
Chairman, Ban Ki-moon Foundation
The 8th Secretary General of the UN
A voice of humanism in the legal profession
One of the most meaningful endorsements of Mr. Lincoln’s professional philosophy comes from Justice A.H.M.D. Nawaz of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. The endorsement describes him as a rare lawyer whose professional life has remained focused not merely on material success but on using the vocation of law to improve the circumstances of the needy, the marginalised and the destitute.
Justice A.H.M.D. Nawaz, Supreme Court Judge of Sri Lanka
Legacy
A legacy of law with a conscience
What does a lawyer do with professional influence, once he’s acquired it?
There are conventional ways to measure a legal career — cases handled, clients represented, jurisdictions worked, institutions built, awards received. By those measures, this record speaks for itself. But the more telling measure is what’s been done with the influence that record has earned: a deliberate, ongoing effort to mentor young professionals, promote legal awareness, and engage seriously with what technology means for law and justice.
His achievements demonstrate excellence. His international work demonstrates global reach. His advocacy demonstrates social purpose. For Lincoln R. Prabhakaran, the purpose of law was never only to represent power or resolve conflict — it’s to make justice more accessible, institutions more inclusive, and society more equitable.