Arun Kurichety
Co-Founder, Chairman of Board, COO/General Counsel
Petalfast / Kurichety Law PC
Arun is a seasoned leader, corporate executive, and attorney with an entrepreneurial mindset. He possesses more than nineteen years of corporate transactional/restructuring experience. In the past ten years, as a cannabis industry “veteran,” he has advised numerous cannabis companies, from start-ups to publicly traded companies, in an ever-shifting regulatory landscape. He is highly regarded for his capital markets and debt restructuring knowledge, while regularly advising on corporate governance, compliance and regulatory matters.
Currently, Arun serves as Chairman of the Board, COO/General Counsel to Petalfast Inc., the first-of-its-kind full spectrum sales, marketing and distribution platform for the cannabis industry, as well as founder and partner of Kurichety Law PC, a corporate transactional law firm specializing in emerging and scaling companies. As the former legal leader of public company KushCo Holdings, Arun oversaw and managed the legal, compliance, corporate governance, and business affairs functions.
Previously, a restructuring associate and then counsel at Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, he led or participated in more than 15 complex large U.S. and foreign debt restructurings totaling $12+ billion in funded debt. He implemented novel and successful strategies on behalf of companies and sophisticated creditors in and out of court during the “great recession” of 2008-2011.
Arun has been intimately involved in the creation of the legal, regulated cannabis market in California and throughout the country. He continues to offer his time and expertise to organizations that push legalization forward for a safe and responsible cannabis industry. He was an invited member of the National Cannabis Industry Association’s Policy Council, which shapes nationwide cannabis policy through education and lobbying. He is a regular speaker on cannabis industry panels and has been profiled by several publications for his insights on the industry.
Arun holds a Bachelor of Arts (cum laude) in Government from Harvard College and Juris Doctorate (cum laude) from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law.
