The sword falls on Deepak Talwar: Fall of a high-flying corporate lobbyist

On Wednesday the high-flying lobbyist was grounded after the UAE government gave permission to send him back to India in connection with various CBI cases

Deepak Talwar was one of the country’s most high-flying corporate lobbyists. The suave, bearded boss of Deepak Talwar Associates, who operated in Delhi for many years out of an apartment aptly named “White House”, was well-known in the corporate world for offering his Midas’ touch to global multinationals finding it a challenge to negotiate the complex rules of foreign investment. 

He lobbied for anything they sought — permission to set up shop in India; tweaking rules, which would make it easier to do business; getting more seat allocation by reworking bilaterals for global airlines; and even helping them to fight their