Vinita Mehra is an attorney and director with Kegler Brown Hill + Ritter in Columbus, Ohio. She serves as the firm’s Global Business and Global Education Leader, is licensed to practice law in both Ohio and India, and has been honored as the only “Expert” attorney in the Midwest for Indian business matters by Chambers Global.

As the leader of Kegler Brown’s Global Education practice initiative, Vinita has guided dozens of projects for institutions across the country, doing business in more than twenty of the world’s leading markets and helping both public and private colleges and universities navigate the complex regulatory and funding processes involved in global expansion. 

Vinita works with institutions of all sizes – from those with 1,000 students to those with more than 60,000 – executing new market strategies, implementing project development initiatives, establishing education support services and student recruitment programs, addressing complex legal and tax issues, and helping develop and implement various delivery models to achieve international growth objectives. 

With her extensive cross-border transactional experience, Vinita manages international projects seamlessly and cost-effectively. She is uniquely qualified to offer insights and guidance to global education organizations worldwide, whether an institution’s educational niche is higher education, project-based learning, education support services, part-time non-traditional students, or graduate curricula. 

When and where it is needed, Vinita also serves as the global project manager for these initiatives, coordinating local counsel and ensuring a consistent flow of communication, billing, service delivery and budgetary expectations. Vinita is supported by her firm’s global network of law firms, SCG Legal, which provides her clients with access to 150 prestigious law firms worldwide with more than 11,000 practitioners.