Suraj Bhakta
CEO & Chief Legal Council, NewGen Advisory
Phoenix, AZ 85020
Phone (480) 626-2222
Property Types
Hospitality
Markets
Phoenix
Languages
English
Bio
Suraj is the Chief Legal Officer of NewGen Worldwide, LLC. He is a member of the NewGen Worldwide's senior leadership team and participates in the operational management and strategic planning of the company and its subsidiaries, in particular Green Card Fund and NewGen Advisory. NewGen Worldwide along with its family of companies is a diversified firm that engages in real estate investments and creative capital solutions, while providing advisory services to the entrepreneurial investor.
Suraj initially served as outside counsel for Green Card Fund and NewGen Worldwide from 2008-2014, thereafter joining the NewGen Worldwide family as Chief Legal Officer. Since then, Suraj has been providing leadership for the company's legal, regulatory affairs and corporate governance activities. He is responsible for corporate activities in the areas of real estate, risk management, contractual relations, and investment strategies. In addition, Suraj currently leads ups the business administration of NewGen Advisory - a full service commercial real estate brokerage firm that specializes in hospitality assets.
Prior to joining the company, Suraj was managing partner of Bhakta & Associates, PLLC where here represented a wide variety of business clients as a part of a full-service business law firm. His areas of expertise included acquisitions and sales, corporate structuring, contracts, franchise law, development and construction, equity and debt financing, and leasing.
He is a native of Ohio where he grew up in the greater Cincinnati area, graduated in 1999 from The Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, and earned his Juris Doctorate degree from Case Western Reserve University in 2002.
He lives in Peoria, AZ with his wife, Neena and their two sons, Shiv and Soham.
