Mr. Dayan Krishnan happens to be from the rare class of “self-made” lawyers, in a profession where supposedly lineage plays an instrumental role to make one’s way up. After graduating from NLSIU ,worked Santosh Hedge, a former judge of the Supreme Court and former Solicitor General of India.till 1999, after which he set up his own practice. He was designated as a Senior Advocate in 2014 alongside Anup Bhumbhani and Amit Sibal.
Mr. Krishnan has been engaged in the following international assigments vis-a-vis extradition law
• Appointed as Special Public Prosecutor in the matter pertaining to the extradition of David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana. (2014),• Appointed as Special Counsel for the Central Bureau of Investigation to represent the Government of India in the matter relating to the extradition of Mr. Varley from the United Kingdom in the Goa child sex abuse case. (2012),• Appointed as Special Counsel for the Central Bureau of Investigation to represent the Government of India for the extradition of Ravi Shankaran from the United Kingdom. (2011),• Appointed as Special Counsel for the National Investigation Agency to be member of a four-member team which visited Chicago to interrogate David Coleman Headly, one of the accused in the terrorist attacks in Mumbai on 26.11.2008. (2010)