Akshita Singh

Akshita is an associate in Taft’s Chicago office and focuses her practice on corporate law. Akshita has experience working with public and private companies, particularly in capital markets and bank finance transactions, mergers and acquisitions, securities regulatory work, and general corporate matters.

Previously, Akshita worked as an industry group coordinator for the Cannabis group of a large international law firm. She has also served as a legal intern with a local cannabis and medical marijuana company, assisting in state applications for medical and recreational cannabis for dispensaries, processing, and cultivation licenses, as well as performing compliance and regulation research for both medical and recreational cannabis in various states.

Akshita earned her J.D. from the Chicago-Kent College of Law and her bachelor’s degree in government and business from the University of Texas at Austin. While in law school, Akshita was an active member of Women in Law and the Trial Advocacy team.

• Speaker, Illinois Women in Cannabis, Annual Spring Conference, March 25, 2023.
• Moderator, License Litigation Actions – How Many Ways Can This Go Wrong?, International Cannabis Bar Association’s 2024 Cannabis Law Institute.
• Moderator, A Conversation on Social Equity, National Cannabis Real Estate Summit, April 20, 2022.