Krishna Walker

About

Krishna Walker is a strategic legal executive and confidante who builds the frameworks necessary to turn ambitious business goals into protected, scalable legacies. With a career defined by more than $10 billion in transactions, she offers a rare multidisciplinary perspective that bridges the gap between legal theory and business reality.

Her expertise is built on four distinct pillars of high-level management:

Finance & Banking: As a former Managing Director and SVP for a global multinational bank, Krishna understands the intricacies of debt financing and complex lending from the inside out.

Human Resources: With experience as an AVP of Human Resources at Bank of America and a Six Sigma Greenbelt, she provides a sophisticated lens on organizational structure, executive development, and high-impact team building.

Corporate Governance: A consensus curator and former Board Secretary, Krishna excels at aligning the interests of stakeholders, boards, and founders to ensure entities remain "deal-ready" and internally aligned.

Legal Strategy: From her tenure at an AmLaw 100 firm to serving as a Chief Legal Officer, she has led the legal strategy for over 200 business acquisitions and multiple private equity fund launches exceeding $150 million.

Krishna approaches every client with a commitment to help "manage in the gray" and provide the "Big Law" wisdom required to scale from founding to exit. A Notre Dame Law graduate and Zhi-Xing Eisenhower Fellow, she currently serves as the Portland Chapter President for The Links, Incorporated.

Krishna Walker is a C-level executive, attorney, and strategic advisor who believes that technical competence is just the baseline. The real magic happens when purpose and profit align. While she has navigated over $10 billion in transactions across M&A, corporate finance, and private equity, Krishna is most energized by the "fire and excitement" of growth-oriented companies. She approaches every engagement as a CEO and Board confidante, specializing in balancing the interests of founders, boards, and the legal entities they lead. Krishna understands that for an emerging company, a $500,000 deal is often the product of many years of hard work, and she works with the company's leadership to ensure that those milestones are protected by sound governance. A Notre Dame Law graduate and Zhi-Xing Eisenhower Fellow, Krishna blends high-level expertise with a down-to-earth commitment to helping leaders "manage in the gray" and scale with confidence.