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SHRI R. VENKATARAMANI
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF INDIAMr. R. Venkataramani was appointed as the Attorney General for India on October 1, 2022.
Mr Venkataramani got enrolled as a lawyer in the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu in July 1977 and started practising in the Supreme Court in 1979. He was designated as Senior Advocate in 1997. In 2010, he was appointed member of the Law Commission, and reappointed for a further term in 2013. Venkataramani practised in various branches of law, including constitutional, indirect taxes, human rights, civil and criminal, consumer, and service law.
EDWIN TONG
Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Second Minister for Law at SingaporeMr Edwin Tong SC was appointed Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Second Minister for Law on 27 July 2020. Prior to this, he served as the Senior Minister of State at the Ministry of Law and the Ministry of Health from 1 July 2018 to 26 July 2020.
At the Ministry of Law, he focuses on the development and promotion of Singapore’s legal and dispute resolution sector. He also handles wide-ranging aspects of law reform, including intellectual property, corporate restructuring and insolvency, and legal aid.
Before taking office, Mr Tong spent his entire working life at Allen & Gledhill LLP, one of the largest law practices in Singapore, where he practised extensively in corporate and commercial disputes, restructuring and insolvency matters, and international arbitration. In that time, he was concurrently Head of the Restructuring and Corporate Insolvency Department, Co-Head of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department, and a member of the Exco. He was widely acknowledged to be a leading lawyer of the Singapore Bar, and was consistently cited and recommended for his expertise in dispute resolution and as a restructuring and insolvency practitioner in various leading international legal publications. In recognition of his advocacy skills, professional standing and extensive knowledge of the law, he was appointed Senior Counsel in 2015.
Mr Tong was first elected into Parliament in 2011, and since 2015, has been the Member of Parliament for the Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency (Joo Chiat Division). Between 2011 and July 2018, he was the Deputy Chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Law and Home Affairs. In March 2018, he was selected to be part of a 10-member Select Committee tasked to look into ways to combat deliberate online falsehoods. He also served on the Board of the Land Transport Authority from 2017 to 2018.
JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA (RETD)
FORMER JUDGE, SUPREME COURT OF INDIA & CHAIRPERSON at INDIA INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION CENTRE, NEW DELHIJustice Hemant Gupta was born on 17th October 1957 in a family of well-known civil law practitioners at Chandigarh.
Enrolled as an Advocate in the year 1980 and dealt extensively with civil, revenue, labour, arbitrations, commercial and constitutional issues.
Appointed as an Additional Advocate General for the Government of Punjab in the year 1997 and served as such till the year 1999.
Elevated to the bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in the year 2002 and served at that court up to the year 2016. In this tenure, had delivered several judgements on issues of civil law, revenue law, Tax matters, Commercial disputes and Arbitration matters. Had also remained the Chairperson of the Computerisation Committee and pioneered the digitisation of the entire judicial record of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
In February 2016 was transferred to the Patna High Court, Bihar and also remained Acting Chief Justice there up to March 2017, before his appointment as Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court.
Appointed as the Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in March 2017.
Elevated to the Supreme Court of India in November 2018 and served so until superannuation on 16th October 2022. Has thus discharged the adjudicatory role for over 20 years. In the course of tenure as a judge of the High courts as mentioned above and as a judge of the Supreme Court of India has delivered many several path-breaking, landmark judgments, including on civil and contract matters.
Currently serving as the Chairperson of the India International Arbitration Centre, New Delhi (IIAC). The IIAC has been established by an act of Parliament as an Institute of National Importance. The purpose of the enactment is to create an independent and autonomous regime for institutionalised arbitration. The Institute has been set up with the object of overall development for domestic and international arbitration to be a major hub in promoting quick and efficient dispute resolution mechanisms.
JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA
JUDGE at DELHI HIGH COURTBorn in New Delhi on 07th August 1969. Did his schooling from Delhi Public School, Mathura Road and graduated from Delhi University in B.Com (Hons.) in 1990. Thereafter obtained degree of laws (LL.B) from Campus Law Centre, Delhi University and was enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi in 1993. Qualified as an Advocate-On-Record of the Supreme Court in 1999. Practiced before the Delhi High Court, Supreme Court, and before various other judicial/quasi-judicial fora in various fields like Constitutional Laws, Civil Suits, Criminal Laws, specializing in Telecom and Broadcasting Laws, Arbitrations etc. Appointed as the Standing Counsel for the Union of India in the Delhi High Court in 2001.
Appointed as Permanent Judge of Delhi High Court on 15th May, 2017.
JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR (RETD.)
FOUNDER PRESIDENT, NATIONAL COMPANY LAW TRIBUNAL (NCLT) & FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE, of JAMMU & KASHMIR HIGH COURTShri Justice M.M. Kumar (Retd.) has an illustrious academic and professional record. He qualified his LL.B from Punjabi University, Patiala in 1977 and was enrolled as an Advocate in the same year. He commenced his practice in the District Courts of Sangrur. He went to England in 1979 for higher studies and qualified for LL.M., from the University of Birmingham. After returning to India he resumed his practice at the Punjab and Haryana High Court at Chandigarh. He authored a book titled “Control of Exclusion Clauses in England and India” published by Ravenswood London (1985). He worked as Part time Faculty at the Department of Law, Punjab University, Chandigarh from 1984-90. He was elected as Vice-President of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association for 1991-92 and later appointed as Additional Advocate General (Punjab) in October 1995.
Shri M.M. Kumar was elevated as a Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court at Chandigarh on 02.07.2001. Worked as Executive Chairman, Legal Services Authority and Chairman, Mediation Committee and held Mega Lok Adalats. During his tenure as a Judge of Punjab & Haryana High Court, he delivered a large a number of landmark judgements in every branch of law including Constitutional Law, Company Law, Service Law, Civil Law, Election Law, Land Acquisition, Tax, PIL. He has made significant contribution to build the Chandigarh Judicial Academy and the Rajiv Gandhi National Law University Patiala. He is a visiting Professor of RGNLU, Patiala.
Later appointed as Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court on 08.06.2012. As Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court, dealt with many PIL concerning world famous Dal Lake, Violation of Master Plan in Srinagar, Jammu and Katra; Corruption cases, Popularized use of video conferencing, Mega Lok Adalats and a number of other projects. He has the unique distinction of holding the courts during floods in September 2014 when the High court building (10 ft water), District court building (18 ft water) and his own house (8ft water) He alongwith his family was rescued at 2 O’ clock during the night of 7th and 8th September 2014 when flash flood were reported despite non-cooperation of the State Authorities. The new address of the High Court was an unoccupied house allotted to a judge at Gupkar Road, Sri Nagar. In the make shift High Court a number of insurance cases were decided by him paving the way for restoring many business establishments to their normal business activities. He is well known for his independent approach and impeccable integrity. He superannuated on 04.01.2015.
After retirement Justice Kumar conducted a number of commercial arbitrations which included the cases referred by Hon'ble the Supreme Court and the High Courts.
Justice Kumar then took over charge as Chairman, Company Law Board on 5th June 2015 and continued as such till 31st May 2016. He was then appointed as the First President of National Company Law Tribunal on the abolition of Company Law Board on 1st June 2016. During his tenure, 28 benches of the NCLT started functioning from 14 states. He demitted office on 5th January, 2020. Thereafter he resumed his arbitration and consultancy practice in New Delhi.
He joined the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) as Member on June 2, 2021.
After demitting from office as Member of NHRC on 4th January, 2023. He is appointed as Ombudsman-cum-Ethics Officer for DDCA - Delhi District Cricket Association in April 2023
JUSTICE MANMOHAN SINGH (RETD)
FORMER JUDGE at DELHI HIGH COURTJustice Manmohan Singh, B.A. L.L.B. - Enrolled as an Advocate on 12th August, 1980 with Bar Council of Delhi and started practice as an Advocate in Delhi High Court. Initially joined Shri Anoop Singh, Advocate practicing mostly on the original side in Trade Mark, Copy Right and Patent matters for about 9 years. After the death of Senior in 1990 he started practice on the original side dealing with Civil, Trade Mark and Copy Righ cases independently in the Delhi High Court and Supreme Court of India. Has attended national and international seminars and presented a number of papers therein on intellectual property side. Appointed as an Additional Judge of High Court of Delhi on 11th April, 2008. Retired on 21.09.2016.
Justice Manmohan Singh, was given the additional charge of Chairman of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board.
DR. LALIT BHASIN
PRESIDENT, at SILFMr Bhasin was awarded the Plaque of Honour by the Prime Minister of India in 2002 for outstanding contribution to the Rule of Law. In 2007, the President of India presented the National Law Day Award to Lalit Bhasin.
SHRI PK MALHOTRA
FORMER UNION LAW SECRETARYMr. P K Malhotra has more than four decades of experience in the field of law and has held many important assignments in the Government of India. He was Secretary, Legal Affairs as well as Legislative Department in the Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India; Member, Law Commission of India; Presiding Officer (Offg.) and Member, Securities Appellate Tribunal; Chairman, Adjudicating Authority under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and Judicial Member, Income-tax Appellate Tribunal.
JAYANT K SUD
ADDITIONAL SOLICITOR GENERAL OF INDIA at SUPREME COURTJayant K Sud is a highly experienced lawyer and Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court of India, currently serving as Additional Solicitor General of India. He has received his education from the University of Delhi and has been on the advisory panel of several institutions. He was an elected member of the Supreme Court Bar Association and worked tirelessly towards improving the legal profession. Mr. Sud has also served as Senior Additional Advocate General for the State of Punjab, after which he was designated as a Senior Advocate. He was asked to take the highly esteemed position of Additional Solicitor General of India and is among the youngest to hold the position. Mr. Sud is currently heading the committee for reforms in motor accident cases, bringing about landmark changes in the treatment of claims for accident victims. He has suggested norms like the development of a mobile app for instant lodging of claims in accident cases, which has been accepted by the Government of India and the Supreme Court. Additionally, Mr. Sud has significant experience in the field of law, with several landmark judgments to his credit as both a private and government counsel. He started his practice from the lower courts and worked his way up to the highest court in the land. Recently, Mr. Sud was tasked by the Supreme Court to assist in bringing about certain jail reforms to improve access to information.
DR. SUBIR BIKAS MITRA
ADVISOR LAW, at GAIL INDIA LIMITEDA National Scholar with MBA, MA, LL.M; Ph.D. in Strategic HRM and also Ph.D. (Law) in ADR Mechanism. Has authored numerous research papers/ articles published in various reputed journals.
Having overall experience of more than 37 years. Former Executive Director (Law & HR) in GAIL (India) Limited and Former Director in GAIL Gas Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of GAIL). Presently, Advisor (Law) in GAIL (India) Limited (a Maharatna PSU) and Directorate General of Hydrocarbons, Government of India.
-Empanelled as an Arbitrator/ Conciliator with following professional Institutions/ PSUs
-Indian Council of Arbitration (FICCI) including Martine Arbitrations,
-SCOPE Forum of Conciliation & Arbitration (SFCA)
-Indian Dispute Resolution Centre
-RITES
-Indian Oil Corporation Limited
-Steel Authority of India Limited
-NTPC Limited,
-Oil India Limited,
-Engineers India Ltd., etc.
Has been featured twice as the top General Counsel Power-list for India, published by Legal 500, a leading global legal directory (2016 and 2018).
Visiting faculty of IIMs, VV Giri NLI, Other management and Law Colleges, Industry Forum etc.
DR. ASHOK SHARMA FCIArb
FOUNDER & CEO of FICLDr. Ashok Sharma, a Fellow of CIArb (London), is sitting as an arbitrator both in commercial, construction and maritime arbitrations. He is on Panel of Arbitrators of Singapore International Arbitration Center (SIAC); Beihai Asia International Arbitration Centre (BAIAC), Singapore; Indian Council of Arbitration(ICA)-Commercial & Maritime; International Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution (ICADR); SCOPE Forum of Conciliation & Arbitration (SFCA).
He was the General Counsel of MMTC Limited, India’s first Golden Super Star Trading House and leading USD 15 billion Government of India International Trading Company having a subsidiary Company ‘MMTC Transnational Pte Ltd’. in Singapore and a Steel Plant ‘NeelachalIspat Nigam Limited’ in Orissa, India.
He has advised MMTC in complex commercial matters, structuring of JVs, setting up of a Gold Refinery JV, a Steel plant in Orissa, setting up of a Commodity Exchange etc.
His track record of 46+ years in the legal profession stands amply acknowledged by being a Member of the Executive Committee, ICC India [India Chapter of International Chamber of Commerce, Paris (ICC)]; General Committee, Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration (SCMA); Governing Body, Indian Council of Arbitration (ICA); Hony Treasurer, International Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution ( ICADR ) New Delhi; Governing Body, SCOPE Forum of Conciliation & Arbitration [SFCA]; and former Chairman of the Standing Legal Committee, SCOPE (Apex body of Public Sector Units in India).
DR. JAMES NEDUMPARA
PROFESSOR AND HEAD at CENTER FOR TRADE AND INVESTMENT LAW (CTIL)James J. Nedumpara is Professor and Head of the Centre for Trade and Investment Law (CTIL), established by the Government of India at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade. In this capacity, he advises the government on international trade, investment and dispute settlement matters. He is currently on leave from Jindal Global Law School, where he joined as a founding faculty member.
James received his PhD from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, and holds graduate degrees in Law from the University of Cambridge, UK; the NYU School of Law, USA; and the National University of Singapore. He has appeared in various WTO dispute proceedings as part of the Indian delegation, including India: Agricultural Products and India: Export-Related Measures, and other dispute consultation proceedings. James has published widely in the field of trade remedy law, most recently, Non-Market Economies in the Global Trading System: The Special Case of China (2018). James has also co-authored a comprehensive text book with Professor Leila Choukroune titled International Economic Law: Text, Cases and Materials, published by Cambridge University Press (2021)
RAJBEER SACHDEVA
PRESIDENT (GROUP) LEGAL at JK GROUP OF INDUSTRIESR.S Sachdeva is currently President (Group) Legal for J. K. Organisation. He is an alumnus of Delhi University with an LLB & LLM and has about 30 years of experience as a Corporate Lawyer. He has extensively worked in domains of Mergers & Acquisitions, Competition Laws, IPR, Real Estate Transactions, Arbitrations in India & abroad and IBC. Mr Sachdeva was previously Senior Executive Director Group General Counsel at DLF Limited.
NILANJAN SINHA
GENERAL COUNSEL at ICICI BANKMr. Nilanjan Sinha is the General Counsel of ICICI Bank Ltd. and has over 28 years of experience as a corporate lawyer in manufacturing companies and financial services. He has worked for leading manufacturing companies and in the Banking and Financial Services Sector and gained experience working in multiple jurisdictions. His experience spans legal, secretarial and government relations.
After earning Bachelor’s degrees in Commerce as well as Law, Mr. Sinha studied to become a Fellow Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. In 2006, he read for his Masters’ Degree in Commercial Laws (LLM) with specializations in Comparative Corporate Governance, Banking, Intellectual Property and International Disputes.
He is the Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of ICICI Trusteeship Services Limited.
Mr. Sinha represents ICICI Bank in the Legal & Operations Committee of Indian Banks Association and some regulatory committees.
He is also a member of Board of Studies of a reputed Business School for MBA Law. Mr. Sinha has been recognized as a leading General Counsel and featured in various leading forums.
GAGAN PURI
MANAGING DIRECTOR - DISPUTES AND INVESTIGATIONS of ALVAREZ & MARSAL INDIAGagan is a Managing Director and leader of risk and regulatory practice with Alvarez & Marsal India. His primary role is to assist clients and their legal advisors protect their interests, navigate an increasingly complex regulatory environment and assist them on crisis management in contentious situations.
Mr. Puri’s investigative experience includes several sensitive and headline matters that have been covered extensively in the press. He has assisted many regulatory and law enforcement agencies in assessing evidence, presenting facts, providing an expert opinion on highly complex issues before the judiciary and regulatory bodies and government appointed committees.
Mr. Puri was appointed as a ‘Monitor’ by the Competition Commission of India (“CCI”) in a large combination to enforce the order of the CCI in a large combination. He has assisted many large organizations in their submissions to the CCI and assisted Board of Directors in submission to be made to several regulators.
Mr. Puri has worked on abuse of dominance, matters, cartel investigations, defining relevant markets and carrying out research on impact of policies and practices of organization on the markets and consumers. He has presented his research to various stakeholders including regulators, external counsels, board of directors and provided expert witness on the same.
Mr. Puri has presented his paper on privacy and data protection to government bodies of an Asian country which has been used in drafting the privacy related regulations in that country.
Mr Puri’s expert testimony experience includes matters in arbitration (domestic and International in various jurisdictions and seats) and litigation (India, Middle East, Asia, United States and the United Kingdom). These include joint venture disputes, family disputes, interests of minority shareholders, fraud, management disputes, significantly high value contractual claims, quantum and damage computations, contractual disputes (various kinds), valuations, intellectual property related matters, forensic analysis of business matters, etc.
Mr. Puri has also been involved in a number of pro-bono initiative which have included expert analysis on public interest matters. He is featured in Who’s Who Legal under consulting experts 2020 with the commentary ‘Gagan Puri is a “class expert” and “undoubtedly the market leader for forensic accounting in India’; and under Who’s Who Legal-GAR as Arbitration Expert Witness 2021. He has been acknowledged as a contributor to the Forensic Accounting and Investigation Standards published by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India in 2021.
Mr. Puri has a degree in commerce from the University of Delhi and is an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Prior to joining Alvarez & Marsal, Mr. Puri was the India Leader for Forensic services at PwC and his other prior employments include leadership positions in forensics and disputes in India, South East Asia and the United States.
RAJEEV CHOPRA
MANAGING DIRECTOR – LEGAL of ACCENTURERajeev Chopra is Managing Director – Legal responsible for legal support to India, Philippines,Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Global Delivery Centres. In this role, he leads a team that provides cross-domain expertise for various areas of law and risk mitigation including compliance, operations, regulation and ethics for each of these markets, and has also led several complex organisational restructuring projects.
PAUL TAN
PARTNER at GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLPPaul Tan is a partner in the Singapore office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. Mr. Tan specializes in international arbitration (both commercial and investor state), international litigation and arbitration-related litigation. He leads the arbitration practice for the firm in Asia.
Described as “one of the best lawyers in Singapore”, Mr Tan’s practice focuses on managing complex, high-value disputes across Asia, involving issues of public and private international law. He acts for leading corporations, global insurers, financial institutions, funds and Asian governments across a range of industries and concerns, including telecoms, natural resources, technology and media, oil and gas, construction and real estate, private equity, banking and financial institutions and ESG. He has been appointed an expert on Singapore law, and sits as an arbitrator in SIAC and ICC cases.
He is the co-author of three books on international arbitration: The Law and Theory of International Commercial Arbitration in Singapore (Academy Publishing, 2022), A Commentary on the Singapore International Arbitration Act (Oxford University Press, 2023) and the forthcoming edition of the world-renowned Mustill & Boyd’s treatise on commercial and investment arbitration. He also co-wrote and co-edited Singapore Law: 50 Years in the Making (2017), an empirical account of the development of all facets of Singapore law including its commercial and arbitration laws.
VISHAL NARULA
MANAGING DIRECTOR | INDIA (DISPUTES AND INVESTIGATIONS PRACTICE) of ALVAREZ & MARSALVishal Narula is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal India in its Disputes and Investigations practice based out of Bangalore. His area of expertise includes investigations into complex accounting frauds and financial mis-statements, investigations into anti-trust and anti-competition matters, investigations into allegations of bribery and corruption and crisis management.
He is one on the few accountants in India specializing in ‘privileged consulting’ which consists of assisting counsels in defending clients under regulatory enquiries, or those who are targets of investigations through various agencies such as lenders, investors or third parties.
He has over 16 years of experience in disputes and investigations and has worked across various sectors in approx. 20 different countries. He has led some of the most high-profile investigations into accounting frauds in India, many of which were of national importance. He has also worked on many high-profile ‘privileged consulting’ matters covering multiple jurisdictions and statutes.
He has the unique distinction of advising clients on most the large combinations which have been modified by the Competition Commission of India (India’s anti-trust regulator) by assisting clients in articulating the business model, defining ‘relevant markets’ and suggesting behavioral and structural remedies for preserving the value in the deal.
His experience spans across multiple sectors such as Technology, E-Commerce, Food and Beverages, Retail, Manufacturing, Industrial, Global Capability Centers and Media and Entertainment, amongst others.
He has extensive experience in providing expert testimony in commercial arbitrations and litigations at multiple forums in India and abroad. His experience consists of strategizing in preparation of the legal strategy based on the strength of evidence and claims, defending and rebutting claims and counter claims, preparation of expert reports on loss of future profits and valuation of businesses.
He has developed and implemented large scale proactive fraud detection and prevention programs using technology, intelligent data analytics and process reviews. He has developed innovative methodologies to conduct ‘penetration testing’ of an organizations systems and processes to find out its vulnerability to manipulation and fraud.
Before joining A&M, Vishal was an Executive Director (Partner) at PricewaterhouseCoopers India, leading forensic services for south India and leading Crisis Management pan India. Vishal was responsible for leading strategic initiatives of PwC in India and Globally such as setting up the Global Crisis Centre.
He has conducted several trainings for Indian Judiciary in the National Judicial Academy and the National Law University on technical subjects such as Forensic Accounting - methods and techniques, ‘Evidence’ in accounting frauds, Evidence in technology frauds, etc.
Vishal is a Chartered Accountant and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India with a bachelors' degree in commerce from the University of Mumbai.
AMIT MOHAAN MEHARIA
Partner at MCO LegalsAmit Meharia is the Managing Partner of MCO Legals (Meharia & Company) which has its offices in New Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai along with associate offices in Ahmedabad,` Chandigarh, Kuala Lumpur, London and Singapore.
With 22 years of experience, Mr. Meharia’s expertise includes Due Diligence, Corporate & Commercial Arbitration & Litigation, Energy Laws (Oil, Gas, Coal & Electricity), amongst others.
Mr. Meharia is a Solicitor on the Rolls of Law Society of England & Wales apart from being Advocate on Record of Supreme Court of India. He is a LLB (Hons.) from King's College London with basic education from Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya.
NUSRAT HASSAN
MANAGING PARTNER at DENTONS LINK LEGALMr. Nusrat Hassan is the Managing Partner of Dentons Link Legal. With a practice spanning three decades as a Corporate Lawyer, he has worked extensively with leading corporates, advising them on matters relating to Exchange Control, M&A, JVs, and General Corporate Advisory. In recent years, he has also been working closely with clients to develop ESG strategy and works closely with the ESG practice group of the Firm in developing this continuously evolving practice. He is also well known for his Arbitration practice and has been involved in high-profile domesfic and internafional arbitrafions. He is also a Chevening Scholar and is dual-qualified to pracfice law in India and England and Wales.
Nusrat is an empanelled arbitrator with several insfitufions such as Nafional Commodity & Derivafives Exchange Limited, Beijing Arbitrafion Commission, MIAC, and MCX Stock Exchange. He also serves on the Advisory Board of the Agricultural Law and Food Secfion of the Internafional Bar Associafion (IBA) and is a former President of the Associafion of Brifish Scholars and a member of the Congress of Fellows of the Centre of Legal Studies in Austria and is an acfive member of several Chambers of Commerce including Indo-Italian, Indo-Belgium, Indo-Swiss and Indo-French.
Nusrat is also involved in not-for-profit acfivifies where he passionately serves organisafions like CIArb (Board Member and Secretary, India Branch), and IAF (founder member) in developing awareness for seftlement of disputes outside the court system. He is on the Advisory Board of United Way Mumbai, a well-known internafional organisafion that works towards bringing people together to work towards improving community condifions.
Over the years, Nusrat has been consistently recognized as a leading name in the industry and has been named one of India's Top 100 Lawyers for five years in IBLJ 'A-List' of India's Top Lawyers, amongst other recognitions by Forbes, Chambers Global and Asia Pacific and Legal 500.
RAJENDRA LADE
GENERAL MANAGER-LEGAL (MARKETING) ; HEAD LEGAL-MARKETING at HINDUSTAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED (HPCL)Practice areas of Laws:Contract, Arbitration, Petroleum Laws, Real Estate, Electricity, PNGRB, Competition Law, IBC, constitutional and procedural laws.
Job Experience: a) Vetting, negotiating & settling domestic & international contracts in the field of oil & gas.
Some of the agreements are as follows;
i) Joint Venture Agreements
ii)Project Finance Agreements
iii)Working capital loans agreements as also short term credit
iv) Hedging Agreements for Crude and Fx with Bankers, Dealers and traders
v) Power Purchase Agreements
vi) Gas Supply Agreements
vii) Licensing Agreements for equipments in refinery
viii) Production Sharing Contracts and Joint Operating Agreements
ix) Share Purchase Agreements with start ups
x) MOUs/NDAs
xi) Lease Deeds / Sale Deeds
b) Advising marketing SBUs on legal issues arising out of contract interpretation, action for non-performance, remedial action, etc.
c) Leading a team of 34 law officers (placed all across India) and handling around 5000 cases with very good success rate.
d) Advise in company policy formulation
e) Interaction with Ministry on Policy and legal issues as and when referred
f) Developed in-house Case Tracking System and legal website
Achievements :Conferred with highest recognition in the Corporation “HP ICON – Recognition of People Managers”
ATUL SHARMA
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN at DENTONS LINK LEGALAtul is the Executive Chairman of Dentons Link Legal with over four decades of experience in project advisory, corporate litigation, mediation, and arbitration including International commercial arbitration. He has held the Regional President position at the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce as also the Head of its Infrastructure Committee.
He has been widely acclaimed for his strategic abilities in Dispute resolution across sectors. He represents clients before various courts, tribunals, arbitral tribunals (including international commercial arbitrations), and other judicial and quasi-judicial authorities. He enjoys a creditable standing before courts in India.
Respected for his strategy, he is widely recognised, ranked, and awarded by global legal directories as a leading dispute, infrastructure, and aviation lawyer. Clients appreciate his solution approach, sound technical knowledge and business acumen. Atul enjoys reading and playing golf in leisure time.
VANI MEHTA
GENERAL COUNSEL, SOUTH ASIA at GENERAL ELECTRICVani Mehta is the General Counsel, South Asia for General Electric.
In her role as General Counsel for South Asia, she leads the legal teams of all GE businesses in the region and ensures enterprise-wide consistency to GE’s legal strategy and approach. She is an advisor to the GE senior leadership in the region and drives GE’s thought leadership in the legal fraternity.
Almost 2 decades of legal experience, before joining General Electric, Vani was an Attorney at SAP (Ariba) handling various jurisdictions across the globe. Prior to that she was in private practice for several years with Little &Co. (the oldest law firm of India) and has worked extensively in both litigation (civil and criminal) and general corporate area of practice including securities & capital markets for several leading MNC’s across the globe in diverse industries. She has been honored as Top General Counsels of India by the Forbes, India in Legal Power list 2022. She has also been nominated as 'Top General Counsels' and 'Top In- Women Lawyers In India' by various prestigious publications like Asia Business Legal, Legal Era.
Vani graduated in Law from Delhi University, India and earned Bachelor honors degree in Political Science from Delhi University, India.
Vani is a fitness enthusiast and enjoys outdoor activities with her family. She is a keen collector of Indian art and traditional weaves.
Vani resides in New Delhi with her husband, Uday and twin boys, Viraj and Viren.
VINEET VIJ
GLOBAL GENERAL COUNSEL at TECH MAHINDRA GROUPVineet Vij is currently serving as the Global General Counsel of the Tech Mahindra Group, a USD6 billion enterprise, providing IT, ITeS, consulting and BPO services to clients worldwide. He supports multibillion cross-border commercial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, disputes and litigations, global compliance, legal policy and regulatory, IPR, strategic legal support with the overall responsibility to safeguard the legal interests of the company and its principal officers. Vineet leads a global team of over 75 passionate and business-focused lawyers, taking care of the legal and regulatory aspects to support the organisation’s growth in due compliance with applicable laws.
Earlier he served as SVP & Head of legal. commercial, regulatory, compliance and corporate affairs at HCL Technologies for more than 11 years. Vineet also worked in legal, regulatory and secretarial roles with TCS and TATA Infotech for eight years, besides handling legal, secretarial and compliance functions at Punj Lloyd and American Express India. He has also been a litigator and practicing advocate before the Delhi High Court and Bombay High Court.
Areas of expertise
Vineet’s work experience of over 27 years in leading IT, ITeS, engineering, banking and NBFCs, spans across a variety of practice areas including commercial and contract laws, litigation and dispute resolution, cross-border M&As, global regulatory compliances, financial and banking, real estate and SEZ and STPI regulations, company law, IT, data protection, privacy, cyber and IPR laws, criminal law, telecom, arbitration, employment, bankruptcy, competition laws, corporate affairs and indirect taxation laws.
Awards
He has been bestowed with several awards and accolades by prestigious publications and institutions, including Forbes Powerlist Top 25 India GCs for 2020 & 2021; Global General Counsel Award, 2022 by Legal Era; Business World’s Top 100 GCs of India; General Counsel IT Services 2021 by IBLJ; General Counsel 2020 by IDEX Legal; General Counsel 2019 by Legal Era; Shining Star of Indian Legal Fraternity 2019 by CCAI; General Counsel 2019 by INBA; General Counsel 2018 by ICCA; Compliance Champion 2017 by Legasis Services; Leadership Excellence Award, 2017 by Legal Era; Top 30 GC Powerlist, 2016 by Legal Era; Top 100 finest GC, 2016 by ICCA.
Education
He has B.Com. (Hons) qualification from SRCC and LLB from Delhi University with additional qualifications in company law, labour laws, industrial relations and personnel management, IT & cyber laws. He also serves on the board of studies and advisory boards of leading law schools, editorial board of legal journal and magazines and a member of various associations and advocacy groups such as CII, INBA, UKILP to name a few.
TAMAL MANDAL
PARTNER at LUTHRA AND LUTHRA LAW OFFICES INDIAFaisal Sherwani is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution practice at Luthra and Luthra Law Offices India
PRACTICE AREAS
International Trade
Dispute Resolution - Litigation & Arbitration
SAMEET GAMBHIR
VICE PRESIDENT (CORP. LAW) & COMPANY SECRETARY at DCM Shriram LtdSameet’s expertise includes Regulatory & Corporate legal matters, Corporate Governance & Compliances, ESG, SEBI Listing Regulations, SEBI Insider Trading Regulations, Risk management, Corporate Secretarial, IPR matters, data privacy issues, due-diligence, brand protection, investigations, cyber crime matters, corporate restructuring. He carries vast experience in handling Board meetings, shareholders meetings, RBI and FEMA matters, Industrial & labour Laws, contract management and litigations.
He has also done a Leadership Effectiveness Programme from IIM- Bangalore
Sameet is enlisted as one of the Top In-house Counsel by Forbes India in its Powerlist-2022. He is a member of the National Committee on Regulatory Affairs of CII and also a member of Corporate Affairs Committee of PHDCCI. He is also a member of the Board of Study of GD Goenka Law School.
Sameet was awarded the Global LexFelcon award in 2022 in the field of Governance & Compliance in Dubai in 2022 by LexTalk World. He was also awarded as one of the most influential Corporate Counsel and Company Secretary by ACoS in 2019. The Team led by Sameet in DCM Shriram Ltd won the best compliance team of the year consecutively for two years - by LegalEra in 2020 and by Kamikaze in 2019. Sameet has also been featured among India’s leading lawyers in a compendium released by ICCA and also among the shining stars of India's Legal fraternity as released by CCAI.
He is a regular speaker at various seminars/conferences / Webinars and also a guest lecturer at various Management and Law Institutes. He is also a member of the Company Law Task Force of ICSI, Faculty / Member of the committee on the CSR Certification course of ICSI. He is a Regular speaker/faculty at various programmes organised by the Institute of Company Secretaries (ICSI).
SAMIR MALIK
PARTNER at DSK LegalSamir has an extensive experience since 2007 in varied areas of law. He primarily specialises in Energy, Regulatory & Policy Litigation and Dispute Resolution. He has extensive experience of having strategized and prosecuted several high- stake litigations of national importance on behalf of prominent players in energy, infrastructure, banking, real estate and media & entertainment sectors. He has substantial experience of appearing and conducting cases before various courts, tribunals and quasi-judicial bodies pan India. He has undertaken litigations concerning wide range of subjects including Electricity, Arbitration, Intellectual Property, Contract, Real Estate, Securitization, Banking and Corporate Laws.
He has also steered, negotiated and closed various debt transactions worth hundreds of crores in power sector, on behalf of leading financial institutions and banks.
SAHIL NARANG
Partner at Khaitan & Co LLPSahil Narang is a Partner with the Dispute Resolution practice group in the Delhi office. Sahil has over 9 years of experience in advising and representing domestic and international clients in commercial litigations and arbitrations.
He has dealt with a broad variety of complex disputes including one of the biggest ever corporate frauds in India, the Satyam scam. He has also worked on numerous shareholder disputes and has represented clients before various forums. His work ranges from advising on regulatory issues to litigations before the Supreme Court of India, various High Courts and tribunals in India. He is currently representing clients in the entertainment and cinema industry across multiple fora.
Sahil has been extensively dealing with emerging areas of law such as food safety, data privacy and insolvency and bankruptcy and has advised various domestic and global clients on issues involved in these areas of law. He has also assisted and appeared before the domestic arbitral tribunals, as well as institutional arbitral tribunals, constituted under the SIAC, ICC and LCIA, amongst others.
SUNIL JAIN
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT at INDRAPRASTHA GAS LIMITEDQualifications :
- Alumnus of Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) (1985 Batch)
-Fellow member of Institute of Company Secretaries of India
-Associate member of Institute of Cost Accountants of India
- Law Graduate from University of Delhi
Work Experience:
- Having around 35 years experience in Corporate Sector in diverse fields of Finance & Accounts, Income Tax, Costing, Legal, Regulatory and Company Secretariat functions in reputed Companies of DCM Sriram Group. Jindals and IL (JV of GAIL & BPCL)
- Presently working as Senior Vice President (CS, Legal, Regulatory & Corporate Affairs) in IGL, India's leading City Gas Distribution Company.
SONAL VERMA
PARTNER-ESG & GLOBAL LEADER (MARKET & STRATEGY) at DHIR & DHIR ASSOCIATESSonal is well acclaimed for his work in regulatory & compliance programs over the last decade. He had in the past worked with 1800 plus clients in India and 61 other countries globally. He has worked with the top 3 unicorns and many Fortune 500 companies.
His clients have been across different industries, viz. Automotive and OEMs, Pharma and Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Chemical Industry, BFSI, Infrastructure and Utilities (including state-owned PSUs), e-Commerce and Fintech Companies, Diversified Conglomerates etc.
DR. ANJU RATHI RANA
ADDITIONAL SECRETARY at DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRSAppointed as Additional Secretary, Department of Legal Affairs by Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India on 05.02.2022.
As Additional Secretary, worked as Group Head of Administration, Training Division and Social Media Cell. Administration Division of the Department deals with matters pertaining to Indian Legal Service and General Central Service. Since its inception, the officers of the Indian Legal Service have been rendering dedicated service to the nation by giving legal advice in important matters to various Ministries/Departments of the Government of India and drafting bills and ordinances which are introduced in Parliament. This service has given Governors to States, Secretary General to the Houses of Parliament, Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners, Judges to High Courts and Judicial Members to various Tribunals like CAT, ITAT, DRT, etc. and Information Commissioner. Headed Social Media Cell of the Department which is entrusted with the task of updating day to day events and information on Department’s website and social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, etc.
Worked as Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) as the head of Vigilance Unit in the Ministry of Law & Justice which caters to Department of Legal Affairs (including Income Tax Appellate Tribunal) and Legislative Department.
AMEET B NAIK
FOUNDER AND MANAGING PARTNER of NAIK NAIK & COMPANYAmeet B Naik, Founder and Managing Partner of Naik Naik and Company, one of the leading full-service law firms in India with offices in Mumbai and Delhi which he founded in 2004. Has been regarded as a 'Litigator Par Excellence' and carries several important reported judgments and landmark decisions to his credit. In a short span of time has been recognized as the epitome of quality legal advice, turnaround time and domain expertise especially in the Technology, Media & Telecommunication (TMT) and IPR sphere. Has successfully led the firm to transition from traditional Media practice to advanced and niche practices like Digital Platforms, Sports & Gaming laws, etc.
ASEEM CHATURVEDI
Partner at Khaitan & Co LLPAseem Chaturvedi is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution practice group in the NCR office. He has been practicing for over a decade now and regularly appears before almost all forums starting from the Supreme Court of India, various High Courts all over India, Arbitral Tribunals, District Courts, various Tribunals and Consumer Forums. Aseem has also regularly been appointed and acting as an Arbitrator in various corporate disputes.
SACHIN KALRA
VICE PRESIDENT at HT Media LtdA corporate attorney with substantial in-house legal experience of 20 years, having an LL.M. degree in Corporate Law, Focus on Litigation, Arbitration, Advisory, Contract management and team management.
Specialities: Leadership, Management, Litigation, Intellectual Property, Arbitration, Legal Advisory, M&A , Contract & Compliance
SANTOSH KUMAR SHUKLA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI)Mr. Santosh Kumar Shukla is presently Executive Director in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI). In IBBI, he has been handling portfolios comprising of Board Secretariat, Legal Affairs, Prosecution, Disciplinary actions against Service Providers, Advocacy, Knowledge Management, and Continuing Professional Education. He has wide experience in the field of law, finance, securities, and banking industry.
In IBBI, he is on deputation from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the securities markets regulator. In SEBI, he was responsible for SEBI’s policy initiatives and legislation that affects the securities industry in India or SEBI’s authority. He also acted as Regional Director in SEBI. His other important initiatives include the corporatization and demutualisation of stock exchanges in India.
NIRUPAM LODHA
Partner at Khaitan & Co LLPNirupam Lodha is a Partner in the Intellectual Property practice group in the NCR office. He specialises in advising clients on intellectual property and technology-related transactions, including the acquisition of intellectual property assets, intellectual property and technology licensing, brand licensing and acquisition and conducting intellectual property-related due diligence.
Nirupam also advises clients in intellectual property enforcement matters, such as trademark infringement and passing off actions, patent infringement, copyright infringement, and actions for misappropriation of trade secrets.
His prosecution work includes trademarks, designs, patents and copyright filings. He has handled large IP portfolios of clients at both, India and global level.
ROOP LOOMBA
SENIOR LEGAL COUNSEL SESA REGION AND LEGAL HEAD INDIA at AKZONOBELWith over 22 years of rich professional experience as In-house counsel and General Counsel at various companies including Rolls-Royce India Limited, Hindustan Unilever, Louis Dreyfus Commodities and Castrol India,Whirlpool of India Limited, Philips India Limited, Akzonobel I have gained constructive expertise in Legal Operations encompassing Legal Strategy , Litigation management, Business Partnering, Compliances, Business Divestment, Integration, Legal Compliances and Ethics and Compliances across India, South Asia and Pacific. Now joined Akzo Nobel in a Regional role managing India, South East Asia and Pacific.
Accolades And Awards
I was listed as top 100 General Counsels in India for two years(2020-2021) by Business World(Legal), Top 100 General Counsels by Legal 500 (UK Publication) and by World IP Forum as Top 100 Powerful Women in Law and was nominated as a member of International council of Jurists,London.I am also a recipient of 'Woman Lawyer of the Year Award by Legal Era' and Best Lawyer in Engineering IBLJ.
For my work as In – house counsel at Philips Lighting, I have been recipient of a range of awards for my services to the company(I received the CEO Awards Consecutively for 3 years). I was also listed as top 100 General Counsels in India for two years by Business World(Legal), Top 100 General Counsels by Legal 500 (UK Publication) and by World IP Forum as Top 100 Powerful Women in Law and was nominated as a member of International council of Jurists,London.
MEENAL MAHESHWARI
Group Legal Director of Lemmatree Pte Ltd, Temasek GroupMeenal, currently the Group Legal Director for LemmaTree, Temasek group started her law practice at leading law firm Khaitan & Co, Mumbai. Throughout her career, she practiced at the Bombay High Court, worked as an in-house counsel, and last year, she set up the legal function at GoodWorker and Affinidi, India.
Meenal has been a merit Holder (list of top 10 students), for 4 years out of 5, amongst the successful candidates of 22 law schools housed in her University. She is a certified global privacy & data protection professional who was awarded the prestigious Chevening fellowship by the UK government, where she wrote and presented her research paper titled "Territorial approach to technology law: Smart or stupid".
She is a marathoner and a yoga practitioner, passionate about women empowerment and combating climate change issues. In addition, she enjoys traveling and relishes time with her six-year-old.
PRANAV MEHRA
DIRECTOR – LEGAL of FRESHWORKSPranav is the head of legal for India and Asia Pacific at Freshworks (Freshworks is a NASDAQ listed company (USD 10.1 billion valuation at IPO) that provides innovative customer engagement solutions that make it easy for retail teams to attract, win, and keep customers for life on a cloud based platform).
In his role, Pranav leads a team that provides strategic legal support for commercial transactions, employment, regulatory, litigation, compliance, operations, policy and secretarial.
Dr. Rajiv Mani
Additional Secretary, Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law & Justice, Government of India at Government of IndiaDr. Rajiv Mani, Additional Secretary is an officer of the Indian Legal Service (I.L.S.) presently working in the Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law & Justice, Government of India. He is looking after legal advice work of various Ministries/Department of the Government of India. He is also closely associated in carrying forward the legislative proposals of the Government of India in strengthening the Ease of Doing Business environment and particularly with reforms to facilitate fast track adjudication of Commercial disputes under the Commercial Courts Act, 2015.
He is a part of initiatives undertaken by the Central Government to promote Institutional Arbitration and Mediation in the country and dealt with the 2019 and 2021 amendments, carried out in the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996. He has played an important role in the establishment of IIAC.
Dr. Rajiv Mani is a Member of the Governing Body of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) and the Indian Council of Arbitration (ICA).
SHWETHA BIDHURI
DIRECTOR & HEAD (SOUTH ASIA) of SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION CENTREAs the Director & Head of South Asia at the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, Ms Shwetha Bidhuri oversees SIAC’s activities in South Asia, works with regional stakeholders on dispute resolution matters, and facilitates dissemination of necessary information on arbitration at SIAC and in Singapore.
Shwetha enrolled as an Advocate in 2007 and holds a Master of Laws degree. Prior to joining SIAC, Shwetha worked in the dispute resolution practice of a leading law firm in New Delhi for nearly a decade on commercial litigation cases and a number of investment treaty arbitrations involving India. Shwetha has worked on many leading cases which have contributed to the development of law affecting global companies. She is also an expert faculty on International Arbitration at NALSAR, Hyderabad
SUMANT NAYAK
SENIOR PARTNER at DESAI & DIWANJIWith a career spanning more than two decades, Sumant currently is a Senior Partner in Desai & Diwanji for past six years at the NCR office.
He practices in a broad-spectrum of legal fields, which include M&A, Infrastructure, Dispute Resolution, Banking & Finance, Insolvency, Corporate & Commercial, Energy & Natural Resources, Real Estate, Private Equity, Venture Capital and Start-ups, Media & Entertainment, Employment & Labour, etc. He has keen interest and a special focus on capital intensive and long gestation infrastructure projects in the field of power, airports and hydrocarbon. He also boasts pioneering experience in Public Private Partnership (PPP) model businesses in India. Additionally, he has deep insights on regulatory matters, especially in energy and aviation transport business.
His clientele includes many Fortune 500 corporations, domestic corporates, banks, financial institutions, and start-ups.
Sumant regularly appears before various courts and judicial forums including High Courts, NCLTs, APTEL, CERC, Arbitral Tribunal and Supreme Court on commercial disputes, electricity related regulatory matters, bankruptcy related disputes, etc.
He is an avid speaker at various conferences and seminars. He has to his credit, also chaired Boards of several Companies.
Sumant is a preferred choice for any given client, in view of his solution-oriented approach, accessibility, and commercial acumen.
SANDHYA YADAV
GENERAL MANAGER, CHIEF LEGAL SERVICES at OIL AND NATURAL GAS CORPORATION LTD. (ONGC)Before joining ONGC, was a practicing lawyer in Delhi, handling litigation before various forums such as Delhi High Court, National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, District Courts, CAT etc. and was in the panel of Union of India. Member of Supreme Court Bar Association. Also elected Member Executive in Supreme Court Bar Association in 2008.
Joined ONGC in 2008 and worked in various roles and assignments at different places : Mumbai, Assam and Corporate Legal Office Delhi
Job Experience: Handled effectively the Conciliation Mechanism through Outside Expert Committee (OEC) in ONGC. ONGC was conferred recently ‘Best ADR User Award’, 2023 for succesful conciliation mechanism, by Asia Pacific Centre for Arbitration & Mediation (APCAM) in International Summit. Handled successfully litigation/arbitration/AMRCD matters of ONGC. Involved in the legal opinion on commercial issues of exploration and production of oil & gas, petrochemical, renewable energy, marketing, business development merger acquisition etc. Drafting and vetting of agreements, MOUs, NDAs, corporate policies, guidelines etc. Handled legal issues related to employment, service, trusts, share matters, trademarks etc. Conducted many In-house legal awareness program relevant to Oil & Gas Business.
Achievements: Was Conferred (i) Director (HR) Award for contributions in conciliation mechanism in ONGC (ii) Key Executive Award for profession excellence in handling legal issues of Assam Asset
Education: Apart from L.L.B. from Agra College, obtained PG Diploma in Labour Laws from Indian Law Institute (ILI), New Delhi and also did P.G. Diplomas in many relevant subjects viz. International Trade and Business Law, Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law & Refugee Law, International Law & Diplomacy, International Environmental Law, from The Indian Society of International Law (ISIL).
PROFESSOR STEVE NGO
PRESIDENT & BOARD MEMBER at BEIHAI ASIA INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION CENTRE PTE LTDProfessor Ngo is an international arbitrator, academic and arbitration specialist. He is the founding President of Beihai Asia International Arbitration Centre, Singapore. As an experienced practitioner, his professional and academic activities focus on Southeast Asia, East Asia and South Asia, the three key global economic growth regions.
VSV RAO
Deputy MD at Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)A Legal professional with 32 years of experience
Serving as a whole time Director in SIDBI
Handled several responsibilities in diverse areas with core strength in Legal field.
Finalised and implemented strategies in several court matters including actions under SRFA& ESI act , IBC and other recovery laws
Handled several issues touching upon constitutional matters in Recovery laws
Has got an eye to the details
PALLAVI SALUJA
EDITOR at BAR AND BENCHPallavi is the Editor at Bar & Bench. She joined Bar & Bench in 2011 and has been writing about the Indian legal market. She has covered law firm and in-house stories, litigation stories from High Courts and the Supreme Court. Pallavi graduated from ILS Law College with LL.B. (Hons) and also holds an LL.M. from Delhi University. Pallavi was listed amongst 30 people to watch in the business of law in Asia in 2016.
VIVEK SOOD
SENIOR ADVOCATEAs a senior counsel in the Supreme Court, Vivek Sood is well known for his expertise in diverse branches of law, including constitutional, commercial, technology and criminal laws. He has written extensively on cybercrime, electronic evidence, immunity to internet intermediaries, electronic contracts, taxation of internet entities, intellectual property rights in the virtual world, arbitration, insolvency law and constitutional issues with respect to the right to privacy.
NIRUPAM SRIVASTAVA
VICE PRESIDENT – STRATEGY AND AI at HERO CORPORATENirupam Srivastava is Vice President – Strategy and AI at Hero Corporate looking after Strategy, New initiatives and AI(Artificial Intelligence). He is directly involved in Educational and Health care verticals and governance of other business.
Hero Enterprise is a diversified group with interests in Metals, Education, Healthcare, Insurance, Real Estate etc.Earlier he was with LexisNexis as Director - Strategy & M&A for India, South Asia where he led strategy. He has more than 20 years of experience in strategy and business development, in various profiles such as leading IBM as Managing Consultant. He has also worked as Head of Corporate Strategy, Mergers and Acquisitions at Schneider Electric, and with Infosys, Hughes Software Systems and Nokia Networks. He is an MBA from the founding class of Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, India, and has been awarded B. Tech in Electronics and Communications from NIT Kurukshetra, and ACS from Institute of Company Secretaries of India and LL.B. from Faculty of Law, Delhi University.