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Since 2003 Gautam Rohidekar has held high profile roles such as head of legal at Infosys BPO, the business process outsourcing subsidiary of Infosys, vice president legal at Obopay, a mobile money technology company, and vice president and deputy head of legal at Infosys. In 2014, Rohidekar was selected to to serve as chief legal officer of Cipla, the global pharmaceutical company, which uses cutting edge technology and innovation to meet the everyday needs of patients. In this role, Rohidekar takes ultimate responsibility for all legal matters including contracts, M&A, employment, litigation and compliance. Now managing a team of 32, Rohidekar initially had to bed-in new systems and processes, recruit the right legal talent, and manage demanding internal stakeholders while constructing a world class legal team. During his tenure Rohidekar has worked on many M&As, JVs and divestments and can boast of leading over 10 succesful global acquistions till date. Known as a business enabler, Rohidekar personally led the legal team during the $550 million Invagen acquisition, Cipla’s first US venture. Working on the acquisition for a period of 12 months, he ensured Cipla negotiated a maze of regulatory and financial hurdles, both in US and in India. Rohidekar also led the implementation of the compliance tool in Cipla which enables the senior management to have a real-time, instant snapshot at any given point, of the status of compliance in the organization in India. . Demonstrating the position of esteem he holds in the company, Rohidekar participates in its most important business committees and has a permanent position on the strategic deals committee, risk management committee, ethics committee and other leadership forums in the organization. He identifies the ability to deal with regulators, people management and problem solving by tackling issues above and beyond the legal realm as central to his approach in leading the legal department in Cipla.