Abhijit Mukhopadhyay heads the central legal function at Hinduja Group, one of the largest diversified conglomerates in the world. While the group’s companies are located in a number of jurisdictions...

Aditi Jha joined LinkedIn, the business-oriented social networking service, in 2016. Prior to joining the company as general counsel (India) and member of the Indian leadership team, Jha worked at...

Ajay Dua gained his Bachelors in Law in 1996 at Delhi University, before obtaining his Diploma in Law, English and European Commercial and Corporate Laws in 2000 at the University...

With experience gained from working at a selection of some of the most recognisable and prestigious global companies, Dr. Akhil Prasad possesses career highlights that few in the legal market...

Akhilesh Nand joined Biocon, India’s largest biopharmaceuticals company, as vice president and global head of legal in mid-2015. He arrived with almost unparalleled experience in the sector, having helped Ranbaxy...

Handpicked at university by India’s biggest conglomerate, Reliance Industries, Akshat Sulalit spent his first four years of his career supporting their central legal team and was exposed to the legal...

Amar Kumar Sundram has gained more than 20 years of experience working in Indian corporations. Since 1994, he has held head of legal positions at companies including Idea Cellular, Reliance...

After two years at India Aluminium Company as a management trainee, Anand Srivastava joined multinational professional services company PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in 1999. Rising through the ranks at one of the...

As senior vice president for legal at Piramal, one of the most diversified major conglomerates in India, Anand Vardhan has a particular focus on financial legal matters; including, funds, finance,...

Ananthanarayan K V initially graduated as a bachelor of science before receiving his bachelor of laws degree from Bangalmore University. His skills in corporate law, legal research and due diligence...

After developing an interest in intellectual property (IP) rights as a paralegal, Anju Jain Kumar moved to law firm Anand & Anand’s IP practice, and studied an LL.M in New...

With over 20 years of professional experience, Arpita Mukherjee has extensive experience of negotiating contracts for financial services, information technology, telecoms and retail companies. Before taking her first head of...

Since qualifying as a lawyer in 2001, Ashish Chandra has spent his career in the technology, media and telecom (TMT) industry with large industry players such as NCR Corporation, Geometric...

After graduating in 1974, Ashok Barimar’s professional career began in Bangalore as an advocate. After spells as a deputy personnel officer, law officer and assistant manager (legal and personnel) at...

When the Aditya Birla Group needed to bolster its legal operation to match its hectic M&A activity in 2009, it turned to Ashok Gupta who was at Hindustan Unilever at...

Atanu Sarkar currently leads a team of 25 highly skilled legal professionals at Tech Mahindra Group, an Indian information technology provider with over 107,000 professionals operating in 90 countries. Having...

Established in 1998, Schindler India is a wholly owned subsidiary of Schindler Holding, the worldwide manufacturer of escalators, elevators and moving walkways. Before joining the company in 2014 as general...

Atul Sud is a professional with nearly 25 years of professional experience, both as a practicing advocate and in-house counsel. He has worked with leading counsel and law firms representing...

Currently heading the legal department responsible for M&A, contracting, litigation and arbitration at Indian multinational conglomerate Adani Group, Badrinath Durvasula has a distinguished pedigree in the in-house legal market. His...

The extent of Bharat Vasani’s role at Tata Sons – the principal investment holding company and promoter of Tata companies, commonly known as Tata Group – is broad enough to...

Bhushan Gokhale has headed legal teams in India since 1997. His first seven and a half years were spent at KPIT Cummins Infosystems, a global IT consulting and product engineering...

Described by a former colleague as ‘meticulous in his work and well organised’, Chakradhar Varadarajan is a seasoned lawyer with 25 years of in-house legal experience. After spells at Tata...

After 13 years of working at IDBI Bank, the Indian government-owned financial institution, Debolina Partap joined Wockhardt, a pharmaceutical and biotechnology company headquartered in Mumbai. She joined as head of...

Heading up the 75-strong legal team at media and entertainment company Star India, Deepak Jacob fulfils an important position at one of India’s most prominent broadcasters. The career path to...

After working as a litigator at the High Court at Delhi and the Supreme Court of India, Dipali Talwar moved on to handling ‘seminal’ constitutional, civil and criminal law cases....

Datamatics is a global IT and business process outsourcing organisation, which works with a number of Fortune 500 Companies globally. Divya Kumat joined the company in 2004 as senior vice...

With over 25 years’ worth of global corporate and transactional experience in the oil and gas industry, Douglas Barrie is one of the most seasoned counsel practicing in India today....

Prior to occupying his current position Gaurav Arora spent the majority of his career with two listed companies, both of which had overseas investments from venture capitalist and renowned financial...

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...

Girish Gadgil began his legal career in 1994 at Indian Oil Corporation, India’s national oil company. Staying there for 13 years, Gadgil held a number of positions, and eventually becoming...

With over 16 years of holistic industry experience with a focus on corporate and commercial law, distinguished general counsel Hitesh Mehra has become a leading professional in the industry. He...

Now a legal specialist in commercial transactions, joint ventures, M&A and restructurings Howard Armstrong has always been a gifted academic, having attended Princeton University and Stanford Law School. Between his...

Prior to joining Wipro, a leading information technology, consulting and outsourcing company, Inderpreet Sawhney gained five year’s in-house experience at ITC, and 14 years at Silicon Valley law firm The...

Before joining the global diversified metals and mining group, Vedanta, in 2015, Jasmeet Singh Wadehra gained legal experience in private practice, and with law firm Dua Associates. He went on...

Corporate banking and securities expert Jigar Shah has been among the most influential lawyers in the development of India’s financial services market. He was a member of a committee at...

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), India’s second largest publicly traded company and largest oil and gas exploration and production company, plays a key part in the country’s economy. Operating...

After spending over seven years at the Bar in Coimbatore, covering a wide spectrum of civil law work both in litigation and transactions, K S Suresh joined ITC, an Indian...

When Kapil Chaudhary was offered the chance to join the Indian operations of US-headquartered Autodesk, a leading manufacturer of software, in mid-2015, he saw an opportunity to work on the...

Kumar Das started his legal career in 1989 when he joined Hindustan Unilever as a management trainee in the legal department. Years of dedication to Hindustan Unilever led to his...

Ballarpur Industries is India’s largest manufacturer of writing and printing paper, which has revenues of approximately $3bn and is part of the Avantha Group. Before his arrival at the company,...

Lokanath Kar gained extensive experience of Indian corporate and financial laws whilst acting as a practitioner at the Bar Council of Delhi. He then moved to Escorts Group, one of...

Since 1996, Madhu Katri has been building her formidable in-house legal career at large multinational companies. PricewaterhouseCoopers, GE Healthcare and Wipro have all benefitted from her legal and operational expertise,...

After four years as a practicing litigation advocate and time spent at leading Indian law firms Thakkar & Thakkar and Juris Corp, Madhu Sivaram Muttathi first moved in-house in 2003,...

Meera Vanjari has almost two decades of legal experience, working at the highest levels of private practice and in-house roles. Initially serving at law firm Mulla & Mulla & Craigie...

Before joining Shell India, Mrinal Sinha worked at reputable Mumbai law firms Swarup & Co., Kochhar & Co. and DSK Legal between 1994 and 2006. Since then he has been...

After completing his LL.B in 1978 at Bombay University and then becoming an accredited company secretary in 1981, Mukesh Bhavnani took the role of general manager of legal, purchases and...

Natasha Fernandes went in-house immediately after the completion of her legal studies in 2002, joining GP Consultants & Developers, a property development firm, as a legal officer. After gaining exposure...

Naveen Raju, currently the group general counsel and senior vice president (group legal) of automobile conglomerate Mahindra & Mahindra, can look back on a career in the legal business world...

Navodit Mehra is an in-house lawyer with over 20 years of experience in various industries. He has held coveted positions such as vice president legal, head of legal and compliance...

After eight years at law firm J. Sagar Associates (JSA), Neena Gupta moved in-house when joining InterGlobe Enterprises, a leader in aviation, hospitality and travel related services. She became the...

Neeta Sanghavi has aspired to be a lawyer since she was a child, and recalls that she was ‘fascinated by lawyers from a very young age’. Now in her current...

Nilanjan Sinha has gathered two decades of in-house experience in marketing-leading companies: India’s leading battery manufacturing company (Exide Industries), India’s largest private sector bank (ICICI), India’s fastest growing private bank...

In over 25 years of corporate in-house experience, P M Devaiah has worked at some of India’s largest and most succesful companies including Tata Projects, Hindustan Unilever, Bio Products Laboratory,...

Described by one nominator as a ‘focused and dedicated professional’, P.S.N. Prasad joined the Reserve Bank of India, India’s central banking institution, in 1998. Prior to this he had a...

Since 2014, Pawan Singhal has served as executive director – legal and general counsel for the Indian subsidiary of US multinational conglomerate 3M. Singhal is a senior legal professional, with...

Pramod Rao’s in-house career began in 1996 at ICICI Bank. In under 10 years at the Indian multinational banking and financial services company, Rao was promoted to the position of...

In 2013, seasoned general counsel Prarabdha Jaipuriar joined Suez India, a waste collection and water resource company that provides solutions to address new resource management challenges for commercial and consumer...

Yum! Brands, the largest restaurant chain in the world and the company behind KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, operates around 800 outlets in India. Overseeing legal, compliance and corporate...

Pujarini Guha Maulik, associate general counsel of pioneering Indian online advertising firm InMobi, points to the volatility of the advertising technology market and a constantly evolving legal framework when discussing...

Pulin Kumar has built up a wealth of in-house experience since qualifying from Delhi University in 1991. He has worked at numerous Indian and multinational conglomerates such as Montari Industries,...

Rajeev Chopra spent 10 years as a litigator in a corporate commercial practice before moving in-house in 2003. He represented many multinational corporations on various legal issues and transactions during...

Dr Rajeev Uberoi is one of India’s most respected banking and finance lawyers. A specialist in operational risk management with more than 30 years’ experience in the financial services sector,...

The Taj Group has been one of the leaders in India’s hospitality sector ever since Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, founder of the Tata Group, opened the Taj Mahal Palace in Mumbai...

Graduating in 1980 from the Law Faculty of Jammu University, Rajesh Bragga has enjoyed over 30 years of in-house experience. From 1996 to 2009 Bragga was at Hindustan Unilever where...

JSW Steel, part of the JSW Group conglomerate, is the largest private-sector steel company in India by market capitalisation. With 2015-16 revenues of over $5bn and over 11,000 employees, the...

Known for his pragmatism in business and his ability to get things done, Rajneesh Jaswal has worked in-house since leaving his litigation practice in 2004. During successful spells at major...

Rashmi Kathpalia gained a wealth of experience as a litigator between 1988 and 1998 in the Supreme Court of India and various High Courts and Tribunals. Representing and advising various...

Ravi Rajagopal joined Mumbai-based multinational Crompton Greaves in 2014 as its global head of legal, governance and risk. A member of the Avantha Group, one of India’s largest conglomerates, the...

With over 40 years of legal professional experience, Ravi Sachdev is one the most experienced in-house lawyers in India. After two years as a legal manager he joined Imperial Chemical...

Rohit Kumar is an eminent and well respected in-house lawyer whose achievements have seen him singled out for praise by the industry press. After completing his university education, Kumar rose...

Starting her legal career as a junior lawyer in a criminal law chambers, Roop Loomba also had a spell at Delhi-based law firm Amarjeet & Associates before moving to an...

As head of the legal department for the retail arm of Phoenix Mills, Sabira Khadri has a varied portfolio of responsibilities. Overseeing the work of over 55 legal and leasing...

Described by peers as ‘a very clear headed, driven professional’ with a ‘problem solving approach’, Sameer Chugh is a well-respected legal adviser with almost 20 years of professional experience. After...

A hugely experienced legal professional with an extensive career at many top-ranking firms in India, Sameer Guha took on the role of India legal counsel at Mars International in August...

Founded in 2004, Yes Bank has grown to become India’s fifth largest private bank. Sanjay Nambiar joined the company in late 2010 and, according to nominators, has shown ‘masterful judgement...

After graduating in law at Kurukshetra University in 2000, Sanjit Kaur Batra began her legal career as an associate at the Punjab & Haryana High Court. After two years there,...

Since obtaining his master’s degree in law from the University of Mumbai, Sanker Parameswaran has gained over 30 years of professional experience in the legal and secretarial field. Before joining...

Now general counsel for the South Asia cluster at Siemens, a German multinational engineering company, Saugata Chakravarty can look back on a career that saw him undertake a rapid progression...

Shahana Basu is an experienced corporate lawyer with extensive global experience advising and managing legal and business issues across a full breadth of operations of multinational companies. Between 1998 and...

“Between 1997 and 2008, Shelly Kohli developed her legal skills at various Indian law firms. After a brief spell at leading intellectual property management and technology company, CPA Global, Kohli...

After graduating in law, Shreenivasa P. Gotur practiced in a Bangalore-based law firm between 1994-98 with a focus on constitutional laws, civil litigation, conveyancing and drafting. He then joined Toyota...

Shujath Bin Ali, a legal professional with over 14 years of corporate experience, has a skillset that has been put to the test across diverse sectors during the course of...

Currently heading the secretarial, legal, ethics and internal audit departments at IT services company Mphasis, Sivaram Nair has over 25 years of experience spanning across the manufacturing and services industries....

With an excellent academic background, Smita Priyadarshini was handpicked by top Indian firm Luthra & Luthra Law Offices, before being seconded to and then hired by one its large US-based...

Described as ‘dependable, intelligent and hardworking’, Smitha Murthy has over 17 years of experience in the legal sector. After almost six years at law firm Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh...

Mondelēz is the leading chocolate manufacturer in India, with 65% market share, producing well-known brands such as Cadbury’s chocolate and Oreos biscuits. The company has recently announced plans to open...

As one of only seven state-owned enterprises belonging to the highest ‘Maharatna’ category of companies, GAIL – the largest state-owned natural gas processing and distribution company in India with diversified...

Described by sources as an ‘effective communicator’ and a leader with a ‘resilient personality’, Karla Gross is currently the legal director for the greater Caribbean region at Colgate-Palmolive, a global...

After graduating from the University of Delhi, Sudhir Kumar Jha progressed through a varied in-house legal career that spanned a range of sectors and included major companies such as Larsen...

Known as a consistently high achiever with experience of both private practice and internal corporate legal work, Sujeet Jain has worked hard to foster a culture of excellence among the...

The Indian economy is among the world’s fastest-growing, and with ever-increasing energy requirements from businesses and consumers it is an ideal market for power companies to operate in. Sumant Nayak,...

Starting his career in 1994, Suprio Dasgupta has held a number of senior positions at the Indian subsidiaries of some of the world’s largest conglomerates; including GE, Honeywell International and...

Having qualified as a solicitor at both the Bombay Incorporated Law Society and the Law Society of England and Wales, Tejal Patil has previously gained experience from well-known law firm...

After graduating from the National Law School of India University in 1996, Thirumalesh Gangappa spent two years as an associate at Singhania & Co. before debuting in his first in-house...

Having worked at law firms Fox Mandal Little and Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan between 2002 and 2012, Ugen Bhutia gained litigation experience in banking and debt recovery laws by advising on...

Now an award-winning specialist in M&A, joint venture agreements, project equity and infrastructure deals, Vidyut Gulati’s legal career began in 2002 at DUA Associates, and continued after a move to...

Vijay Kamath first moved in-house in 2003 when he joined Fiat India, part of the Italian car manufacturer. Having experienced significant exposure to dispute resolution, contracting, corporate advisory work and...

PepsiCo has a substantial operation in the Indian market, which is one of its top five globally. It has become one of the pre-eminent brands in India on the back...

Lupin is among the 10 largest generic pharmaceutical companies by revenue globally, the third largest Indian pharmaceuticals companies by revenue, and a significant player in the US, European and East...

Yogesh Wadhwa, vice president and lead counsel at General Motors India (GM India), possess a wealth of experience gleaned from a career that has encompassed a variety of roles and...