About

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 Software, eBay India, Star India and Reliance Jio Infocomm. In 2014 Chandra moved to Snapdeal, India’s largest online marketplace, where he serves as senior vice president, group general counsel and head of taxation. He currently leads 30 legal and tax professionals in a department he created from scratch. Combining legal acumen with business intelligence, Chandra has led more than 15 M&A transactions with fund raising of more than $2bn, demonstrating his value to the company and gaining a number of industry awards in the process. Chadra works very closely with various industry and regulatory forums to promote business-friendly legislation or regulation and to ensure the orderly growth of the e-commerce and mobile payment industry in India. He has made representations before various government bodies, in an attempt to make relevant agencies fully understand internet related jurisprudential challenges and crimes. Describing his approach, Chadra says that ‘the best way to overcome the challenge is to have a continuous dialogue with the policy makers and law enforcement agencies to help them understand the dynamic and ever evolving business model, and assist them in making business-friendly regulations and interpretations’. In a constantly growing industry, close cooperation with regulators will be crucial to Snapdeal’s continued success.