About

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 institutions. He often dealt with corporate restructuring in the form of mergers and listings with the stock exchanges, raising of funds through global depository receipts, foreign currency convertible bonds and external commercial borrowings. In 2008, Arora joined Huawei Telecommunications (India), a Chinese multinational networking and telecommunications equipment and services company. As general counsel and company secretary, he has built a high quality team of six to take care of the company offices and operations in Mumbai, Bangalore and Gurgaon. The end result of building the team, and reviewing procedures to ensure smooth compliance, is that the legal department is now considered a valuable asset in Huawei’s business plans. Continually looking to develop and meeting the department’s objective of ‘safety in operations and meeting of business objectives’, Arora is heavily involved in implementing contractual safeguards, helping the company avoid claims. Explaining the effect of his approach, Arora says ‘effective risk and compliance management followed with disputes management has resulted in building of more trust in the management about the impartial legal and judicial system of India. I believe that trust, in the long run, helps any business to delegate more authority and thereby create a cycle of growth’.