About

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 2014. Guha now has the significant responsibility of handling all legal affairs for Mars Corporation’s confectionary and petcare businesses throughout the Indian subcontinent. Tasked with the legal safeguarding of some of the most prominent global brands, Guha’s time with Mars has been active and often involved complex and time-consuming operations. Among others, a landmark memorandum of understanding with the Mumbai government, aimed at producing the first Mars chocolate factory in India, is a particularly strong example of the work completed by the legal team. Guha’s long career in private practice has left him in a particularly well suited position to operate effectively in his role at Mars. In particular, experience of private equity transactions, M&A and joint ventures during a long tenure at Trilegal have been particularly applicable to his in-house work. Negotiating with international firms and other actors as part of cross-border transactions and disputes also gave valuable insight into how to act in the most efficient and effective manner possible. Despite only being engaged as a corporate counsel since 2014, Guha’s impact on the legal business world has already been noticed, as he has been highlighted in the Indian legal press.