About

Nitin Banerjee, general counsel of Cairn, a major oil and gas company affiliate of Vedanta Group, has been in the role since November 2017 and is responsible for the legal and compliance affairs of this major industry that responsible for around 27% of domestic crude oil production in India in 2017-2018. As a senior lawyer with over 20 years of legal private practice and in-house experience and dual qualification in India and England and Wales, Banerjee brings his considerable skill in energy and infrastructure projects, M&A in the oil and gas sector, commercial and regulatory company law, as well as litigation and arbitration management, corporate governance and policy in the up, down and mid-stream oil and gas industry. Banerjee is also involved in the Vedanta Group legal counsel team. During his tenure at Cairn, the company has expanded and opened new facilities in India and South Africa and increased its portfolio of energy offerings.