
Lex-Falcon Awardees dubai 2023

ABDULLAH B. MANZUR
Abdullah
is a dynamic
Bangladeshi
lawyer with
over 7 years
of working
experience.
He is a UK
qualified
Barrister
and works
for one of
the leading
law firms of
Bangladesh,
SHEIKH &
CHOWDHURY.
He regularly
also appears
before
various
courts of
Bangladesh
in civil,
commercial,
contractual,
intellectual
property,
information
technology,
shipping and
banking law
matters,
public
sector
matters and
in
Arbitration
matters
under the
Bangladesh
Arbitration
Act, 2001.
He has
represented
clients in
an EPC
dispute in
one of the
biggest
Virtual
Hearing
in
Bangladesh
back in 2021
in an
International
Commercial
Arbitration
matter.
Abdullah
works
predominantly
with
national and
international
businesses.
His
specialisation
is in the
field of
Commercial
Law and
International
Arbitration
practice.

RAJEEV GOSWAMI
Rajeev
Goswami is a
seasoned
corporate
lawyer with
over 23
years of
experience
in law firms
as well as
multinational
corporations.
He is Fellow
Member of
ICSI, India,
Associate
Member of
ICSA, UK,
LLB from
Delhi
University
and MBA from
IIM Lucknow.
He has been
an
entrepreneur
himself and
has also
been
imparting
knowledge to
young
professionals
as guest
faculty in
India’s top
institutes
including
various
IIMs, ICSI
&
law
colleges.
Rajeev is
also a
prolific and
much
sought-after
speaker and
has graced
podiums at
premier
professional
bodies like
NASSCOM,
ASSOCHAM,
PHDCCI,
Indian
Chamber of
Commerce
etc.

ABHISHEK MATHUR
Abhishek
Mathur
completed
his LLB from
Symbiosis
International
University
in the year
2019 and
also holds a
diploma in
Competition
Law from
National Law
University,
Delhi. He
possesses
three years
of focused
experience
in
Intellectual
Property
Laws,
Mergers and
Acquisitions
and
Insolvency
Laws.
Throughout
his career,
Abhishek
Mathur has
represented
various
clients in
matters
before
various
Courts/Tribunals
including
DRT, DRAT,
NCLT, NCLAT,
High Courts
and the
Supreme
Court.
Currently,
he manages
the entire
IP
prosecution
and
represents
his Company
in various
Registries
and
Courts.

ABU SADAT MOHAMMAD SAYEM ALI PATHAN
Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem Ali Pathan is a managing partner of Pathan & Associates and practicing lawyer of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. His areas of expertise include corporate and commercial matters, IP laws, foreign investment, regulatory and compliance matters, labour law, litigation etc. He has even represented Bangladesh in regional level of Moot Court Competitions and adjudicated in different moot court competitions i.e. Jessup International Round. Abu has even authored three books i.e. Company Laws, Intellectual Property Laws and Drafting.

ABHISHEK CHAND
A high-energy driven professional with experience in Strategic Legal Recovery, Business Legal, Compliance, Civil, Criminal, Consumer matters & Contract & Policy Formulation, Abhishek has worked extensively with various Corporates like Mahindra and Mahindra Group, TATA Motors Finance Limited, Schindler India, Volkswagen Finance Private Limited.
He began his career in 2002 and has expertise in Litigations & Non Litigation profile. Abhishek has a diverse and vast experience in handling all aspects of the corporate legal functions which include implementing Legal Standard Processes, effective policies ensure legal compliance, legal due diligence, drafting and vetting, negotiation, documentations such as Tender documents, Mortgages, Agreements etc.

ACCENTURE MIDDLE EAST
Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Technology and Operations services and Accenture Song—all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 721,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities.

ADHAVAN SEETHARAMAN
Adhavan Seetharaman is an experienced attorney and business leader with over 14 years of experience in providing legal guidance and support to companies of all sizes. As General Counsel at G10X Pte Limited, he is responsible for overseeing all legal matters and providing strategic counsel to the executive team. Prior to joining G10X, he held a managerial role at Infosys Limited, Bangalore, where he managed a team of attorneys and oversaw all legal affairs for the company. He has also worked as an IP attorney at the Law Firm of Naren Thappeta.

ADVOCATE HIRAN KRISHNASWAMY
Hiran is a qualified Chartered Accountant and a practising Advocate with a wealth of experience and knowledge in corporate, tax, banking and adversarial litigation. After having endured the world of finance for over 8 years, Advocate Hiran Krishnaswamy plunged into litigation and dispute resolution with many high-profile judgments to his credit. He is also a Certified Fraud Examiner from the ACFE (USA). Before joining the Bar, he was a part of EY India’s Fraud Investigation & Dispute Settlements team where he was engaged as a forensics auditor to investigate various frauds and financial crimes. He has even worked independently as an audit consultant for various Public Sector Banks such as SBI, Indian Bank and Syndicate Bank.

ADVOCATE SACHIN PATHAK
Sachin
Pathak has
multi-domain
Legal
Practice
exposure to
a wide range
of Legal
Affairs
including
Litigation
in
Employment
& Civil
Laws,
Industrial
Relation/
Disputes/Negotiation,
Human
Resource
Advice,
Compliances,
Contract
drafting,
Legal
Advisory,
Industrial
&
Finance.
He is
skilled in
the areas of
Employment
Contracts,
Labor and
Employment
Law, Legal
Document
Preparation,
Legal
Advice,
Employment
Litigation,
Civil
Litigation,
Contract
Negotiation,
Industrial
Relations,
Human
Resources
(HR) and
Legal
Advisory.

AISHWARYA KAUSHIQ
Kaushiq has a broad-spectrum background in commercial disputes, across various Courts and judicial forums in India. His core focus areas include contractual disputes, arbitration (domestic & international), government projects, recovery recourses, insolvency, consumer, internet intermediary, and social media related disputes. His work at BTG Legal includes advising and representing domestic and international clients on high-stake legal disputes, starting at the pre-litigation advisory, through the stages of discovery, pleadings, trial, and till the conclusion of the dispute. Kaushiq has contributed to various articles published on renowned platforms and journals and has been quoted by national newspapers on various legal issues.

AJAY SONDHI
Ajay currently is the Co-Chairman and Member of the prestigious Bar Council of Delhi (BCD). Ajay is also the founder of Sondhi Law Chambers. He is a dual qualified lawyer- an Advocate registered with the Bar Council of Delhi and an Attorney registered with the New York State Bar. He is familiar with the issues involved in both domestic and international financing and has worked as counsel in US deals including investments into Indian entities by corporate groups based out of US and other European jurisdictions. He joined the Banking and Finance Group of Luthra & Luthra in November 2008 and has since worked on some of the leading financing and real estate deals. He is well versed with the issues arising in financing of projects in sectors such as power, oil & gas, hospitals etc. Ajay has regularly appeared as the lead counsel before the Supreme Court of India, High Court of Delhi, Chandigarh, Allahabad etc, Trial Courts at Delhi, Goa and various quasi-judicial forums including National Commissions, State Commissions.

AKHIL KRISHAN MAGGU
Akhil Krishan Maggu is a practicing Advocate before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, High Courts pan India and Tax Tribunals. He started his legal journey 6 years back after completing his Master’s from London. Akhil’s area of expertise is in Indirect taxes and direct taxes viz Customs, PMLA, ED, GST, Income tax, but he has also handled a wide variety of criminal and civil cases. Akhil is of firm belief that with the emergence of globalization, the legal profession has also surpassed international borders and has expanded across the globe. So this makes the legal profession an ocean with a wide variety of opportunities for one and all. With the oncoming of modern technologies, the legal profession is continuously evolving, thereby bringing new challenges and rewards. Post pandemic, the introduction of Virtual Conference and the ability to work remotely comes as a boon for all the legal professionals. This dynamic legal scenario makes every day unique and offers a satisfying work experience.

ALEXANDRE COSTEIRA FRAZÃO
Alexandre began his journey in the legal profession by acting as a Law Clerk at the Attorney General of the City of Rio de Janeiro. A year later, he left the public service to join Azwvedo Sette, one of the most renowned firms in infrastructure and Public Law in Brazil. Later he also joined the Infrastructure team of Barroso, Fontelles, Barcelos e Miranda Advogados, a Litigation powerhouse founded by the current Justice of the Brazilian Supreme Court Luis Roberto Barroso. Finally in November 2020 Alexandre joined Costeira Advogados e Consultores, his family firm to open a infrastructure, PPP, Project Finance and Public Law department.

AMIR BAVANI
With many years of enriching experience in the field of Law and after playing a significant role at various organizational levels with leading Law Firms, Amir Bavani in November, 2021, established his own law office, AB Legal. He brings with him sound background in disputes resolution mechanism especially concerning the aspects of Companies Act and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. He regularly appears before various authorities including High Courts, Debt Recovery Tribunal and National Company Law Tribunals. He advises significant number of companies, creditors, Insolvency Professionals and other stakeholders to effectively deal with the aspects of insolvency and restructuring process.

AMIT KUMAR
Amit
Kumar, Head
of Legal,
Tejas
Networks
Limited (a
Tata Group
of
Companies)
is a 2010
law graduate
from Gujarat
National Law
University,
Gandhi
nagar,
Gujarat,
India and is
qualified to
practise law
in India.
Having
started as a
full time
General
Corporate
and
Commercial
Lawyer, Amit
Kumar is now
a seasoned
legal
professional
with over 13
years of
versatile
legal
experience.
His practice
areas
include
Mergers
&
Acquisition,
Private
Equity &
Debt
Transactions,
AIF, Fintech
and Payment
&
Settlement
Laws, IPR,
Telecom
Laws, Cab
Aggregator
Laws,
Dispute
Resolution
and day to
day
Regulatory
Advisories.
Amit has
handled a
significant
number of
M&As and
general
corporate
&
commercial
law matters,
advised on
high-stake
deals and
disputes
across
several
judicial and
quasi-judicial
forums in
India as
well as
Internationally.
Amit’s deals
experience
cuts across
sectors to
include
Telecoms,
Fintech,
EduTech,
Real Estate
Funding,
Information
technology,
e-commerce.
As a
corporate
and
commercial
disputes
lawyer, he
has advised
various
companies
across
diverse
forums
including
the Supreme
Court of
India, High
Courts,
National
Company Law
Tribunals,
Arbitrational
Tribunal on
complex
disputes
pertaining
to
commercial
contracts,
shareholders’
agreements,
etc.

ANGELINE RODRIGUES
Angeline Rodrigues is a Science Graduate; completed her LLB from Govt. Law College, Mumbai University. She's a practising Advocate & Legal Consultant from 2003. She has demonstrated a history of expertise in Strategic Advice, handling Multi–Jurisdictional Litigations & Non-litigation documentations in challenging situations. Skilled in Acquisitions, Deal Structuring, Due Diligence, Negotiations, Contracts, Licensing, Leasing, JVs, ADRs. Her major practice area is Civil, Properties, Finance, Family, Testamentary, ADRs, Corporate, IPR, RERA, IBC & Criminal Laws. She has worked with/been Legal Consultant for Binani, FIs, Real Estate Developers-Swastik, Lodha, Bhojwani, Sunteck Realty, Ashwin Sheth, Fosun Hive; pro-bono cases & an honorary resource person.

LION M. ANIL KUMAR
Lion M. Anil Kumar is an advocate and a successful Lion Member since 1997. He became the District Governor of the Lion’s Club in 2016-2017 when the Lion’s Club observed its 100 Year Anniversary. In August 1995 he began his Legal Career. Lion Anil Kumar usually deals with Motor Vehicles Accident Claims cases and has successfully dealt with more than 2000 clients and continues to do so.

ANUJA MOHILE PATANKAR
Anuja Patankar is the Head of Media Practice and one of the founding partners at Mohile PatankarAssociates (MPA), a Mumbai based law firm. She has over 13 years of experience in intellectual property, media and general corporate and commercial advisory with a focus on film, television, OTT, music, digital media, advertising, fashion, gaming, marketing, events. She has advised clients on a range of legal issues such as deal structuring, contract negotiation, content regulation, IP monetization, music acquisition, content distribution and dispute resolution, on deals with cumulative worth near half a billion dollars.

ANJALI GHOSH
Anjali
Ghosh is a
revered
legal
luminary and
trailblazer
at the
intersection
of
technology,
competition,
and data
privacy.
With over 14
years of
invaluable
expertise,
she has
garnered
worldwide
recognition
for her
exceptional
legal acumen
and
remarkable
contributions
to the
field.
Currently
serving as
the Legal
Head for
Amazon Web
Services'
Public
Sector
in
India &
South Asia,
she
exemplifies
excellence
in her
role.Renowned
as the
senior legal
counsel to
AWS Board
Members,
business
leadership,
and
government
affairs
teams,
Anjali has
been
instrumental
in driving
Amazon's
global
expansion
strategy in
South Asia.
Her astute
analysis of
international
procurement
laws and
regulations,
coupled with
their
engagement
with top
government
officials,
ensures
optimal
policy
compliance
and
mitigates
reputational
risks,
solidifying
Amazon's
standing as
a global
industry
leader.
Anjali
stands as an
inspirational
figure
within the
legal
community,
showcasing
unparalleled
expertise in
navigating
complex
legal
landscapes.
Her
unwavering
commitment
to
excellence
has earned
them
widespread
acclaim and
admiration.

APOORVA MAYANK
Apoorva
Mayank has a
legal career
span of over
4 years, she
has gained
invaluable
experience
within the
Industry, by
having the
privilege of
collaborating
with both
domestic and
international
clients,
each with
their own
unique set
of
challenges
and
requirements.
She has
honed her
skills in
Legal
Support
&
Advice,
Contract
Drafting,
Reviewing,
and
Redlining.
Furthermore,
she is also
experienced
in Legal
Research and
Compliance
Management.
Notably,
Apoorva has
also
garnered
considerable
expertise
within the
dynamic
field of AI
and Internet
Industry.
Currently
she is
working with
a Start-up,
lending her
unique skill
set to
ensure their
continued
growth.

APOORVA PANDEY
Apoorva Pandey is an advocate with an experience of close to ten years, practicing in various courts of Delhi. In these years of practicing law, she has dealt with a multitude of eclectic and diverse cases pertaining to Matrimonial Cases, Criminal Law, White collar crimes etc. As an individual, she considers herself as an avid learner, fascinated by the intricacies of the legal field. Apoorva has been humbled to have worked on some noteworthy cases.

ASAF GÖKTUĞ AKDERE
Asaf Göktuğ Akdere is a legal professional with over 10 years of experience in the legal industry, currently he serves as the General Counsel and Company Secretariat at HAVELSAN, one of the leading technology and defence companies in Turkey. Asaf's professional experience includes working as a Judge for the Ministry of Justice for over 5 years. He holds two L.L.Ms in Private law and International Civil, Commercial Law. During his career, he held various positions allowing him to gain significant experience in international executive negotiations, legal risk management, corporate governance and compliance, crisis management, and acting as a trusted business advisor.

ASHWINI J
Upon
graduating
in the year
2016 from
University
Law College,
Bangalore,
Ashwini
started her
career as a
legal
practitioner
in Lawyers
Inc law firm
in Bangalore
in the year
2017, where
she appeared
before the
Hon’ble High
Court of
Karnataka,
civil court
and various
other courts
in the state
of
Karnataka.
In 2019, she
joined as a
legal
manager in
HDFC Bank
for Retail
Agri
Department,
where she
was
in-charge of
Karnataka
and Kerala
state. After
that,
Ashwini
started real
estate
practice in
ILP Law firm
and K Law
Firm in
Bangalore
and is
currently
working as a
Senior
Associate at
Indegene
Company.

ASMITA ABHIJEETA NAYAK
Holding 18 years of experience in the field of Taxation & Corporate Laws, Asmita graduated from Symbiosis Society’s Law College, Pune in 2005 and was enrolled as an Advocate. In 2011, she started her own Law Firm, SM LEGAL and currently operates from offices in New Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Cuttack. She has appeared in over 500 cases Pan-India and is empanelled in NHAI, IndusInd Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank. Asmita has been awarded with the Scroll of Honour by Ex-President of India, Under 40 Rising Star by Legal Era Group and Professional of the Year Award by Indian Achievers Forum.

BAHADIR BICER
Mr. Biçer is a qualified lawyer and mediator. He is currently working as chief legal officer at Arma Group and of counsel to Eurasia Legal. Having an LLM in Information Technology Law, he is about to obtain a 2nd LLM degree in international trade and investment law from Xiamen University with high success as a fully funded Chinese Government Scholar. He enjoys working interdisciplinary and continues his studies on law and economics especially in the EMEA region. His fields of professionalism are start-up & venture law, SaaP, commercial law, international investment law, financial markets, private international law, and immigration services.

BALALL MAQBOOL
Balall Maqbool is an English qualified lawyer with over 11 years’ experience in the knowledge team at DLA Piper Middle East. Balall provides guidance to the global KM team to develop, manage and maintain its KM platforms and supports fee earners with client-related queries. Balall has developed and specialised in areas of law including Corporate, Employment and IPT and is well-rounded with the technical know-how to deliver the firms' strategy to DLA’s partners, fee-earners in groups, countries and sectors. Balall has over 5 years’ experience teaching various subjects in universities across the GCC as part of the firms’ pro-bono program

BHAVITT K RASTOGI
Bhavitt K Rastogi is a professional with close to 7 years of experience in the legal industry, dealing with an array of legal complexities, gaining valuable transferable skills in strategic planning, project management and relationship building. He has proven records of combining diligent approach using business ingenuity and strong research skills with well-developed management and leadership qualities achieving favourable outcomes.

BHRIGU DHAMI
Mr. Bhrigu Dhami is an experienced Lawyer with a demonstrated experience of representing clients before the Apex Court, Delhi High Court, Delhi District Courts and various Tribunals and Forums across Delhi, NCR. He is a strong professional with a Bachelor’s Degree in Law from Amity Law School, Delhi, with primary focus on Arbitration Disputes (Commercial Disputes, Government construction contracts, Real-Estate development disputes, Home-Buyer disputes), Consumer Disputes (Medical Negligence, Automobile Industry), Real-Estate Laws (Advisory, Compliances, Consumer & RERA Disputes), Insolvency & Bankruptcy Laws.

BIJETRI ROY
Bijetri Roy is an entrepreneur, project finance and renewable energy, climate change and ESG advisory lawyer and tech enthusiast. She is the Managing Director of her startup company InsPIRE. She has an LLM from Centre for Commercial Law Studies - Queen Mary University of London.
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BIJJANI ADVOCATES
Bijjani Advocates is a Lebanese boutique law firm based in Rabieh Lebanon. The firm combines the traditional values of trust and confidentiality with the highest standards of the modern legal profession. We are proud to serve Lebanese, GCC and foreign corporate clients, from multinational companies to local start-ups. We also advise selected private clients.

CAPT ASHWANI KUMAR JHINGAN
Advocate
(Capt)
Ashwani K.
Jhingan is a
Master
Mariner,
Extra Master
(the highest
marine
professional
qualification),
Law graduate
(L.L.B.) He
possesses
over 30
years'
experience
in a wide
gamut of
functional
areas, with
significant
expertise in
the areas of
Start up
Ventures. He
has over 15
years of sea
sailing
experience
with command
on various
types of
vessels as
the
Captain.
Chief
highlights
of his
career have
been a long
nearly 13
years tenure
with the
Tata Group
Company, in
various
ascending
capacities
to the level
of Vice
President,
which
included
start up
operations
for the
agency of
one of the
top 10
International
Shipping and
Logistics
players in
the World.
He headed
the
commercial
organisation
on "All
India Basis"
capturing
significant
market
shares
through
concerted
efforts in
Marketing
and
Strategy. He
was a
Director in
one of the
subsidiary
companies,
as well. He
also
received an
appreciation
letter from
the Tata
group
chairman Mr.
Ratan Tata
for
contributions
made to the
business
group
through
quality
related
activities.
Ashwani is
even
registered
with the
Supreme
Court Bar
Association,
New Delhi
(July 2018),
the Apex
Court of
India. Also,
he is
registered
as an
"Arbitrator"
in Aug 2018
in Mumbai
High
Court.

CHRISTIA SHEINE EVANGELIO GIRAO
Christia
Sheine
Evangelio
Girao is the
Co-Founder
and Chief
Legal
Officer of
Tetrix
Network. She
advocates to
reshape the
landscape of
the legal
profession
by bringing
the
traditional
practice of
law in
convergence
with
innovative,
out of the
box ideas
and new-age
technology,
in a
predominantly
millennial
society.
Her key
practice
areas
include Data
Protection
&
Privacy,
Intellectual
Property and
Technology
She
endeavours
to establish
her own mark
in the legal
profession
by providing
legal
services to
her diverse
clientele to
match those
offered by
larger law
firms while
also
creating a
culture that
adapts to
the
ever-changing
landscape of
the practice
of
law.

CHUDI OJUKWU
Chudi Ojukwu is the leading legal authority in Nigeria electric power sector and infrastructure regulation, with over 33 years of experience as a legal practitioner in Nigeria. An Associate Professor of law, Chudi Ojukwu has advised on over 30 power sector transactions in the past decade, including utility-scale PV solar and hydro projects. A Certified Utility Regulation Specialist, he has been involved in most of the IPP transactions in Nigeria. He has held many consulting roles, including as a Regulatory Advisory Expert to the Government of Liberia. His practice interests also include general commercial practice, data privacy, blockchain and AI.

DAVID BURROWS
David is the Managing Director of Burrows Attorneys Incorporated and is responsible for the firm’s vision and growth. He has built and manages a full-service law firm that provides world-class legal services with clients ranging from listed companies on international Stock Exchanges to individuals. David is responsible for a new generation South African law firm and prides the firm's success in the relationships built with clients.

DINA AMMAR
Dina is an experienced legal, compliance and public affairs professional with a demonstrated history of working in the pharmaceutical, food & beverages and oil & gas industries. She is skilled in providing practical and innovative legal advice; strategic negotiations; drafting contracts and legal documents; managing litigation; ensuring compliance with national and international legal instruments; investigations; and outreach and lobbying with government authorities.

DIVENDER KAUR SIDDHU
A
dynamic and
result-oriented
legal
professional
with over 14
years of
experience
in the legal
arena,
Divender is
an Associate
Director
Legal with
MarshMclennan
and
specialises
in
Corporate,
IT, Human
Resource,
Employment
and Labor
law matters.
She has
formerly
worked with
American
Express and
Infosys
advising and
handling
general
legal
matters,
legal and
employee
relation
matters.
Her work
further
includes
negotiating
and advising
digital and
technology
platforms,
amongst
others. Her
key role
with her
clientele is
advising,
structuring,
and
negotiating
deals across
all domestic
and
international
transactions
and
platforms.

DR SACHIN SHARMA
Dr. Sachin Sharma is an LL.B (Hons.); LL.M.(Merit Holder),England; Company Secretary fromICSI; Doctor of Laws(GST,India). He is a well-known practitioner in the stream of In-direct taxation. Dr.Sachin has been recognized and awarded by “Forbes India 2021 & 2022” amongst “Top Managing Partners of India” & “Top Individual Lawyers of India” respectively. In the stewardship of Dr.Sachin, his firm has been awarded by “Forbes India 2022” as “Top Law firms of India”. Dr.Sachin has a dominance over holding GST training sessions. He also manages a YouTube channel ‘KSV Tax Consultant’ which guide clients and viewers to understand the pertinence of GST law.

DR. ABDULHAFEEZ MOHAMMAD OSMAN
Dr. Osman started his career in 1991 as a lawyer before all courts in Khartoum, Sudan. In 2001, he joined Al-Fozan Group, one of the major family businesses in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as a general legal counsel. He spent ten (10) years with Al-Fozan Group and left the Group in January 2015 to join Al-Naghi Group, which is considered as the major automotive agent in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with more than ten (10) car brands, in the position of the Group Executive Legal Director. In 2016, he returned to the Al-Fozan Group as a general legal counsel for Shomoul Holding Company, a joint venture company between Alshaya Group, one of the major retailer companies in the Middle East, and Al-Fozan Holding Company.
Dr. Osman has over 30 years in litigation, arbitration, corporate law, real estate development, property management, investment, international contracts construction contracts (FIDIC Forms of Contracts) , board of directors secretary and legal translation and holds a PHD degree in law from Al Neelain University, Sudan.

DR. ADITI KAUSHAL BHARDWAJ
Dr. Aditi is a POSH & Labour Law Consultant & Lawyer, Trainer, Certified POSH Trainer, State Secretary at N.C.T of Delhi, Bar Association of India, Supreme Court of India General Counsel Member at PNGI. She has pursued her B.A. L.L.B from the Institute of Law and Management Studies, Gurgaon, P.G. Diploma in Intellectual Property Rights and L.L.M from Kurukshetra University on Labour & Industrial unrest. She has also pursued diploma in ADR from ILI, New Delhi.

DR. FAKHARA RIZWAN
Dr.
Fakhara
Rizwan is an
Author,
aCertified
Director,
and a
qualified
corporate
lawyer
(Doctorate
in Corporate
Laws from
International
Islamic
University
Malaysia).
She is
distinguished
as the only
Pakistani
with a
doctorate in
corporate
laws
governing
takeover and
merger
activity in
Pakistan. Dr
Fakhara is a
Certified
Financial
Crime
Specialist
and member
of the
Association
of Certified
Financial
Crime
Specialists
–an
internationally
recognized,
elite
standard
association
for
financial
crime
compliance
professionals
in over 80
countries
and
jurisdictions.
The
certification
allows
banking and
corporate
compliance
officers,
law
enforcement
investigators,
regulators,
auditors and
others to
skillfully
detect and
prevent the
broad array
of risks
that is the
new reality
of financial
crime.
She is a
director of
the Pakistan
Institute of
Corporate
Governance
and a member
of the MIA
Arbitration,
Mediation
&
Conciliation
Center. The
Higher
Education
Commission
of Pakistan
has approved
her as a
supervisor
to supervise
PhD
candidates.
She teaches
law and
governance
as a
visiting
faculty at
various
prestigious
institutions
and
universities.

DR. KUMUDANI SHARMA
Dr
Kumudani
Sharma is
heading the
Legal
Department
of Oil India
Limited at
Corporate
office Noida
since
September
2021. She is
an economics
graduate
from
University
of Delhi and
a member of
Institute of
Company
Secretaries
of India
since 1995
besides
possessing
being
Doctorate
degree and
bachelor’s
Degree in
law.
She started
her
professional
journey in
September
1993. During
these 30
years, she
has worked
with
infrastructure
consulting
company
(Elektrim),
NBFC (Tulip
Finance),
Delhi Stock
Exchange,
Hydropower
company
(NHPC),
Engineering
Company
(EPI) and
presently in
Oil India
Ltd
She believes
that
in-house
legal
counsel
should be
good
business
strategist
while being
a legal
advisor to
the company.
She is a
good
negotiator
and aims to
resolve the
disputes
amicably
with focus
on business
interest.

EDITH NORDMANN
Edith
is an
experienced
corporate
and
commercial
litigator
with an
expert
qualification
in
employment
law. She is
specialised
in
cross-border
business
transactions
and is an
international
ADR-certified
mediator.
Being
fluent in
German,
English,
Dutch,
French and
Italian and
understanding
differences
in
mentality,
culture and
legal
systems,
Edith is
able to help
her clients
in a unique
way.
Edith is an
international
public
speaker and
engages in
many
charitable
and social
organisations
using her
professional
expertise to
help others
and empower
them in
their
endeavours.she
is also a
member of
the Task
Force Future
of Work,
Skilling and
Mobility
under the
B20/G20
2023.

EMEL NAKAY
Emel
Nakay is the
Contracting
Effectiveness
Lead and a
Senior Legal
Counsel at
Accenture
for the
Middle East
region. With
more than 20
years of
experience
across
multinational
companies,
she has
gained a
wealth of
knowledge in
corporate
and
commercial
contracting,
negotiations,
technology
transactions,
managing
compliance
programs,
business
strategy,
and risk
analysis.
During her
12-year
tenure with
Accenture,
Emel has
been
focusing on
helping
Accenture’s
sales,
solution
development
and client
delivery
teams and
she has also
developed a
collaborative
global
mindset by
working with
cross-functional
teams, and
senior
business
leaders
around the
world.
Emel is a
fully
qualified
lawyer
registered
with the
Istanbul
Bar. She is
also an
active
mentor of
INJAZ
Company
Program and
Middlesex
Future
Lawyers
Program to
help the
next
generation's
talents
grow.

FAHIMUDDIN AHMED KHAN
Fahimuddin Ahmed Khan is a highly accomplished legal professional specializing in Criminal & Civil Litigation, Writ Jurisdiction, and Advocacy. He established his independent practice in 2018, founding Syndicate Law Offices. As the Managing Partner, he leads a team of skilled Lawyers and professionals, providing comprehensive legal services. Fahimuddin has made a significant impact in the industry, representing over 950 foreign nationals in the Tablighi Jamaat Case, and obtaining honorable acquittals. His innovative, strategic and has a future-proof approach embracing technology. With his exceptional track record and client-centric focus, Fahimuddin Ahmed Khan is a prominent figure in the legal field.

GAURAV SAXENA
Gaurav
Saxena, a
prominent
Independent
Lawyer , is
an in-house
Lawyer, the
first
generation
of his
family.
Over
the years he
has advised
all types of
cases,
including
criminal,
civil
and banking
&
financial
cases.
Currently,
he is
working as
an
Academician
in Sangam
University
Bhilwara.
His
Practical
approach
towards
teaching has
inspired
many budding
lawyers to
become an
achiever.
Gaurav
excels in
Drafting and
litigation
of Criminal
,Civil and
Banking
,financial
cases making
his clients
include
names such
as, Mahindra
, Jaipur
cooperative
Bank, Yutika
Naturals pvt
ltd and
others.
Currently,
he is
pursuing his
PHD in Law
and is also
working to
write legal
Books and
Research
Papers.

GOVINDA TOSHNIWAL
Govinda Toshniwal is a Principal Associate at Khaitan & Co’s corporate and commercial practice group. He graduated from Christ College of Law, Bangalore (now School of Law, Christ University) in 2012 with a B.A. LLB degree. With over 10 years of experience, he has advised clients across various sectors on several complex domestic and cross-border transactions. His practice spans a range of areas including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, assets and business transfers, collaborations and exits transactions and general corporate advisory. Throughout his career, he has also served as an in-house counsel with notable conglomerates such as Accenture and Honeywell.

HAMZA AKHAI
Hamza specialises in the infrastructure sector with a focus on public procurements and public private partnerships. He works closely with various public sector companies/departments as a transaction advisor in structuring projects and conducting competitive bidding processes for selection of private parties while also representing private sector companies seeking to participate in infrastructure projects.
Hamza
completed
his LL.B
(Hons.) from
the
University
of London
and holds an
LL.M from
the
University
of
California,
Berkeley. He
is also
enrolled as
an Advocate
and is a
member of
the Sindh
Bar Council
and Karachi
Bar
association.

HAROLD EKWEREKWU
Barrister
Harold
Chiedu
Ekwerekwu is
a renowned
lawyer and
public
figure from
Onitsha,
Nigeria.
Born on
November 10,
1974, he
obtained his
law degree
from the
University
of Jos in
2000 and was
called to
the Bar in
2005. Harold
is the
proprietor
of his
father's law
firm and
holds titles
such as
Chartered
Arbitrator
and
Jerusalem
Pilgrim.
He is
actively
involved in
various
organizations,
including
the Nigerian
Bar
Association,
Igboezue
Unity
Association,
and Nigerian
Youth
Volunteers.
Beyond his
professional
and civic
commitments,
Harold
enjoys
extensive
travel and
is
passionate
about
sports,
particularly
football and
lawn tennis.
Currently,
he is the
APGA flag
bearer for
the Anambra
State House
of Assembly.
Married to
Mrs. Ada
favour Uche
Harold
Ekwerekwu,
they have
children
named Una,
Isaac,
Harold
Columbus,
and
Peron.

HARSHA SHIVAKUMAR
Harsha Shivakumar is a General Counsel working with Adcuratio Inc. as a part of the Firm, Swamy & Kumar Associates. Being a Graduate of Deakin University, Melbourne He worked in Sales Analytics to improve sales of PSUs and began his initial Litigation practice with Criminal Matters, Real Estate, and Corporate Litigation. He started a firm in partnership with Hiran Krishnaswamy named as Swamy and Kumar Associates.

HARSHIKA BARLINGE
Harshika is a Professional IP Lawyer offering expert legal advice and presentation in the field of Intellectual Property since 2016. Her practice presently focuses on matters pertaining to IP rights and Enforcement in the MENA region, and she has previously worked in Indian firms in overall aspects of trademarks, copyright and design prosecution along with a steady practice in brand protection and IP enforcement.
Harshika has been honoured with a law degree from Indian Law Society’s (ILS) Law School, and also has a specialised Diploma in Intellectual Property Law.

HENNA KAPADIA POOJARA
Henna is a first-generation lawyer. She is currently a Senior Associate at Universal Legal and has read law at the Government Law College, Mumbai. She also has a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Warwick, UK. Her expertise lies in corporate and commercial laws and general corporate advisory. Henna has advised and assisted clients with mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital and start-up advisory, intellectual property, and commercial contracts. Henna has worked extensively on both domestic as well as cross-border deals across a wide variety of sectors including inter-alia technology, media and pharmaceuticals.

HIRA ILYAS CHOUDHRY
Hira
Ilyas
Choudhry is
a versatile
and
hardworking
individual,
she always
showcases a
strong
desire to
learn and
unlearn to
develop
continually.
With
well-developed
knowledge as
a legal
professional,
she has
gained
valuable
experience
working in
corporate
environments
and
possesses a
strong
understanding
of the
startup
ecosystem
and the
intersection
between
technology
and the
law.
Her
exceptional
research
skills and
strong
verbal and
written
communication
abilities
has allowed
her to excel
in legal
opinions,
litigation,
contracts,
IP, and
corporate
governance.
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INFOBIP APAC & INDIA LEGAL DEPARTMENT
Infobip is a global leader in omnichannel communication. Through a single platform, they offer advanced tools for customer engagement, support, security, and authentication across diverse communication channels for businesses worldwide. The APAC and India Region Legal Team ensures regulatory compliance and supports contract negotiations with clients and partners for the company's success – all in a fast, secure and reliable way.
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JATIN ARORA
Jatin is a qualified lawyer in India and has over 23 years of wide-ranging experience in the field of indirect taxes including GST/VAT, Customs and international trade and other allied laws. He started as a practising lawyer in 1999 and later joined Big 4 consulting firms such as Deloitte and PwC. He was a Tax partner with PwC India, before he shifted back to law practice in 2021. Currently he is a Partner with Phoenix Legal, a full-service corporate law firm in India, supporting clients, across different industries and sectors, on advisory and litigation matters.

JATIN SHARMA
Jatin sharma is a dynamic and result oriented legal professional with over a decade of experience in law practise encircling Complex Corporate Legal Issues, Compliance Issues, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Matters, Intellectual Properties Rights Matters, Capital Market and Business Laws, Litigation and Arbitration. He is an eminent founder and Managing Partner of world-renowned law firm “Jurist & Jurist International Law Firm” based at New Delhi with presence in five states of the country. He has addressed various constitutional and legal issues before the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi and his efforts have brought the appropriate and relevant changes in the law and its implementation in Labour Laws, Fire Safety Norms etc. Apart from this, he is known and eminent speaker, author and mentor and has addressed various Conferences on corporate issues, IPR laws and Constitutional topics. He is also a prominent author of most admired book “Denial of Maintenance to Wife” and the book is still a most referred by readers and apart from it, he has authored and written various professional courses in the field of law and the courses are being admired by various students of different renowned law universities and colleges.

JOSEPHINE TIEW
Josephine was admitted as a Barrister-at-law (Inner Temple) and later as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 2019. She commenced her legal career with civil and commercial disputes involving insolvency exercises, asset recovery, shareholder disputes, strata management matters and industrial relation issues. She also cultivated an active portfolio of chancery, probate and administration matters in which she represents major trust corporations and individuals alike. She has since focused her dispute resolution practice to advisory work, arbitration and adjudication in the construction, infrastructure and energy sector.
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JOSHI AND JOSHI
Joshi
& Joshi
is a
full-service
firm of
Company
Secretaries
based in
Pune. The
Firm
commenced
its
operations
in December
2009 (then
Apte Joshi
&
Associates).
CS
Raghavendra
Joshi,
Founder
Partner, has
vast
experience
of more than
30 years in
this
profession
and CS
Harshal
Joshi,
Partner, has
been in
practice for
more than 12
years now.
Since its
inception,
the Firm has
been
providing
top-notch
services to
its clients
and provides
a wide array
of advisory
and
compliance
management
services
ranging from
business
set-up,
capital
infusion,
private
equity
transactions,
winding-up,
among
others.
Apart from
this, the
Firm is
engaged in
matters
pertaining
to FEMA,
Insolvency
and
Bankruptcy
Code,
Oppression
and
Mismanagement,
Corporate
Restructuring,
Corporate
Litigations
and
appearances
and Legal
advisory and
drafting
services to
name a few.
The Firm
along with
its
associate
entities, is
also
involved in
providing
Merchant
Banking
services.
The Firm is
providing
services to
the clients
across the
globe.
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JP LEGAL CORP
We would like to formally introduce our law firm as JP Legal Corp. managed by Mr. Jay Rajesh Vasani & Ms. Persis Hodiwalla as Law Firm Partners formed in the year 2021. This year JP Legal Corp has also been listed in Legal500 in Mumbai focus, under the media and entertainment category. JP Legal Corp. is a law firm offering bouquet of services for the Intellectual Property Rights prevailing in the media & Entertainment sector. Our firm's primary vision is to own, safeguard and protect the intellectual property developed by the originator of the content for future commercial exploitation on all modes, medias, platforms in India and worldwide. We draft, vet and execute agreements and contracts required towards the production and execution of the content either theatrical or web-series, subject to client’s requirements. On an average we churn out cumulatively 4000 agreement annually for our clients. We also provide legal and commercial services for our clients who are the producers of the content and we are a part of their journey from script to screen.

K. RAMAKANTH REDDY
Designated Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court, with more than 30 years of experience in a wide range of fields like land laws/land Revenue Acts related to land matters, criminal matters, and commercial and constitutional matters. Practises in all courts and has represented Statutory bodies of the Government of India like Andhra Pradesh State Wakf Board, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), Moulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU), SUN TV Network, Gemini TV, etc. Enrolled as a mediator with IAMC, Hyderabad and a Nominated Member of the Telangana State Legal Services Authority.

KAAN ÇETINKAYA
Kaan Çetinkaya is the founding lawyer of Cetinkaya Law Firm and Chief Legal Counsel of a leading media company in Türkiye. He has been actively advising foreign investors in their transactions and disputes work in Turkey and abroad. Mr. Çetinkaya's practice focuses on corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, digital media, media, investigations and dispute resolution, data protection, intellectual property, corporate maintenance. He extensively advises clients on matters involving joint ventures, strategic investments, start-ups managing risk and resolving complex disputes relating to M&A, litigation and arbitration across a wide range of sectors.

KEERTHI ANANTHA
Keerthi is a Partner with Anantha Legal, Hyderabad. She practices in the areas of corporate law, real estate and private clients. Keerthi has experience in transactional matters, including structuring and documentation. She has undertaken various types of transactions such as acquisitions, foreign investments, joint ventures and infrastructure projects (including real-estate transactions). She has substantial experience in general corporate and advisory matters.
Keerthi graduated with B.A., B.L(Hons.) degree from the NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad in 2003 and was awarded four gold medals for academic excellence. She also holds a Masters of Law degree from Columbia University Law School, New York,USA

KIRAN GUPTA RAYAPATI
Kiran Gupta Rayapati is a qualified lawyer with strong commercial, finance and business knowledge, gained from 25 years of experience as a practising corporate lawyer. He has worked for companies in diverse industries such as Tata Teleservices Ltd (Telecom), Satyam Computer Services P Ltd (Information Technology), Peepul Capital (private equity fund) and Waycool Foods & Products P Ltd (Agri-tech). After working with leadership teams on various corporate and private equity transactions, he believes that successful deal closures require a commercial lawyer who thinks like an entrepreneur and who is adept in law and knowledgeable in finance, to arrive at a commercial consensus expeditiously.

KSHITIJ GUPTA
Kshitij Gupta has been working with JSA Advocates since 2022 as legal associate in the corporate and projects team.
Prior to this he was working in HSA Advocates. In the past 2 years, Kshitij has advised on corporate matters, private equity, regulatory aspects across multiple industries and sectors including PPP Projects, FMCG and automotive. Kshitij is a common law registered, first-generation lawyer and graduated with First-Class Honours degree with a focus on corporate laws.

KUMAR SALVA RAGHUVANSHI
Kumar Salva Raghuvanshi is currently designated as Manager (Legal) in the National Oil Company (Oil India Limited) under Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Govt. of India. He has Master’s Degree focused on Business Laws from National Law School of India University, Bangalore. He is also the Gold Medallist & Merit cum means scholarship holder in his B.Com-LL.B (Hons.) program from Amity University Uttar Pradesh.
He
is currently
providing
legal
assistance
in the
Global
Business
Development
Section and
looking
after the
legal issues
in overseas
business of
the company
in the USA,
Russia,
Venezuela,
Bangladesh,
Gabon,
Mozambique,
and Nigeria.
Besides, he
is also
handling
litigation
and
arbitration
cases of the
company. He
believes in
“maximum
business,
and zero
litigation
strategy”

KURIAKOSE VARGHESE
Kuriakose Varghese, likes to believe that he is primarily a litigator. He has argued several matters in the Supreme Court of India, High Courts at Delhi, Bombay, Chandigarh, Kerala and Madras. He has also appeared in several National level Tribunals and Statutory Commissions. Some of them are reported judgments in the field of arbitration, banking laws, law of trusts, employment law, mining laws, ecclesiastical law, criminal law etc. He has been a keynote speaker in the ASEAN Conference at the UN- Asia Pacific Commission and has lectured widely in Malaysia, Singapore, Suriname, Egypt, Japan and the United Kingdom.

KYLE WRIGHT
Kyle Wright has 20 years of experience and has contributed to the success of global consultancies and corporations under multiple jurisdictions and VUCA environments. His main legal focus is corporate and commercial (incl supply chain and procurement) contracting under English, Saudi, and UAE law, regulatory and economic sanctions compliance, legal operations, and legal technology transformation. Kyle is an advocate for the advancement of legal tech and harnessing the power of AI for more efficient, effective, and accessible legal and contract management systems.
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LEXLEO ADVOCATES & CONSULTANTS
LexLeo Advocates & Consultants is a start up law firm founded in 2019 by Karuna S G and Swaroop Anand R. The firm is positioned as a boutique law firm and has a diverse area of expertise ranging from civil law, criminal law, matrimonial, corporate, commercial, employment, IP and many more.

LYDIA FLOCCHINI
Lydia Flocchini is a legal technologist, business transformation and go-to-market leader. She is the CMO for SurePoint Technologies, a leading provider of client relationship, financial and practice management software solutions to law firms. She has extensive experience scaling legal tech startups, company acquisitions and integrations, rebranding, and launching new product categories including WestlawNext, Lex Machina, and next generation financial and practice management solutions including mobile, analytics dashboards, time management, and payments. Recently, The International Legal Technology Association recognized her as one of the 2023 Influential Women in Legal Technology, which honors outstanding women leaders in the global legal technology community.

MAITREYI KANNUR
Maitreyi Kannur is a commercial litigator from Bangalore, India since her graduation 2016.
She primarily deals with civil commercial litigation and arbitration related to a wide range of legal subjects like company, contract, employment, intellectual property, land and real estate, partnership, banking, infrastructure, energy, consumer protection, land acquisitions, public procurements, labour, foreign exchange, excise, partition and infrastructure
Maitreyi has extensive experience of appearing and conducting matters before various Courts, Arbitration Tribunal and quasi-judicial bodies in India.
Her core expertise in making strategies and handling multifarious and complex litigations as well as arbitrations. Also, mediated and negotiated various settlements for clients.

MAJDOLEEN ABOUDI
As a trusted advisor, Majdoleen Aboudi possesses over 26 years of experience spanning across a variety of sectors ranging from power, chemical gases, change management, banking and business legal consulting. She has experience in supporting a Multi-Billion USD portfolio, with proven success at building and leading quality cross border legal teams and implementing legal infrastructure, managing corporate affairs, mergers and acquisitions, as well as managing external counsel across the Middle East and India regions. In her current position, she heads the Legal Function and is also the Ethics Officer of Air Liquide (Middle East and India). She is also a certified IPEC and NLP coach as well as a photographer in her free time.

MANAL ALZAAHRANI
With over 11 years of experience in many legal fields, Manal Alzaahrani chose to focus on helping good companies to be greater by taking their innovation mission to a solid legal and governance ground.

MANEESH SALAGALA
Maneesh is a diligent Corporate Lawyer seasoned through Commercial Laws, Corporate Laws, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Laws, Insurance Laws & Banking Laws. He completed his B.A. LL.B., (Hon’s) from Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University (DSNLU), Visakhapatnam, India in 2017. He started his career as a Junior Advocate at District Court, High Courts & Tribunals and later moved to Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company where he has been awarded ‘Rising Star’ for his impeccable performance in FY 2020-21. Currently, he is working as Head of Legal for Gati Group Companies (Avaan India) advising and administering all the legal aspects of various verticals.

MANISH GAURAV
With professional experience of 18 years, Manish Gaurav focuses on private equity, infrastructure, mergers and acquisitions, competition and antitrust, corporate structuring transactions, joint ventures and strategic collaborations, debt financing transactions and commercial contracts. He has been actively advising in transactions pertaining to equity/debt financings in various start-ups, accelerators, e-commerce companies, manufacturing and services companies.
Manish has transactional practice which includes advice to private equity funds and investee companies on structuring of transactions; negotiating and finalisation of transaction documents; entry and exit strategies; and foreign exchange regulations and the regulations pertaining to applicable to pertinent sectors.

MANISHA SINGH
Manisha Singh is the Founder Partner of LexOrbis. She is known and respected for her deep expertise in prosecution and enforcement of all forms of IP rights and for strategizing and managing global patents, trademarks, and designs portfolios of large global and domestic companies. Her keen interest in using and deploying the latest technology tools and processes has immensely helped the firm develop efficient IP service delivery models and provide best-in-the-class services. She is also known for her sharp litigation and negotiation skills for both IP and non-IP litigations and dispute resolution.

MEGHA SRIVASTAVA
Megha is a lawyer from India with experience of seven years and an LL.M. in IPR from George Washington University. Prior to that, she worked in the litigation team at Dua Associates and Solicitors,and has experience in arguing several matters before different Courts in Delhi. Megha has represented major clients like SBI in a case related to Kingfisher Airlines before the SC and Delhi HC. She has even handled several pro-bono matters with DLSA. Presently, she is an independent practitioner with an endeavour to legally empower her clients through legal capacity building by way of legal counselling and promoting mental health advocacy.

MOHAMAD ALDARWISH
Mohamad AlDarwish is a highly experienced lawyer with over 20 years in the field, Mohamad is a well-respected leader in the legal industry. Currently serving as the Regional Legal Director for Carrier, Mohamad has a proven track record of providing expert guidance on complex corporate and commercial legal matters, including mergers and acquisitions and initial public offerings.
In addition to his extensive experience, Mohamad holds an MBA from Hult International Business School and a candidate for an LLM in corporate and commercial from King’s College London. Mohamad has also made significant contributions to the legal community through the publication of several articles and serving as a board member for several companies

MOHAMED ZAHIR
Mohamed read for his Bachelor of Laws at the University of London. His practice includes civil and corporate litigation, corporate restructuring, foreign investment, debt recovery, general civil practice and employment law, an area of law in which he has litigated to establish new precedents. Mohamed was appointed as a Member and was subsequently appointed as President of the Maldivian Employment Tribunal. His clientele includes both local and foreign parties involved in diverse business activities. Mohamed is the current Managing Partner of Wisham, Zahir & Co and sits on statutory and non-statutory standing committes of the Bar Council of Maldives.

MOHAMMAD ALSHRAIDEH
Mohammad Alshraideh has over 20 years’ experience in the Middle East with extensive practical expertise in commercial, banking and Islamic finance litigation. He has a deep understanding of arbitration procedures and the enforcement of arbitral awards within the UAE courts. He has successfully advised on and conducted litigation for many international clients and has extensive experience representing companies and high net worth individuals, whether in the GCC or across the MENA region.
Mohammad started his career in the law in Amman-Jordan until 2007. He worked on several private projects on developing laws and legislations in Jordan. Mohammad had also worked on many arbitration related to construction disputes, such as Queen Alia International Airport dispute and King Abdullah Parks in Amman; commercial maritime, compensation and tort law cases as well as shipping vessels disputes under Hamburg Rules 1978, including but not limited to a famous vessel’s incident “Benegas”.

MOHAMMED M. ALQASIM
Mohammed M. Alqasim is a seasoned professional legal counsel with over 10 years of experience working for top-tier law firms and a leading technology company where he advises on the implementation of a first-of-its-kind project in the region. Throughout his career, Mr. Alqasim has developed deep expertise in corporate law, commercial transactions, licensing, technology transfer, privacy and data protection, and regulatory compliance.

MUHAMMAD AWAIS RAZA HASHMI
Muhammad Awais Raza has been a practising Lawyer in Pakistan for more than 10 years. On completion of his graduation LL.B (Hons) from University of Northumbria from NewCastle, UK, he then pursued his LL.M (Masters in Law) degree from University of Manchester in International Business Law, after LL.M he pursued Legal Practice Course (LPC) from BPP School of Law London. In 2010 he started his profession as a Lawyer in Lahore , Pakistan. In 2013, Muhammad Awais Raza started his own Law firm by the name British Law Company (BLC).

MUHAMMET BURAK OZCELIK
Muhammet Burak Ozcelik earned an LLM from King's College London and is working towards a PhD from Ankara University. He serves as a Senior Legal Counsel at the Information and Communication Technologies Authority in Türkiye, handling legislative and regulatory procedures and representing Türkiye before international institutions. Mr. Ozcelik has extensive experience in advising clients on competition, IP, e-commerce, data privacy, cyber security, and general commercial law. With his background in full-stack development and knowledge of both legal and technical aspects of the digital environment, he is able to provide clients with effective legal solutions.

NABONITA SEN
Nabonita
Sen is a
corporate
lawyer with
an
experience
of 14 years
on providing
contract
management
solutions
and
simplifying
the process
of
negotiating
and drafting
contracts.
She has
worked with
various
companies to
build the
mechanism of
the contract
management
cycle. Her
approaches
to Contract
Management
practices
have been
often
referred to
as
innovative.
Not only she
satisfy
business
needs when
drafting
Contracts
but also
ensure the
Company’s
maximum
exposure to
gain and
minimal to
pain.

MURALIDHARA MURTHY
Practising
Advocate in
India,
Muralidhara
Murthy has
handled
matters
relating to
contracts,
IBC,
Arbitration
matters,
Labour
employment
matters,
representing
several
companies as
Legal
advisor. He
has surveyed
all
functions
under Human
Resources in
one of the
major Public
Sector
Undertakings
which
includes
manpower
planning,
recruitments
until
superannuation
of
employees.
Muarlidhara
holds a
Bachelor of
Science
(B.Sc.)
degree,
Bachelor of
Laws (LL.B),
Post
Graduate
Diploma in
Personnel
Management
from
Bangalore
University
and Post
Graduate
Diploma in
Management
from All
India
Management
Association.

NANITA SHARMA
Nanita has been practising as an Advocate since the year 1988. She became Advocate-on-Record in the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India after passing her AOR examination in the year 1995. Nanita is currently practising in all the courts including the Hon'ble Supreme Courts, High Courts, District Courts, Consumer Fora including State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission and National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Foreign Exchange Tribunal since 1988.

NARGIZA ALBEKOVA
Ms. Nargiza Albekova joined The Coca-Cola Company in 2022 and she is the Regional Legal Counsel and Ethics & Compliance Officer Eurasia & Middle East Operating Unit. Having a major in International Law along with an LL.M in International Trade and Commercial Law in Oxford Brookes, Nargiza has a great understanding of competition, advertising, corporate law and different fields of business law which is supplemented by great understanding of business after obtaining MBA degree in MSU (Russia).

NEELAM VATS
Neelam has professional experience of more than 20 years. She started her carrier with Luthra & Luthra, one of the leading law firms of India and thereafter joined IBM India and established her credentials as a negotiation specialists. She took a plunge to start her entrepreneurial journey by co founding a boutique law firm ‘Legal Orbit’, based out of India in 2011. Neelam has expertise in transaction advisory and has been supporting large global business transactions of multi jurisdictions. She possesses expertise in Telecom, Technology, Power and Oil and Gas sector. She is also a Charter Member of TiE.

NEHA SACHDE
Neha Sachde’s legal experience spans over a period of 15 years. She has significant experience in handling commercial transactions including mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, shareholder agreements, construction claims, PPP agreements, drafting dispositions for arbitration cases to reviewing offer documents and drafting advice for clients.
She also poses as a Contract Manager for top tier clients, by providing timely and strategic advice in the clients’ best interest to manage potential risk exposure. Neha is a part of the Bar Association of Maharashtra and Goa and has attained a dual certification by qualifying under the Solicitors Regulatory Authority of England and Wales.

NEHA SINGH
Neha is a tenured lawyer with extensive experience in multiple facets of corporate law, as well as business development and relationship management with stakeholders including leadership, senior counsels and government agencies.
She has over 13 years of practice and has delivered successfully on negotiations, arbitration, drafting opinions and contracts for multi-million deals/projects.
Neha been associated with Aviation for over a decade and worked with players in the entire aviation value chain on deal structuring, litigation, insolvency, regulatory, compliance, policy making and enforcements. In her capacity as Sr.Legal Counsel, Flynas she has successfully closed multimillion SLB transactions and financings in a short span.

NEHA VERMA
Neha
Verma is the
General
Counsel of
Puniska
Group for 6
years and
heads both
the legal
&
secretarial
function.
She is an
Associate
Member of
ICSI. She is
a
third-generation
lawyer &
has more
than 17
years’
experience
in the legal
field
spanning
varied
sectors like
real estate,
pharmaceuticals,
healthcare,
banking,
corporate
affairs,
FMCG,
etc.
Neha holds a
Master’s
Degree in
Criminal Law
& also
‘Certificate
in Contract
Law’ from
Harvard
University.
She has been
enlisted in
Forbes India
in Top GC
list &
has been
awarded
“Star Woman
Lawyer of
the Year”
award by
Legal Era in
2021.

NIKHIL RODRIGUES
Nikhil Rodrigues is an advocate holding experience Practicing for 15 years at the Bombay High Court where his major areas of specialization have been in terms of Alternate Dispute Resolution, Intellectual Property. Currently, he is working with Aditya Birla Finance Ltd.

NIRAJ SINGH
Niraj Singh is a first generation lawyer having Law degree from Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi He is in the legal profession for almost two decade and manages a boutique firm RNS Associates . His expertise is a blend of litigation, advisory to the clients both domestic and international on compliance and regulatory issues and also hands on experience in various economic and corporate laws, Commercial disputes having cross border jurisdiction including arbitration, extradition cases, white collar crime etc. He regularly appears before the Supreme Court of India., High Courts, Tribunals Commissions and Regulatory Authorities.

NISHANT DATTA
Mr. Nishant Datta, a third-generation lawyer, was born in 1979 in New Delhi. He completed his schooling at Hansraj Model School, New Delhi in 1997 and attended Ramjas College, Delhi University to earn his Bachelor’s Degree B.Com (Hons) in 2000. He then completed his LL.B degree from the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, which he completed in 2003. Apart from this he also has a postgraduate diploma from the Indian Law Institute in IPR Laws. He joined the bar in 2003 and started practicing at the Delhi High Court, joining the family practice running for more than 50 years. His specialty has been litigation and arbitration with a special focus on cases on the Original Side of the High Court of Delhi as well as in commercial suits. He is currently running two separate firms having to focus on different practice areas under the wide genre of commercial laws essentially before the Supreme Court of India and the High Court of Delhi.
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NITIN KHARE
He
studied law
at Campus
Law Centre,
Faculty of
Law, Delhi
University,
and passed
out in the
year 2003.
He enrolled
at the Bar
in the year
2003. He
gained
experience
in various
fields of
law as a
junior in
the Chamber
of Senior
Advocates
and law
firms.
Founded
GlobInd Law
Offices, a
boutique law
firm in the
year 2010,
practising
in the areas
of
arbitration
and
commercial
laws.
Nitin is
practising
primarily at
Delhi High
Court. Have
also
appeared
before the
Supreme
Court and
Bombay High
Court.
He is a
member of
the Supreme
Court Bar
Association
Since
2004.

NOSHIR KUMANA
Noshir
Kumana has
been a
practising
Solicitor
for
forty-one
years,
handling
Civil
Disputes,
Arbitration,
Commercial
Law,
Co-operative
Law, Rent
Act, Real
Estate Law.
He has been
represented
as an
arbitrator
for twelve
years, as
sole
arbitrator
and member
of Arbitral
Tribunals
with retired
judges of
High Courts
and Supreme
Court of
India in
Banking and
Finance,
Commercial,
Insurance,
and Real
Estate
disputes.
Noshir has
handled
civil
litigation
before
Consumer
Forums,
district
court at
Mumbai,
various High
Courts at
Bombay,
Calcutta,
Chennai,
Jaipur,
Delhi, and
the Supreme
Court of
India.

NOUR AKEL
Nour Akel is an Internal Legal Counsel at the Capital Bank of Jordan. She holds an experience of 13 years in Managing Key and High-Value Commercial Negotiations & Corporate Restructuring Projects including High-Level Mergers and acquisitions. Nour Akel has led some of the complex projects relating to digital transformation and the establishment of the Neo Bank. In 2022 Nour Akel was nominated as the Member of the Arab Women Empowerment Entity in Jordan, as a part of the Arab Banking Union under the International Union of Arab Banks.

NUPUR JAIN
Ms. Nupur Jain is an Advocate practicing in the Bombay High Court, SAT, SEBI and Intellectual property rights matters. Ms. Jain graduated from Rizvi Law College, Mumbai in 2018 and then completed her LLM in Intellectual property rights from the University of Mumbai. She was a visiting faculty at Government Law College where she taught Environmental Law. Before starting her independent practice, Ms. Jain has gained experience in Regstreet Law Advisors, Ascurio Law firm and Abhisekh Lakhotia & Co. Her specialization includes Wills, Prenuptial agreements, drafting of notices and consumer complaints, dispute resolution and Intellectual property rights.

NUPUR NADIR
Experienced corporate attorney with 13 years PQE, Nupur is currently working as Head - Legal at GMR Group, at the group level. She has previously been associated with Link Legal India Law Services and Chadha & Co. in the Corporate and Commercial team, catering to clients in various sectors including power, airports, roadways, pharmaceuticals, healthcare and telecommunications.
Her
experience
includes
complex,
multi-jurisdictional
corporate/commercial
transactions
in the
equity as
well as debt
space across
all stages,
from
conceptualization
of
transactions,
drafting and
negotiation
of
transaction
documents.
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NYK LAW FIRM
Nasser Yousuf Al Khamis Advocates and Legal Consultants (NYK Law Firm) is a renowned full-service law firm based in Dubai, UAE. NYK Law Firm comprises a team of over 26 years of experienced international legal professionals and two Emirati lawyers with multilingual abilities having the right of audience before all the UAE Courts. Our industry-specific experience has built an irreplaceable reputation in all the practice areas including dispute resolution, corporate and commercial matters, technology, banking and finance, real estate and construction, oil and gas, labour and employment, arbitration, intellectual property, free zone, and offshore laws and regulations, etc.
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ORTIS LAW OFFICES
Ortis
Law Offices
is a
prominent
legal firm
based out of
New Delhi
&
Ahmedabad in
India and is
renowned for
its
exceptional
legal
services and
expertise.
Ortis Law
Offices
includes a
team of
highly
skilled,
experienced,
and
dedicated
team of
legal
professionals
working in a
wide range
of areas
including
Aviation,
Telecommunications,
e-commerce,
education,
energy,
infrastructure,
financial
services,
healthcare,
hospitality,
consumer
electronics,
real estate,
etc.

PARIKSHIT
Parikshit singh successfully leads Paralegal Services in an institution providing offshoring services for 20 years to various clients. He has over 13 years’ legacy in premier legal offshoring company evolving, building, implementing and supervising legal support to clients for their various contract lifecycle management (including application of AI), contract review, key risk analysis, merger due diligence exercise, legal research and e-discovery.
His
approach,
innovation,
spirit of
collaboration,
active
team-player,
motivating
attitude
makes him
amiable
leader and
wholistic
contributor
in LPO
industry.
His
multidimensional
involvement
in legal
offshoring
made a few
of the
projects
outstand in
the industry
and receive
international
accolades.

PAWAN RELEY
Pawan Reley is a first generation lawyer practising as an Advocate in the Supreme Court of India. He joined the bar in 2015 after passing out from School of Law, Christ University, Bangalore. He handles a wide range of cases dealing with various issues including civil, criminal, anti-competition, environment, complex contractual matters and Constitutional matters. Pawan has also been a part of some of the prominent judgments passed by the Supreme Court of India such NJAC verdict (2015). He is the Co-founder of NIEV Judicial Education, Delhi and also works as adjunct professor of Law in Galgotias University, Delhi NCR.

PETRUSHKA DEAS DASGUPTA
Petrushka DasGupta is a Partner with Mumbai Firm, ALMT Legal and has been practising Law for over 22 years in various Courts like NCLT, NCLAT, High Court and Supreme Court of India. Petrushka specialises in insolvency, bankruptcy and aviation and was acknowledged as “ Recommended Lawyer” for dispute resolution and litigation in the Legal 500 Asia- Pacific 2021 addition.

PRAKHAR SRIVASTAVA
Mr.
Prakhar
Srivastava
is an
Advocate
dealing with
cases in
Financial
Laws
especially
in
Prevention
of Money
Laundering
Act,2002,
Foreign
Exchange
Management
Act,
Insolvency
and
Bankruptcy
Code, DRT
ACT,
SARFAESI
ACT,
Competition
Law, Banking
Laws and
Arbitration.
He is highly
skilled in
Court Craft
and acquires
great
drafting and
arguing
skills.
Prakhar had
formerly
worked with
Enforcement
Directorate,
Headquarter
Office,
Government
of India as
a Legal
Consultant.
He is
regularly
arguing/appearing
before
Hon'ble
Supreme
Court,
Hon'ble High
Courts,
NCLT/NCLAT,
ATPMLA/FE,
DRT, and
other
Fora's.
Prakhar
holds LLM in
Corporate
and
Commercial
Laws from
National Law
University
Odisha(2013-14)

PRANAY CHITALE
Pranay is a Partner and Co-founder of Chitale, Verma & Associates, a boutique litigation chamber based in New Delhi, India. His fields of practice primarily include domestic dispute resolution as well as general corporate advisories. With over 5 years of work experience, Pranay has successfully represented clients in high stake disputes across various forums across India and overseas. Pranay is a 5th generation lawyer in a family of distinguished lawyers, judges and jurists.

PRATEEK KATEWA
Prateek
is an
Alternate
Dispute
Resolution
lawyer and
his area of
expertise
includes
Arbitration,
Conciliation
and
Mediation,
including
incidental
litigation
before
various High
Courts and
advising on
general
civil and
commercial.
He has
experience
in
conducting
commercial
litigation
incidental
to
arbitration
and
mediation.
Prateek has represented corporate clients before various High Courts and the Supreme Court of India. He has advised and represented clients across a range of sectors including, IPR, Infrastructure, share purchase agreements, energy, and mining.

PREAKAS & PARTNERS
Established
in 2017,
Preakas
&
Partners
(P&P) is
a
multi-practice
law firm
which
focuses on
providing
tailor-made
legal
solutions to
clients.
P&P
comprises a
dynamic team
of
experienced
lawyers
who
provide
legal
representation,
counsel and
advice on
diverse
areas of
law. Our
clients are
assured
of
high
professionalism,
integrity
and
confidentiality
at Preakas
&
Partners.

PRERAK CHOUDHARY
Prerak Choudhary is a practicing Advocate and Legal Counsel working on both Civil and Criminal Cases in the Supreme Court of India and the Bombay High Court. He has dealt with cases in several tribunals like the NCLT, Revenue Authorities, Ombudsman, Lokayukta, Co-operative Court, Revenue Authorities, Small Causes Court, etc. He has also handled complex cases in commercial litigation, banking law, company law, constitutional law, Arbitration IPR, Cyber Law, International Law, and Real Estate in India and abroad. Mr. Choudhary also strongly commands Latin maxims, the Constitution of India, and the Civil or Criminal Procedural Code.

PRERANA
Prerna
carries
legal
experience
of around 18
years, in
the areas of
disputes
resolution,
handling
cases in
Civil,
Criminal,
Arbitration,
Consumer
Protection,
Family,
Banking Laws
and
property,
commercial,
matrimonial
disputes.
She has
appeared at
Delhi High
Court,
District
Courts, and
Tribunals.
Prerna has
even
appeared at
courts at
other places
in the
country.
Have been a
guest
faculty in
Law. She is
also a
certified
Mediator,
who is
associated
with an NGO
working for
child's
rights
and
protection
of children
against
sexual
offences.

RAGHAV SABHARWAL
Mr. Raghav Sabharwal is an Advocate-on-Record of the Supreme Court of India, with his core area of practice being in Dispute Resolution, Civil and Criminal Matters. Mr. Sabharwal started his career by assisting Justice Hima Kohli, as a Law Researcher in the Delhi High Court, after which he worked with J Sagar Associates for 4 years. He has represented the State Government of Haryana as an Assistant Advocate General before the Supreme Court of India. He has represented various multi-national corporate firms, government departments, and financial institutions where his role has been mostly instrumental in drafting pleadings and legal opinions. Mr. Raghav Sabharwal is also a Member of the Editorial Advisory Board at the Amity Law School.

RAGINI SINGH AND ASSOCIATES
Ragini Singh and Associates is a law firm based primarily in Mumbai (Nariman Point) and Delhi, with clients in England. RSA acts as legal advisors to the Bombay Stock Exchange, amongst others. While RSA primarily deals with Corporate, Securities and Commercial Dispute Resolution, it offers a full range of legal services across practice areas that include White Collar Crime, Income Tax Litigation, Service Law and Real Estate. The founder of the law firm, Ms Ragini Singh is an advocate in India and a qualified Solicitor in England and Wales. She is an alumnus of Government Law College, Mumbai and University College London, England from where she completed her LLM in International Finance. She is also an Advisory Member of the Central Board of Film Certification of India, popularly known as the "Censor Board".

RAJARSHI DASGUPTA
Rajarshi has 20 years of experience in GST, Customs & Indirect Tax, Dispute Resolution, GCC VAT. He is also a Data Privacy Lead Assessor certified by the Data Security Council of India. His expertise includes advisory & dispute resolution on Indian indirect taxes and GST, Constitutional matters, GCC VAT, Customs Duty. Prior to AQUILAW,Rajarshi was associated with KPMG, PwC. Rajarshi is a Chartered Accountant, an empanelled consultant with Asian Development Bank and advisors to CREDAI,Ropeways Association of India, Jewellery Federation, Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Association. Rajarshi is faculty in National Academy of Customs, Indirect Tax and Narcotics in India.

RAJESH BHARDWAJ
Mr. Rajesh Bhardwaj is an advocate enrolled with the Delhi High Court Bar Association and the Supreme Court Bar Association of India. Mr. Bharadwaj has specialized in matters of the Transfer of Property Act, Companies Act, General Litigation, Contract Act, Arbitration, Real Estate, Foreign Direct Investment, and Labour Laws. He is also an associate member of bodies like the Inter-Pacific Bar Association, Tokyo, PHD Chambers of Commerce, Confederation of Indian Industries, Indo-French Chamber of Commerce, Indo-American Chamber of Commerce, etc. He also has clients from the US, UK, France, China, Israel, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, and Mauritius, apart from India.

RAJAT CHHABRA
Rajat is a founding partner at the firm. He has extensive experience of more than 16 yeras in handling indirect taxes including Customs, GST, Excise Laws, Service Tax, VAT/CST, Foreign Trade Policy, SEZ/EOU regimes and State/Central incentive schemes. Rajat has been engaged in assisting numerous clients (multinationals and Indian business houses) as regards transitioning to GST in India and VAT in the United Arab Emirates. Rajat has advised various Fortune 500 Companies in sectors such as financial services, manufacturing, oil and gas, petroleum, infrastructure projects, renewable energy and food processing, among others.

RAJESHWARI HARIHARAN
Rajeshwari Hariharan, is an advocate, an arguing counsel at the High Court of Delhi. She is the founder of Rajeshwari & Associates She specializes in Intellectual property law, especially, IP litigation. She has been in the forefront of many of the cases that have defined the scope of intellectual property rights. She has argued several patent and trade secret litigation at the Supreme Court of India and various High Courts across India. She has authored several articles and is a regular speaker at various conferences and seminars throughout India and internationally. She has the distinction of having won India’s first compulsory licence for her client. Her knowledge of patent law with command in trial advocacy, and an aptitude for science and technology are the hallmarks of her skills.

RAJINDER SINGH
Mr.
Rajinder
Singh is the
founder and
Managing
Partner of
Lex Jurists.
He has
extensive
experience
in Criminal
Litigation.
Over the
years; Mr.
Singh has
earned a
formidable
reputation
in criminal
law
practice. He
has
successfully
contested
cases in
various
parts of the
world. Mr.
Singh
regularly
undertakes
numerous pro
bono
criminal
cases.
During his
school and
college
days, he was
a
sportsperson
of national
and
international
repute in
figure
skating and
won many
laurels for
the country.
Mr. Singh is
also a keen
golfer and a
Harley
Davidson
Rider.

RAJITHA T R
Ms. Rajitha holds BE-Biotechnology from Sir MVIT, Bengaluru. She is a gold medalist in Engineering, Women Scientist-C under KIRAN-IPR, by TIFAC, Govt. of India, and underwent IPR courses from WIPO.
She is a registered Indian Patent Agent, IP facilitator for Startups under the “IP MITRA”. She has an experience of a decade as IPR consultant for inventors, universities, corporates, and law firms.
Her
expertise
involves
Patent
drafting,
filing,
prosecution,
designs,
copyrights,
and
trademarks.
Also
proficient
in
conducting
patentability
search,
landscape,
FTO,
Validation/Invalidation
search, and
EOU. She is
also a
NIPAM-TIFAC
coordinator
authorized
to conduct
IPR
awareness
sessions for
educational
institutions.

ROOPALI ADLAKHA
Roopali has experience in myriad areas of law and industries. She has worked in two tier 1 law-firms in India, and led major debt, equity and hybrid transactions, involving targets and investors, both domestic and international. Her experience in commercial, corporate, M&A, banking and finance and now as an in-house counsel handling not only the above but also real estate, IP, and employment law related matters, has given her unique experience. Working as the head of legal and business strategy at a fast-growing company has given her an in-depth understanding of how to balance the legal and commercial interests involved.

RYAN DU PREEZ
Ryan is a partner at Tiefenthaler Africa and predominantly advises clients in the mineral extraction, power generation and as-built sectors which have a footprint in Africa. His practice area encompasses the life cycle of projects from front-end contract strategies to project risk management and dispute resolution. He has been involved some of the continent’s most complex mining and energy disputes and the experienced gained, enables the ability to provide effective and sustainable legal solutions in complexed environments. Ryan is a registered Arbitrator with the Association of Arbitrators Southern Africa and is recognized by Best Lawyers™ since 2020

SABIHA MEHZABIN OISHEE
Sabiha Mehzabin Oishee is a tech entrepreneur, pro bono lawyer, social activist and a university lecturer. She is one of the first Bangladeshis to receive the DLA Piper Global Scholarship. She has completed her Post-graduate Fellowship from the prestigious University of Oxford. She started her non-profit organisation, Bangladesh Forum for Legal and Humanitarian Affairs, to promote sustainable legal solutions and has educated more than 10,000 people since 2019 through her platform. Sabiha is the recipient of BSWF Fellowship Award by the USAID for her remarkable work for the 'transgender' community in Bangladesh. She aspires to devote herself for her country.

SAKSHI GOEL
Sakshi
Goel is a
corporate
lawyer with
a strong
background
in
Antitrust,
IT, Data
Protection
and
Intellectual
Property
law, gained
over an
experience
of five
years in the
legal
industry.
She is
currently
working with
Competition
Commission
of India, on
issues such
as
anti-competitive
behaviour in
digital
markets.
She started
her career
as an
in-house
counsel
where she
was
recognised
for
providing
legal
support and
guidance
across
corporate
transactional
law,
commercial
contracts
and matters
pertaining
to
compliance
and
regulation.
Sakshi Goel
is a PhD
scholar,
alumnus of
OP Jindal
Global Law
School
(LL.M) and
Delhi
University's
Faculty of
Law
(LL.B).

SAKSHI MEHLEY
Sakshi Mehley is a commercial lawyer and an Advocate-On-Record with the Supreme Court of India. She has more than 12 years of experience having practised and advised across a spectrum of laws. Sakshi has advised and represented various renowned corporate houses and international organisations including public law institutions, manufacturers, logistics service providers and healthcare companies.
Sakshi has even advised on complex legal issues concerning Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, Companies Act, Foreign Exchange Management Act, Arbitration Act, Information Technology Act, Cyber Security, Anti-dumping, Aviation, Securities and Exchange Board of India rules and regulations and Environmental Law.

SALONI MILIND GHULE
Ms.
Saloni
Milind
Ghule,
entered
legal
profession 7
years ago.
She is a
first
generation
lawyer
passionate
about the
legal
profession.
She has
graduated
law from the
prestigious
ILS College,
Pune.
Starting
with
internships
of both
litigation
and
non-litigation
nature, she
has served
right from
the bottom
of pyramid
to work with
Corporate
Firms as an
intern. Soon
after
graduation
she has
started to
work
independently
as a legal
professional.
She has been
representing
and advising
several
organizations
right from
MNCs to the
SME Sector,
including
the start-up
industry and
has been
providing
expertise
through
consulting
and strategy
building,
litigation
as well as
negotiations
of Disputes.
She
specializes
in Writ and
Constitutional
practices,
negotiations,
corporate
practices.
She is also
very active
in social
causes, she
has launched
an legal
consulting
initiative
called
‘Deepastambh’
for MACCIA.
She is an
Ambassador
of the
Institute
for
Economics
and Peace,
Sydney,
Australia.
She is also
empaneled
with the
Hon’ble
Bombay High
Court’s
Legal
Services
Committee
She is
trained in
Emotional
Intelligence,
and has
started a
pro bono
wing in the
Firm called
as “I’m
Flowerchild”,
especially
working for
women and
child
rights.

SANDEEP GROVER
Sandeep Grover is a registered Advocate under the Bar Association of Delhi High Court. He holds experience working for 17 years dealing with Dispute Resolution and Commercial or Civil Litigation Arbitrations, where a significant part of legal practice has been associated with advising and representing clients on matters pertaining to patent and copyright infringement issues, joint ventures, shareholding, mergers and demergers, insolvency and debt recovery or consumer litigation. He has represented clients across a variety of sectors spanning domestic and international jurisdictions. Some of Mr. Grover’s ley clients are Galatea Ltd., Sarine Technologies Ltd., Citibank, Lufthansa Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Swiss Air, Micromax Informatics Limited, Ebix Group, Reliance JioInfocomm Ltd., Quicker India Pvt. Ltd., etc.

SANJAY JAIN
Starting his career as a Management Trainee with a Private Limited Company, Sanjay Jain has been engaged in the business of Manufacturing of Shoe Uppers and was supplying shoe uppers under the Brand of “North Star” to Bata India Ltd. In March 2000, Sanjay started his own business of Real Estate under the name & style of K. Realtors & Developers, where he was looking after the Sale, Purchase, Legal & Finance aspects of the transactions for his clients. By 2013, he started practising independently as an Advocate in Delhi High Court and Supreme Court of India and handling cases related to Arbitration (International & Domestic), Real Estate, Constitution of India, Taxation Laws, Revenue Laws, Economic Offences, Property Laws, Family Laws, Bank Recovery Matters, Code of Civil Procedure.
As
of now, he
practises
independently
as an
Advocate in
Delhi High
Court and
Supreme
Court of
India and
handling
cases
related to
Arbitration
(International
&
Domestic),
Real Estate,
Constitution
of India,
Taxation
Laws,
Revenue
Laws,
Economic
Offences,
Property
Laws, Family
Laws, Bank
Recovery
Matters,
Code of
Civil
Procedure,
138
Negotiable
Instrument
Act,
Companies
Act /
Corporate
Law,
National
Company Law
Tribunal
(NCLT).
Presently he
is on Panel
with Delhi
Development
Authority
since 2017,
with Punjab
National
Bank and
Municipal
Corporation
of Delhi
since April
2018 and
with Kotak
Mahindra
Bank since
September
2021. He is
also
appointed as
Senior Panel
Lawyer for
the State of
Uttar
Pradesh in
Hon’ble
Supreme
Court of
India since
January
2021.
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Sarıibrahimoğlu Law Firm
Sarıibrahimoğlu Law Firm is an independent, full-service legal firm with offices in Ankara, Istanbul, and Izmir. Founded by Dr. Selim Sariibrahimoglu, we have provided litigation and consultancy services in various areas including company law, tax and banking law, energy law, construction and public procurement law, competition law, intellectual property law, labor law, and association law since 1976. Our multilingual legal team offer expert advice and representation in both legal consultation and litigation in Turkish, English, German French, Russian, and Chinese. We have a strong track record of assisting diplomatic representatives, international organizations, and corporations in international private and public law matters.

SAROSH BASTAWALA
Sarosh Bastawala is an experienced lawyer since four decades, branching his expertise in the areas of Litigation, Dispute Resolution, Mediation, Arbitration, Banking Transactions and framing Contracts with enforceable International Arbitration and Mediation clauses. He is also a senior Consultant for ICOs (Initial Coin Offerings) of Cryptocurrencies, Smart Contracts & Block-Chains – including preparation of White Papers, with full Legal, Tax, and Governance advice, including Cross Border Implications of ICO issues.

SARVESH CHANDRA DUBEY
With a vast experience of 30+ years, Sarvesh Chandra Dubey has been extending professional services to the MultiNational Companies and Nationalised Banks, engaged in the business of home loans, refinance, LAP etc. for scrutinising of chain title of the properties which are intended to be mortgaged by the Borrowers for the security of their loans with the aforesaid Multi National Companies as well as Nationalised Banks. He has handled companies matters, regarding winding up amalgamation merger, land acquisition matter, Arbitration cases etc. before Hon'ble High Court, Apex Court.

SATYAM TANDON
Satyam Tandon provides litigation services at the Punjab & Haryana High Court and is empanelled in a professional capacity at various government institutions and private companies. Being the grandson of Justice MM Punchhi, former Chief Justice of India, and Hon’ble Balramji Dass Tandon, former Governor of Chattisgarh, Satyam has been brought up with a deep sense of importance on hard work, ethics, morals, and nationalism. He possesses extreme passion about the law and is also a firm believer that using his legal acumen to secure relief for his clients proffers a sense of achievement.

SAURABH TAMANG
Saurabh is currently serving as Head - Legal of Sahakar Group and has worked in several leading global organisations such as Thomson Reuters, GroupM (WPP), Blue Star Infotech, JP Morgan Chase, & Sikkim University. With a vast experience of handling diverse legal matters & advising on a myriad of issues & disciplines, he currently provides contracting, legal advisory, risk management and dispute resolution support to SGL.
Saurabh has worked extensively in the areas of law related to media & entertainment, information technology, real estate and infrastructure development education, and the financial sectors.

SAYALI GANU DABAKE
Sayali
Ganu Dabake
is a lawyer
with more
than 15
years of
experience.
She
possesses 3
Master's
degrees and
has so
far
presented
her research
work in 11
international
conferences.
She has
experience
in handling
issues in a
variety of
industries
including
manufacturing,
automobile,
entertainment,
software
& IT,
fashion and
education.
Her
experience
combined
with her
passion for
finding
creative
solutions,
allows her
to provide
tailored and
effective
legal
advice.
Sayali has
been working
on various
matters in
the field of
corporate
&
business
laws,
commercial
contracts,
technology
laws,
intellectual
property
matters,
inheritance
laws,
business and
personal
succession
planning.

SHADMAN AKIB MOSTAFA
Shadman
Akib Mostafa
is currently
working as a
Lecturer at
the Faculty
of Law at
World
University
of
Bangladesh.
He possesses
9 years of
experience
of working
in the
corporate
sector
having
previously
worked in
roles such
as Chief
Legal
Officer,
Legal
Advisor,
Legal
Counsel and
Legal
Officer. Mr.
Mostafa
also
works as a
Panel
Mediator and
ADR Counsel
for Centre
for
International
Alternative
Dispute
Resolution
(CIADR) and
Bangladesh
International
Arbitration
Centre
(BIAC).
He is also a
UK and
Singapore
accredited
Mediator and
member of
organisations
such as
CIARB,
International
Bar
Association,
Asian
Institute of
Alternative
Dispute
Resolution
and Prime
Disputes.

SHAHIN UMMANI
Shahin Umani is a seasonal professional holding an experience for over 13 years as a corporate and private equity lawyer in India and currently, he is the Director for Legal & Compliance for Manash Lifestyle Private Limited. Mr. Shahin Umani has led legal transactions with clients across various sectors including manufacturing, logistics, fintech, financial services, private funds, and e-commerce. Also, he has managed some key and high-valued commercial negotiations, private investments, fund formalities, cross-border mergers, Commerical disputes, IP registrations, etc.

SHALLY BHASIN
Shally Bhasin is a litigator with over 25 years' experience. A partner with Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, India’s leading law firm, Shally has been involved in several impactful cases. She is a first generation lawyer. Shally remembers the time when there were few women members at the bar and takes great pride in the progress that women have made in the profession. She does legal work across sectors such as telecom, steel, aviation, infrastructure, finance, power and banking. Shally was involved in decriminalisation of homosexuality in the Supreme Court. She is also involved in same-sex marriage legalisation, currently being heard by Supreme Court.

SHARDUL S. SHROFF
Shardul S. Shroff is the Founder and the Executive Chairman of the Law Firm, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas and heads its Insolvency Bankruptcy & Restructuring Practice. Mr. Shroff’s legal practice spans 4 decades over a wide spectrum including insolvency and bankruptcy, mergers and acquisitions, securities law, government regulations, disinvestment, capital markets, and debt recovery. He is a member of various committees of the Government of India on Insolvency and Company Law, IBBI, NCLT and NCLAT, and IBC. He has been involved in various major litigations in the Supreme Court of India since the inception of the IBC in 2015. Mr. Shardul Shroff is a recipient of the National Law Day Award from the President of India for his contribution to the field of legal leadership in practice and for playing an instrumental role in the advancement of corporate law practice in India at international standards.

SHASHANK AGARWAL
Shashank Agarwal is a practising lawyer and a qualified Company Secretary. He became a qualified Company Secretary in November 2011 and got enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi as an Advocate in December 2013. Since December 2013, Shashank has been practising law. His main areas of practice include corporate and insolvency laws.
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SHASHANK PANDEY
Shashank Pandey is an advocate and holds an experience of 21 years in his practice. his specializations are mostly in terms of Service Law, Constitutional Law, Banking Law, Labour Law, Arbitration, Real Estate law, Civil Law, and Consumer law. Mr. Pandey has led legal proceedings in the Supreme Court of India, High Courts of States, Public Services Tribunal, Central Administrative Tribunal, Uttarakhand Real Estate Authority, MSME Council, etc. He has also given his Legal Services as a Special Counsel for the Rajaji National Park and provides opinions for various private clients. He has also advocated for major companies like JK Tyres, Pro Consultancies, BharatPe, Sinthia Technologies, etc.

SHIVENDER KUMAR SHARMA
Shivender Kumar Sharma is a seasoned lawyer based in Delhi with a legal practice spanning close to a decade. Specialising in criminal law, constitutional law, anti-tax evasion laws and white collar crimes. His in-depth knowledge of the legal system coupled with his extensive courtroom experience has helped him establish a successful legal practice that caters to clients from diverse backgrounds.

SHRIYA LUKE
Shriya is part of the Disputes practice of the firm. She focuses on dispute resolution through litigation as well as alternative dispute resolution with a focus on construction and engineering as well as Energy: Power and Hydrocarbons sectors. Shriya has acted for several international as well as Indian clients in domestic and international arbitrations as well as diverse litigation proceedings with a focus on corporate and commercial contracts. Shriya also represents clients before the Supreme Court of India, High Courts and Tribunals across India. Additionally, she also advises clients on both regulatory as well as contentious matters of Employment law, with an emphasis on laws relating to prevention of sexual harassment at workplace.

SHUBHAM APARAJITA
Ms. Shubham Aparajita is presently working with Vedanta Group Company Electro Steel Limited as its Legal Head. She is a graduate of the Symbiosis Law School, Pune. She has been associated with the Vedanta Group since 2018 and has worked initially with Hindustan Zinc Limited and has taken up a leadership role in the legal field within a very short span of time through her continuous output-driven performance. She has handled a wide range of cases from Insolvency & Bankruptcy to Environment, and Regulatory Compliance to the Commercial realm. She is a recipient of the prestigious Vedanta Group Chairman’s Award three times along sides being a finalist in the Asian Legal Business Awards 2021.

SHUBHI SHARMA
Shubhi
Sharma, the
in-house
counsel of
HDFC
Education
and
Development
Services
Pvt. Ltd.,
has an
LL.B.,
LL.M., and
PGD in
corporate
law. She is
an alumni of
the Campus
Law Centre,
the Faculty
of Law, and
the Indian
Law
Institute.
With over 8
years of
experience,
she has the
rich
experience
of having
worked in
multiple
sectors like
manufacturing,
trading, and
education.
Her focus
work areas
are contract
management,
commercial
litigation,
dispute
resolution,
M&A, and
IPRs.
She has
authored a
policy brief
for the
parliamentarians
on the BRAI
Bill,
2013.

SNIDHA MEHRA
Snidha Mehra is a registered Advocate under the Bar Council of India being a graduate of Delhi University with a BA Degree and an LLB degree from Pune. She has over 8 years of experience in data privacy, corporate advisory, and trial advocacy in GCC and India. Snidha Mehra holds specialization in civil and criminal litigation and has also represented the Government of India and its several Public Sector Undertaking Institutions like the NHAI, CONCOR, DGCL, AAI, DFCCIL, etc. Currently, she works as an in-house data privacy advisor in Dubai, UAE.

SONAL RANGNEKAR
Sonal
Rangnekar is
a Partner at
the Mumbai
office.Her
practice
focuses on
domestic and
cross-border
M&A
transactions,
PE, VC and
early-stage
enterprise
investments
and
regulatory
and
corporate
governance.
Her
technology
related
practice
includes
experience
in AI, data
protection
and privacy
and fintech.
She also
advises on
renewable
and clean
energy
projects
across
India.
Her clients
include
large
domestic
companies,
multinational
corporations,
private
equity
firms,
venture
capital
funds,
start-ups
and early
stage
emerging
companies.
She is
updated with
her client's
industry and
business
practices
and
knowledge.
Her clients
value her
proactiveness,
experience
and
practical
and
solution-based
approach.

SOAHAM A. PANSE
Adv. Soaham Anand Panse is a Founding & Managing Partner in generation law firm G. B. Panse & Associates. He is practicing since last more than 8 years appearing extensively before Mumbai High Court, Pune District Court as well as various judicial and quasi-judicial authorities around Pune. His key areas of expertise are handling corporate cases, taxation cases as well as succession cases before the Mumbai High Court, Pune District Court as well as other quasi-judicial authorities dealing with above areas of law. Adv. Soaham is an alumnus of DES Law College, Pune and during his college days he has represented and won awards for his college in various State and National Level Moot Court Competitions. Also Adv. Soaham was involved in paper presentations at various paper presentation and research competitions. He is also a rank holder during his first year of law exams conducted by Pune University.

SONALI MATHUR
Sonali Mathur was a Partner in Dispute Resolution at AZB & Partners, Mumbai. She is an alumni of Government Law College, Mumbai, and pursued a Master's degree from Columbia Law School, NY. She has advised on several domestic and international arbitrations across various sectors such as insurance, projects, renewable energy, steel and coal. Her work highlights include a landmark decision of the Supreme Court distinguishing between seat and venue of arbitration.
She is a member of the Young-SIAC Committee and has been consistently ranked in Chambers Global (2021-22) and Chambers Asia-Pacific (2021,2022,2023), Benchmark Litigation (2022) and Legal 500 (2021, 2022).

SONALI MISHRA
Sonali Mishra is an Entertainment lawyer, with a specialization in Intellectual Property (IP) laws. She has worked with media focussed leading organizations, ZEE Entertainment Enterprises Limited and Arha Media & Broadcasting Private Limited (an OTT platform "aha"). During her tenure as an in-house counsel, she gained experience in diverse fields of IP such as content, music, and technology. At Arha, she was also instrumental in the successful conclusion of multiple complex and high-stake deals for content and the development of an upgraded version of the application (aha 2.0). She has also represented producers/broadcasters in contractual negotiations with celebrity artists and authors. Subsequently, she ventured into an independent consultancy, during which she worked with ANM Global law firm and handled project-based documentation for the production of movies and content syndication on digital platforms. Currently, while working as an independent practitioner, she is pursuing to become a licensed lawyer in Ontario, Canada, to expand her knowledge of Law and reach the global IP industry.

SOWMYA SAIKUMAR
Sowmya
Saikumar
completed
her law from
Amity Law
School,
Delhi and
holds a
masters
degree from
University
College
London in
International
Business
Law. She has
over 14
years
experience
in advising
and
representing
corporates
and
organisations
on
contentious
and
non-contentious
issues. She
has
represented
a wide
spectrum of
clients
before
various
Tribunals,
High Courts
as well as
the Supreme
Court of
India and
has also
been
involved in
varied
corporate
transactional
mandates.
She has rich
and diverse
experience
across
various
sectors of
law
including
but not
limited to
Corporate
Law,
Insolvency
and
Bankruptcy,
Electricity
and
Arbitration
Law.

SUDIPTA SARKAR
Sudipta Sarkar is a registered advocate under the Bar Council of India, practicing at the Supreme Court of India and various High Courts with holding an experience of 10 years in the field of litigation and dispute resolution. She is a graduate with B.A. LLB (Hons.) from the Gujarat National Law University of India in 2012 and initially started her career with the Canada-Based Cobalt Business Counsel PC in Toronto. In 2018 she started her independent Chamber in Delhi and Kolkata.

SUMAN MISHRA
Suman
holds over a
decade of
experience
as an
in-house
legal
counsel in
the BFSI
sector. She
holds an LLB
and LLM from
India and
received the
Nani A.
Palkivala
Memorial
Trust Gold
medal in
2009.
Currently,
she is an
LLM
candidate(Class
of 2023)
from the UC
Berkeley
School of
Law.
Her last
assignment
was as Vice
President-Legal
with Kotak
Mahindra
Investments
Limited,
where she
led the
legal desk
for real
estate
investment
and capital
market
transactions.
She
specialises
in banking
&
corporate
laws and
regulatory
compliances,
RE project
finance,
internet
payments
&
settlement
laws, and
data privacy
laws.

SUNIL AMBALAVELIL
Sunil Ambalavelil is an eminent corporate and commercial lawyer with nearly two decades of experience in leading international law firms and large diversified business conglomerates. He has expertise in corporate and commercial transactions and cross-border acquisitions with vast knowledge of local laws, regulations, and administrative practices in the UAE. Sunil is a Registered Legal Practitioner in the Dubai Government Legal Affairs Department, a Registered Legal Practitioner of Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts, a Registered DIFC Wills Draftsman, and a member of the Karnataka Bar Council and Supreme Court of India Bar Association.

TANISHKA MOHAN
Tanishka Mohan is a focused and result-oriented legal professional with prominent experience of meeting company goals utilising consistent and organised practices. She is skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organisational brand. She is even competent in negotiating, drafting, and reviewing legal documents with the ability to assess legal issues and produce professional results while adhering to rigid guidelines. Tanishka is instrumental in managing the gamut of operations pertaining to corporate governance, commercial risk compliances and dispute resolution matters to secure the best interest of the company.

TANVI SINGH
Tanvi Singh is a Practising Lawyer and a Legal Consultant working in a variety of fields for the past 8 years. Tanvi Singh started her career as the Youngest standing Counsel for South Delhi MCD and legal advisor to many Government Agencies. Presently she represents the Dubai Branch of India's Largest PSU.
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THE CHAMBERS OF JANGRA & ASSOCIATES
The Chambers of Jangra and Associates is a widely popular law firm in India that has been working for the Banking and Non-Banking Sectors for the past 20 years. The Chambers of Jangra and Associates advise on areas of Real Estate, Banking and Finance, Restructuring and Insolvency, Dispute Resolution, White Collar Crimes, and Asset Management litigation in the Supreme Court of India, High Courts, NCLT, Appellate Tribunals, and Adjudicatory Bodies. The firm has its offices in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Vadodara, and Chandigarh. Some of the notable clients of the Firm includes the Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, Equitas Small Finance Bank, ZEE Learn Limited, Kotak Mahindra Bank, ICICI Bank, Bajaj Finance Limited, Toyota Financial Services India Limited, etc.
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THEATTORNEYS CORPORATE LAW CONSULTANTS LLP
The Attorneys is a multidisciplinary, full-service law firm that deals with areas of legal practice pertaining to business and industries for providing assistance to domestic and foreign multinational firms to build their presence and growth in India. The Firm was founded in 2012 with offices in Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, and London specializing in areas of Corporate, Intellectual Property Rights, Litigation and Arbitration, Contractual Rights, Private Equity, and Regulatory and Compliance Services. The Attorneys also hold an IPR Division which works towards assisting clients on all IP Domains, Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights and Designs, Domain Protection, Endorsements, IPR Structuring, Privacy Laws, and Brand Licensing and Franchisee Agreements.
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TIEFENTHALER AFRICA
Tiefenthaler Africa provides legal services primarily to clients in the design-build, commodity extraction, and power generation markets across Africa, the Middle East, Australia, Europe, and Asia. In keeping our approach focused on selective industries, we have become true specialists boasting a wealth of expertise in the following industries: • Mining and Minerals • Energy (Renewable and Natural Resources) • Construction and Infrastructure • Engineering and Manufacturing Our services are rendered solely to clients in these industries which enables us to provide clients with a complete legal and project solution across Africa, including the Middle East, Australia, Europe, and Asia.

TOKYO SULETHU NDLELA
Tokyo
Ndlela is
the managing
partner of
Tokyo Ndlela
Attorneys
Inc., a
specialised
law firm
operating
within the
energy and
mining
sectors. He
has
experience
representing
multinational
oil
companies
and
prominent
property
developers.
He has
worked at
Hogan
Lovells (a
top-ranked
international
law
firm).
Tokyo is an
executive
member of
the Young
Professionals
Council of
the Southern
African
Institute of
Mining and
Metallurgy
(a globally
recognised
professional
institute
overseeing
the mining
industry).
He holds an
LLB and an
LLM from the
University
of Pretoria,
and also an
MBA from IU
International
University
of Applied
Sciences
(based in
Germany).

TUBA NASEER
Tuba Naseer is a qualified Indian lawyer with over 14 years of experience in eDiscovery, due Diligence, contract abstraction, Banking law and Cross-border banking regulatory compliance. She is currently working as a Manager with the Legal Advisory Services and providing both technical and non-technical support to legal teams across the globe. Tuba manages the teams working on Cyber security projects, Labor and Employment law, Due Diligence projects, and also manages the cross-border compliance team. She is recognized for skillfully collaborating and partnering with a broad range of professionals to meet client's short term & long-term needs. Her key skills involve project management, Stakeholder management, client management, cross-border compliance, obligation capturing.

TULIKA CHAKRABORTY
Tulika
is the Lead
Counsel for
Digital
Business
(Sony LIV)
at Culver
Max
Entertainment
Pvt. Ltd.
(formerly
known as
Sony
Pictures
Networks
India Pvt.
Ltd.). She
is primarily
a
transactional
lawyer in
the M&E
space and
has gained
enriched
experience
in various
areas within
the field
ranging from
the digital
business,
motion
pictures,
sports,
distribution,
policy and
regulatory.
Tulika
graduated
from
Symbiosis
Law School,
Pune in the
year 2011
and started
practice as
a corporate
commercial
lawyer at a
law firm
before
gradually
transitioning
into the
corporate
space as an
in-house
attorney.

UDITA PATRO
Udita is a seasoned professional specializing in IP litigation and dispute resolution. She handles a broad range of intellectual property matters, including trademarks, copyrights, patents, designs, domain names, and anti-counterfeiting work. With a focus on luxury brands, she excels in brand enforcement and provides advisory services. Udita has achieved remarkable successes, securing well-known trademark declarations for multinational luxury brands and playing a key role in India's first patent infringement lawsuit, resulting in a favorable permanent injunction. She has co-authored chapters for prestigious multijurisdictional guides, written for leading legal magazines, and conducts webinars on IPR in collaboration with educational and industry organizations.
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UNUC LEGAL, LLP
UNUC Legal LLP aims at bringing forth its over four decades of experience in legal advisory to attain the objective of providing a wide range of services to its national and international clients. The endeavour of the firm has always been to explore the alternatives inherent in every legal problem in the most effective manner. The strength of the firm lies in its competent, dedicated and experienced core team, well equipped to solve complex legal problems innovatively. Founded under the multidimensional litigation flagship firm Upadhyay & Upadhyay and enriched with the rich experiential lineage of Chief Patron Sh. S.B. Upadhayay Sr. Advocate, the firm has now transcended into a name to reckon with and presently acting as advisor, solicitor and retainer to large corporate houses, MNCs and government companies.
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VIHANG ADCON PRIVATE LIMITED
Vihang
Adcon Pvt.
Ltd., is a
global
management
consultancy
and legal
advisory
organization
with vast
and varied
professional
experience
in handling
comprehensive
Statutory
&
Regulatory
approvals
-permits for
Industrial
Greenfield
and
Brownfield
Projects.
The firm is
a Single
Point
Solution for
all
Industrial
Factory
set-up
requirements.
Their
services
extends to
fields of
business
Location and
Feasibility
studies,
Industrial
Land
requirement
for
manufacturing
plant and
warehouses,
Land Due
diligence,
CLU, and
other
developmental
permissions,
Factory
setup
Compliances,
Govt.
Incentives
&
Subsidies,
Project
Funding from
Banks and
Financial
Institutions
and Legal
audit for
manufacturing
units.

UTKARSH SINGH
Utkarsh Singh currently works as a Legal Counsel with Volkswagen Finance Pvt Ltd and has almost a decade long experience in the industry. He is actively engaged in planning and execution of various legal strategies that are deployed by the company while carrying out its Pan India operations. Being an in-house counsel for a finance company requires him to possess a lot of coordination with the business, collection and recovery teams. Working in such a challenging sector always keeps him engaged round the clock.

VANDANA BHATIA
Vandana is a self-empowered award winning multi-disciplinary professional. She entered the corporate realm at a very young age – right after Class 12, due to family crises. Over the years, her go-getter and can-do attitude kept her going; even now, as the Director – Legal, Compliance & Company Secretary of Ryan India Tax Services Private Limited, it helps her excel in various responsibilities, including Compliance Officer and Legal Head. During her last stint working with Caspian, she had worn multiple hats being CIO, Principal Nodal Officer, Compliance Officer, Legal Head and Member of POSH Committee.
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VASANTHAN BASKARAN ATTORNEYS AT LAW
M/s. Vasanthan Baskaran: Attorneys-at-Law” is a full-service law firm which serves its clients in various areas of Practice & Sectors. Hailing from a modest background, Mr.Vasanthan has always focused on providing a service that will strive to exceed the expectations of the clients, which includes individuals to corporates from all the commercial and industrial sectors, governments, regulators, trade bodies, educational institutions and reputed charitable organizations. The Firm provides its clients with the highest-quality advice, legal insight and exceptional service. Apart from its Head office at Chennai, today the firm has extended its presence at New Delhi, Bengaluru & Madurai.

VIKRAM WADEHRA
Vikram Wadhera is a Partner with Vidhii Partners, Advocates and heads the practice in Kolkata. Enrolled with the Bar Council of West Bengal, He has over a decade’s experience in Insolvency & Bankruptcy Laws, Dispute resolution & Arbitration and Real Estate.
Vikram
has
represented
clients
which
include
Developers
&
lenders in
corporate
and real
estate
transactions,
insolvency
professionals
under the
bankruptcy
laws, debt
enforcement
proceedings,
schemes of
arrangement
involving
capital
reduction/merger/demerger
as well as
PSU's in
Arbitration
proceedings.
His practice
spans across
Supreme
Court of
India, High
Courts,
National
Company Law
Tribunals,
National
Company Law
Appellate
Tribunal and
Debt
Recovery
Tribunals.

VISHAL GUPTA
Vishal is a founding partner at the firm. His areas of expertise are financial advisory, Indian GAAP, IFRS, IND-AS, Internal Controls, Financial Planning & Analysis and Direct Taxes. Vishal has worked with Big-4 consulting firms for the initial eight 8 years of his career and gained extensive experience in advising umpteen multinational companies and PSUs on the implementation of SOX, IFRS conversion, US GAAP and Indian GAAP accounting principles. Vishal has also got extensive experience in working with Energy Sector in various roles including financial/business controlling and have handled Capital Market transactions, Mergers and Acquisitions and has successfully led large finance, accounts and tax teams.

VISHAL KHATTAR
Mr. Vishal Khattar is the founder and Chief Counsel at Patine Law Offices. He has been appointed as Additional Advocate General (State of Haryana) at The Supreme Court of India; Patine Law Offices is a group of experienced legal professionals, providing a broad range of legal services to domestic and international clients. As a first generation law firm, Patine Law Offices has always carried a result oriented approach for its client’s and have adopted different innovative and modern ways in solving complex issues of its clients. The firm endeavours to stay ahead of the curve and provide end-end solutions to its clients by ‘Single-Point-Of-Contact’ process. The Client base comprises people and organisations from varied fields like Fintech, Banking, Finance, e-commerce, Automobile, Human Resource Management, Manufacturing Units, Insurance, Media and Entertainment, telecommunications, Schools and Universities etc. The Firm has its operations in more than 62 major cities in India and offers PAN India services.

VIVEK DAS
Dr Vivek Das is the Founder of Pro-Consulting Solutions (a premium Law Firm Management and Business Consulting Firm). For over 18 years, he has worked closely with the senior leadership, partners and practice groups of leading Indian law firms, assisting them on areas pertaining to branding & market visibility, internal communications, business development & network management, talent management and strategic growth. Besides handling a diverse clientele, he has been honoured with several prestigious awards including the ‘Entrepreneur of the year- 2022’ by the CEO Review Magazine, Business Achievers Awards 2022, Indian Achievers Award; and has been profiled in the coveted Forbes Legal Powerlist 2022 and 2021 as one of the top Management Professionals in India.
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