Payal Khanna

Payal is working as a Director - Legal with Volvo Cars India and is responsible for handling all legal and compliance matters for its business operations in India. Earlier to this Payal was working with PepsiCo India for almost 9 years where she was responsible for handling all India business and litigation support for beverages and foods division of the company. She has overall 14 years of experience working across prominent Indian law firms and as Inhouse Legal Counsel in handling diverse and complex legal issues relating to Company Law, FEMA, Data Privacy, Food safety, Consumer Protection, Labour Laws, Indirect Taxation, Transfer Pricing etc. She has extensive experience in handling general corporate matters and litigation support for various sectors such as FMCG, Automobile, Real Estate, Information technology, Oil & Natural Gas etc. Payal also lead the GST Implementation for PepsiCo India as a Project Lead in 2017. Payal is very innovative and likes to use technology to address operational challenges of lawyers such as online tools for contract drafting, litigation management etc. Payal is born and brought up in Delhi and a law graduate from Amity Law School, Delhi. She is a second-generation lawyer and her parents are renowned practicing advocates at the Supreme Court and the Delhi High Court. She is happily married and blessed with two kids, a girl and a boy. Payal loves travelling, dancing and spending quality time with family.