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The Grand Masters 2018: A General Counsel’s “Chai pe Charcha”

The Grand Masters 2018: A General Counsel’s “Chai pe Charcha”

Lex Witness successfully completed its The Grand Masters Summit 2018 – A Corporate Counsel Legal Best Practices Summit Series, covering 3 cities over a span of 30 days. With over 90 Speakers, 300 Delegates and hours of igniting discussions, the series concluded with an insight into the various undercurrents of the Indian Legal Fraternity. Here’s reminiscence through a visual gallery of the New Delhi, Mumbai & Bengaluru Editions.

SPECIAL ADDRESS

Dr. Lalit Bhasin, President, SILF and BAI

OPENING REMARKS New Delhi Edition

Badrinath Durvasula, Senior Vice President, Adani Group, Summit Chair

Mumbai Edition

Debolina Partap, Sr. Vice President and General Counsel, Wockhardt, Summit Chair

Bengaluru Edition

KS Suresh, Group General Counsel, ITC, Summit Chair

MEET THE ALL NEW GENERAL COUNSEL 2.0 – READY FOR THE UPGRADE?
New Delhi Edition

Badrinath Durvasula, Senior Vice President, Adani Group – MODERATOR
Dr. Manoj Kumar, Founder & Managing Partner, Hammurabi & Solomon
Anupam Sharan, Senior Director, Legal & Business Contracting, Sutherland Global
Nitin Mittal, General Cousel, Philips Lightning
Joyjyoti Mishra, Director Legal, Uber India

Mumbai Edition

Zameer Nathani, Director – Legal, Raymond – MODERATOR
Badrinath Durvasula, Senior Vice President, Adani Group
Hetal Desai, Head Legal South Asia Group M
Mohit Shukla, Managing Director, Head of India Legal and Compliance, Barclays
Srishti Ojha, Managing Partner, Verist Law
VSV Rao, Executive Director, IFCI

Bengaluru Edition

Pujarini Guha Maulik, Director, Associate General Counsel, InMobi – MODERATOR
Anjali Balagopal, Head of Intellectual Property Practice, Infosys
Lakshmi Menon, Country Counsel – India, Hewlett Packard Enterprise India
Naveen Chandra, Head Legal, Compliance and CS, Dynamatic Technologies
Shelly Kohli, Assistant General Counsel, S. Asia, Middle East & N. Africa, Levi Strauss (India)

MASTERING CONTRACTS THROUGH INTELLIGENT CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
New Delhi Edition

Shashank Karnad, Partner & COO Forensics, KPMG in India

Mumbai Edition

Vrajesh Tripathi, Sr. Engagement Manager, Apttus

Bengaluru Edition

Sudeep Sanyal, Regional Vice President, Apttus

LET’S TALK TECHNOLOGY – CUSTOMARY OR INNOVATIVE ENOUGH?
New Delhi Edition

Sheetal Kapoor, Regional Counsel – India & West Asia, Google
Anuj Khanduja, Product Manager – PaySe, Nucleus Software
Lakshika Joshi, Global IP Head and Legal Leadership, Aricent – MODERATOR
Akshat Sulalit, Associate Vice President – Legal, CP Wholesale India
Amit Mohaan Meharia, Managing Partner, MCO Legals

Mumbai Edition

Kanan Rele, VP & Head Legal, Ogilvy & Mather
Shankar Jadhav, Head – Strategy Legal Commercial, BSE
K.M. Chitale, Country Head of Legal – Ops and Tech, India and CS, Barclays Global Service Centre
Navroze Palekar, General Manager – Legal, WNS Global Services – MODERATOR

Bengaluru Edition

Agnidipta Sarkar, Global Information Risk & Continuity Officer, DXC Technology – MODERATOR
Arvind Kishor, Associate Vice President Legal, Accenture
Shujath Bin Ali, Senior Director- Legal & Risk Management, PAREXEL International
Pradeep Rao, Head of Compliance, State Street Global Advisors, India

THE REGULATORY RAGE – READY TO ROAR?
New Delhi Edition

Tushar Chawla, India General Counsel and Director, Jones Lang LaSalle – MODERATOR
Alok Dhir, Managing Partner, Dhir & Dhir Associates
Dr. Sanjeev Gemawat, Executive Director & Group Company Secretary, Dalmia Bharat
Avnindra Mohan, President (Legal & Regulatory), Zee Network

Mumbai Edition

Nilanjan Sinha, Head – Corporate Advisory, Godrej & Boyce
Girish Rawat, Partner, Dhir and Dhir Associates
Jyotsna Chaturvedi, Corporate Partner, Maheshwari & Co.
K.M. Chitale, Country Head of Legal – Ops and Tech, India and CS, Barclays Global Service Centre
Shankar Jadhav, Head – Strategy Legal Commercial, BSE
Subodh P. Deo, Partner, Saikrishna & Associates

Bengaluru Edition

Vasanthika Srinath, Director, Legal & Global Corporate Compliance Leader, Concentrix – MODERATOR
Alan D. Meneghetti, Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman UK LLP
Dattatri H.M., Head – Legal & Secretarial, Essilor India
Siva K. Gopinatham, Partner, Dhir and Dhir Associates
S Mahadevan, Executive Vice President – Legal, Compliance & Risk Management, Hinduja Global Solutions

INDIA’S IPR QUOTIENT – BEGINNING OF A NEW RACE?
New Delhi Edition

Vaibhav Khanna, Head of Intellectual Property, Sterlite Technologies
Bitika Sharma, Senior Partner, Singh& Singh Law Firm LLP
Gaurav Gupta, India Legal Counsel, Bentley Systems
Mohit Goel, Partner, Sim and San
Gautam Vohra, General Counsel & Head of Compliance, Hike Messenger

Mumbai Edition

Ayan Roy Chowdhury, Head Legal, SPE Films India
Ganesh Parameswaran, General Counsel – India, BIC Cello (India)
Rajendra Misra, Senior Vice President – General Counsel, The Indian Hotels Company
Shreedhar Parundekar, Senior Manager – Brand Protection & Product Safety, Pidilite Industries
Lavin Hirani, Head of Legal Affairs, Red Chillies Entertainment

Bengaluru Edition

Kanwal Rai, Vice President Innovation, Wells Fargo
Subhadip Sarkar, Assistant Vice President, Cognizant Technology Solutions – MODERATOR
Siva K. Gopinatham, Partner, Dhir and Dhir Associates
Praveen Pani, Sr. Manager IP, Wipro

CHAMBERS, CABINS & COURTS – WOULD YOU CHOOSE TO LITIGATE OR ARBITRATE?
New Delhi Edition

Naresh Arora, Vice President & National Legal Head – Operations, Viom Networks (now ATC Infra)
Niraj Singh, Advocate, RNS Associates S Ravi Shankar, Senior Partner, Law Senate
Radha Reddy, Cheif Manager Law, Indian Oil Corporation Refineries Division
KPS Kohli, Associate Partner, Dhir & Dhir Associates
Jasmeet Wadehra, Head – Legal, Sesa Goa and Power, Vedanta Group

Mumbai Edition

Samir Hossain, Head Legal – Infrastructure & Structured Finance, Aditya Birla Finance
V Chakradhar, Executive Vice President – Corporate Legal, Godrej Industries
KPS Kohli, Associate Partner, Dhir & Dhir Associates
Pankaj Patel, Head – Legal (Corporate Planning), Future Group
Sachin Kalra, Head Legal (AVP), Bharti AXA Life Insurance Company
Shweta Bharti, Senior Partner, Hammurabi & Solomon
S Ravi Shankar, Senior Partner, Law Senate

Bengaluru Edition

Suraj Singh, Vice President & Head – Legal, Wells Fargo EGS (India) – MODERATOR
Ashok Kumar P, Group Head of Litigation, JSW
Hiranmai Rallabandi, Executive Director and Associate General Counsel – India & SEA, GOS – APAC, Cushman & Wakefield
Manish Kumar, General Counsel, Zoomcar
Kishore Shetty, General Counsel, Schneider Electric

AND THE WINNERS ARE!

The summit ended with an exciting gala lucky draw and the winners are awarded with the ‘portable bluetooth speakers’ as the prize of the day.

New Delhi Edition

2nd Runner Up – KPS Kohli, Dhir & Dhir

Associates

1st Runner Up – Deepak Sabharwal, DSA

Grand Prize Winner – Bhanu Kapoor, Law Senate

Mumbai Edition

2nd Runner Up – Dhananjay Patil, Infiniti Retail

1st Runner Up – Krrishan Singhania, Singhania & Co

Bengaluru Edition

2nd Runner Up – Hiranmai Rallabandi, Cushman & Wakefield

1st Runner Up – Sachin Gorur, Schneider Electric India

Grand Prize Winner – E.Subbiah, Indian Oil Corporation

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