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The Grand Masters 2019: “Shastrarth with the Legal Pundits”

The Grand Masters 2019: “Shastrarth with the Legal Pundits”

Lex Witness successfully completed its 7th Annual Edition of The Grand Masters Summit 2019 – 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.

OPENING REMARKS BY DR. LALIT BHASIN, PRESIDENT, SILF AND BAI
SUMMIT CHAIR ADDRESS
New Delhi Edition

Manjaree Chowdhary, General Counsel, Maruti Suzuki

Bengaluru Edition

Thirumalesh Gangappa, Country Counsel, Google India

SPECIAL ADDRESS
New Delhi Edition

Bharat Singh, Associate General Counsel, Jacobs

Bengaluru Edition

Vasanthika Srinath, Global Compliance Head, Concentrix

SESSION 1: A COUNSEL’S SEESAW – WHICH SIDE ARE YOU SWINGING IN?
New Delhi Edition

Dr. Akhil Prasad, Country Counsel India and Company Secretary, Boeing International Corporation
Ashok Kumar Maheshwary, Vice President and Group Counsel – Legal, KCT Management Services
Lakshika Joshi, Lead IP Counsel – Global, Aricent – MODERATOR
Manjaree Chowdhary, General Counsel, Maruti Suzuki India
Joyjyoti Misra, Director and Head Legal – (South Asia & India), Uber
Sudip Gupta, Senior Vice President – Legal (Asia), American Towers Corporation

Mumbai Edition

Rajendra Misra, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, The Indian Hotels Company
Pathik Arora, Director Legal and General Counsel India, Senvion Wind Technology
Sandhya Vishal, Chief Counsel and Compliance and Integrity Leader, South Asia, Nielsen
Ghanashyam Hegde, Director & General Counsel – Indian Sub-Continent, P&G – MODERATOR
Amit Deshpande, Company Secretary and Corporate General Counsel, Sterlite Technologies
Zameer Nathani, General Counsel and Senior Vice President, UFO Moviez
Amit Thukral, Vice President – APAC, Lupin
Vivek Mittal, Regional Counsel – METAI Region, Danaher Corporation

Bengaluru Edition

Nitesh Bakshi, Director – Legal & Compliance, Novo Nordisk
Hiranmai Rallabandi, Executive Director & Associate General Counsel India & South East Asia, Cushman & Wakefield
Suraj Singh, Legal Head, General Counsel and Vice President, Wells Fargo
Kishore Shetty, Zone General Counsel, Schneider Electric
S Mahadevan, Executive Vice President – Legal, Compliance & Risk Management, Hinduja Global Solutions
Naveen Raju, General Counsel & Executive Vice President – Group Legal Services, Mahindra & Mahindra – MODERATOR

FOCUSED PRESENTATION
New Delhi Edition

Rohit Madan, Director – Forensic, Financial Advisory, Deloitte India

Mumbai Edition

Sachin Yadav, Director – Forensic, Financial Advisory, Deloitte India

Bengaluru Edition

Arjun Rajagopalan, Partner –Forensic, Financial Advisory, Deloitte India

SESSION 2: THE REGULATORY RAGE – HAVE YOU BEEN COPING UP WELL?
New Delhi Edition

Namrta Sudan, Partner, Dhir & Dhir Associates
Sameer Chugh, Director – Legal & Regulatory, Airtel – MODERATOR
Sumit Makhija, Partner – Forensic, Financial Advisory, Deloitte India
Preeti Wadhawan, Director – Legal & Compliance, Springer Nature
Shashank Jain, Head Legal, TATA SIA Airlines (Vistara)
Nishant Nigam, Head Commercial Litigation and Employment Laws, Chamber of Nigam & Nigam
Subodh Prasad Deo, Partner, Saikrishna & Associates
Bharat Singh, Associate General Counsel, Jacobs

Mumbai Edition

Subodh Prasad Deo, Partner, Saikrishna & Associates
Raghunath Rath, Head – Legal, Compliance & Company Secretary, Par Formulations
Amit Bansal, Partner – Forensic, Financial Advisory, Deloitte
Badrinath Durvasula, Vice President & General Counsel, HCC – MODERATOR
Mohit Shukla, Managing Director, Head of India Legal and Compliance, Barclays
Namrta Sudan, Partner, Dhir & Dhir Associates
Avnindra Mohan, Partner, Singh & Singh
Sivaram Nair, Senior Joint Company Secretary, Larsen and Toubro

Bengaluru Edition

Sudha Hooda, General Counsel, India and Board Member, Nvidia Graphics
Siddhartha George, Senior Partner, Poovayya & Co.
Santanu Sinha, Senior General Manager – Group Legal, (Head Compliance and Governance), Mahindra & Mahindra -MODERATOR
Arjun Rajagopalan, Partner – Forensic, Financial Advisory, Deloitte India
Shujath Bin Ali, Senior Director- Legal & Risk Management, PAREXEL International

SESSION 3: DISPUTE RESOLUTION – LITIGATE, ARBITRATE OR MEDIATE – WHAT’S YOUR CHOICE?
New Delhi Edition

Prarabdha R. Jaipuriar, General Counsel, SUEZ India – MODERATOR
Atul Nigam, Sr. Partner, Chamber of Nigam & Nigam
Niraj Singh, Partner, RNS Associates
Vani Mehta, Senior Counsel, General Electric
Parvesh Kheterpal, Head Legal – EPC, Solar & Roads, Lanco Group
KPS Kohli, Partner, Dhir & Dhir Associates
S. Ravi Shankar, Senior Partner, Law Senate –
Samrat Sengupta, Partner, S. Jalan & Company –

Mumbai Edition

S. Ravi Shankar, Senior Partner, Law Senate
Atul Juvle, GC, Compliance Officer & CS – India & South Asia, Schindler India – MODERATOR
Sourav Ghosh, Partner, S. Jalan & Company
Rajesh Talwatkar, Head – Business Legal, Reliance Capital
Vimal Kishor, Sr. VP, Head – Legal, Compliance, ERM & Company Secretary, Liberty General Insurance

Bengaluru Edition

Prashant Abhilekh, Senior Counsel, Head Legal – EMEA-META, InMobi – MODERATOR
S Ravi Shankar, Senior Partner, Law Senate
Varsha Banerjee, Partner, Dhir & Dhir Associates
KR Pradeep, Partner, Singh & Singh
Lakshmi Menon, Country Counsel-India, Hewlett Packard Enterprise India
Madhu Sivaram Muttathil, Senior Corporate Counsel- India & SAARC, Avaya India

FOCUSSED PRESENTATION ON DIGITISING CONTRACT MANAGEMENT PROCESS
Mumbai Edition

Leena Tibrewal, Founder & Managing Partner, Leerah Enterprises

SESSION 4 : INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY – HOW VALUABLE ARE YOUR IP ASSETS?
New Delhi Edition

Priya Adlakha, Managing Associate Advocate, SS Rana & Co.
Puja Tiwari, Senior Manager – Legal, Godfrey Philips India – MODERATOR
Ravi Rajiv Upadhyay, Head Legal, Ameriprise India
Roma Arora, DGM Legal, Havells Group
Shukadev Khuraijam, Partner – Patents & Patent Litigation, Remfry & Sagar
Avnindra Mohan, Partner, Singh & Singh

Mumbai Edition

Himanshu Ranvah, Head Legal, Macleods Pharmaceuticals – MODERATOR
Dr. Bejoy Namath, Global IP Litigation, Business Intelligence and IP Management – US, APAC, UPL
Zameer Nathani, General Counsel and Senior Vice President, UFO Moviez
Oindrila Maitra, Director – Legal and Business Affaris, Saavn Media
Ayan Roy Chowdhury, Head Legal, Sony Pictures Entertainment

Bengaluru Edition

Dr. S.K. Murthy, Patent Counsel, Intel India
Abhishek Malhotra, Managing Partner, TMT Law Practice
Kundan K. Lal, Head of Legal & Company Secretary, Sonata Software – MODERATOR
Shamim Ahmad, Associate Director and Head- Intellectual Property Management, Aurigene Discovery Technologies
Manish Kumar, Principal Auditor, Infosys

SESSION 5 : THE NEW AGE TECH TANTRUMS – ARE WE READY?
New Delhi Edition

Sheetal Kapoor, Regional Counsel – India & West Asia, Google – MODERATOR
Parul Sabharwal, Head Legal, Times Internet
Lakshika Joshi, Lead IP Counsel Global & AVP Legal, Aricent
Sameer Vyas, Assistant Vice President – Compliance, BOB Financial
Sachin Kalra, Deputy General Counsel, HT Media
Manu Grover, General Counsel and Company Secretary, BIBA Apparels

Mumbai Edition

Shankar Jadhav, Managing Director, BSE Investments and Head Strategy, BSE
Nanda Harish, Head Legal & CS, PayMate
Ajay D’Cruz, Head – Legal and Secretarial, ISS Facility Services India – MODERATOR
Sudipta Sarkar, Vice President Legal, BNP Paribas
Zameer Nathani, General Counsel and Senior Vice President, UFO Moviez

Bengaluru Edition

Aditi Jha, General Counsel India, LinkedIn – MODERATOR
Vijayalakshmi Natarajan, Senior Director, Legal- India & APAC, Harman
Vasanthika Srinath, Global Compliance Head, Concentrix
Pawan Laddha, Senior Vice President – Legal & Compliance, MatchMove Pay
Madhu Sivaram Muttathil, Senior Corporate Counsel- India & SAARC, Avaya India
KPS Kohli, Partner, Dhir & Dhir Associates

GALA LUCKY DRAW
New Delhi Edition

Inderjyoti Kaur, Area Sales Manager, LexisNexis

Gauri Bhasme, Manager – Group Legal, Mahindra & Mahindra

Mirza Qaiser Iqbal Beg, In House Legal Counsel, Ford India

Mumbai Edition

Satyajit Joshi, Vice President, Kotak Mahindra Bank

Leena Tiberwal, Founder & Managing Partner, Leerah Enterprise

Sherazad Boomla, Assistant Manager – Corporate Advisory, Godrej & Boyce

Bengaluru Edition

Amit Kiran, Senior Associate, Poovayya & Co.

Praveen Kumar Jha, Sr. Manager – Legal & Compliance Officer, Carl Zeiss India

Sathvika MR, Sr. Executive – Legal, Wipro

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