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The ‘Mahasabha’ of General Counsel.

The ‘Mahasabha’ of General Counsel.
Debates. Discussions. Deliberations.

Lex Witness successfully completed its 8th Annual Edition of The Grand Masters Summit 2020 – A Corporate Counsel Legal Best Practices Summit Series, a 3-city series 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 reminiscences through a visual gallery of the New Delhi, Mumbai & Bengaluru Editions.

THE INAUGURAL CEREMONY

Opening Remarks By Dr. Lalit Bhasin, President, SILF & BAI, New Delhi Edition

The Summit Chair’s Address By Sameer Chugh, Group General Counsel, Bharti Group, New Delhi Edition

The Summit Chair’s Address By Vinod Kumar Menon, General Counsel, Accel, Bengaluru Edition

Special Address By Ameet Naik, Founding & Managing Partner, Naik Naik & Company, Mumbai Edition

Special Address By Alok Dhir, Managing Partner, Dhir & Dhir Associates, Bengaluru Edition

#SMARTER GC – YOU’LL MISS OUT IF YOU AREN’T ONE!
New Delhi Edition

(L-R) Vikrant Rana, Managing, Partner, SS Rana & Co., Deepak Dexit, Associate General Counsel, Bio-Rad Laboratories India Region, Anupam Sharan, Vice President Legal, Genpact, Sameer Chugh, Group General Counsel, Bharti Group, Manish Sansi, General Counsel India and Company Secretary, Tata Communications, Jayashree Swaminathan, CEO, UnComplycate, Manjaree Chowdhary, Executive Director and General Counsel, Maruti Suzuki India

Mumbai Edition

(L-R) Zameer Nathani, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, UFO Moviez, Jayashree Swaminathan, CEO, UnComplycate, Dr. Rajeev Uberoi, Sr. Group President, Governance & Controls, Yes Bank, Rajarshi Chakrabarti, Senior Resident Partner & Head Corporate Practice, Kochhar & Co., Jawahar Trivedi, General Manager, UFO Moviez, Kanan Rele, General Counsel, Carnival Films

Bengaluru Edition

(L-R) Mahadevan. S, Executive VP, Legal, Compliance & CS, Hinduja Global Solutions, Jayashree Swaminathan, CEO, UnComplycate, Parag Mathur, General Counsel, PhonePe, Hiranmai Rallabandi, Partner, MHA Legal, Shweta Pandey, VP – Legal and Compliance, Mercedes-Benz Research & Development India, Madhu Sivaram Muttathil, Senior Corporate Counsel, Avaya India, Bhavna Singh, General Counsel, Subex

FOCUSSED PRESENTATION, NEW DELHI EDITION

Leena Tibrewal, Founder, My Contracts

SPECIAL ADDRESS, MUMBAI EDITION

Alok Dhir, Managing Partner, Dhir & Dhir Associates

FOCUSSED PRESENTATION, BENGALURU EDITION

Leena Tibrewal, Founder, My Contracts

#INDIA INC. 2.0 – THE EVERCHANGING REGULATORY DYNAMICS!
New Delhi Edition

(L-R) Sameet Gambhir, Jt. Vice President (Corporate Legal/Compliance & Admn.) & CS, DCM Shriram, Rajesh Sivaswamy, Senior Partner, King Stubb & Kasiva, Advocates & Attorneys, Shalinee Kulshreshtha, General Counsel-South Asia, Pearson India, Namrta Sudan, Partner, Dhir & Dhir Associates, Amar Kumar Sundram, Head of Legal, Corporate Governance & Regulatory Affairs, RBS – India, Partha Banerjee, Director & Head Legal, Compliance & Regulatory Affairs, Max Bupa

Mumbai Edition

(L-R) Anubhav Kapoor, Group Vice President – Legal & Group Company Secretary, Cummins India, Amit Deshpande, Company Secretary & Corporate General Counsel, Sterlite Technologies, Jayanta Kar, Partner, S. Jalan & Co., KPS Kohli, Partner, Dhir & Dhir Associates, Neeta Sanghavi, Head Legal, Avendus Group, Srishti Ojha, Managing Partner, Verist Law

Bengaluru Edition

(L-R) Vijayalakshmi Natarajan, Senior Director, Legal- India & APAC, Harman (Samsung), Roshan RT, Head – Legal and Compliance, Adecco, Jyothi V.K., General Counsel & Vice-President, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail, Vasanthika Srinath, Vice President, Concentrix, Namrta Sudan, Partner, Dhir & Dhir Associates, Siddhartha George, Partner – Poovayya & Co., Anuj Bugga, Senior Managing Director, Risk Advisory & Investigations, FTI Consulting

FOCUSSED PRESENTATION BY PROF (DR.) MANPREET KAUR RAJPAL, HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT, INDORE INSTITUTE OF LAW
New Delhi Edition
Mumbai Edition
#FIRESIDE CHATS
New Delhi Edition

(L-R) Lakshika Joshi, Global IP Head and Legal Leadership, Altran, Vaibhav Sharma, CEO, Indus Tree Fashions

Mumbai Edition

(L-R) Lakshika Joshi, Global IP Head and Legal Leadership, Altran, KPS Kohli, Partner, Dhir & Dhir Associates, Abhishek Malhotra, Managing Partner, TMT Law Practice, Sameer Pitalwalla, CEO, Culture Machine

Bengaluru Edition

(L-R) Lakshika Joshi, Global IP Head and Legal Leadership, Altran, Simran Mangharam, Founder, Floh, Siddharth Mangharam, Founder and CEO, Floh

#COURT CONVERSATIONS
New Delhi Edition

(L-R) Govind Vijay, Deputy General Counsel, HT Media, Naresh Arora, VP – Legal Operations, ATC Telecom Infrastructure, S. Ravi Shankar, Senior Partner, Law Senate, Abhishek Malhotra, Managing Partner, TMT Law Practice

Mumbai Edition

(L-R) Ashok Kumar P, GM/Group Head of Litigation, JSW, Anurag Shukla, Sr. Vice President & Head-Legal, Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance, Navroze Palekar, General Manager – Legal, WNS Global Services, Niraj Singh, Partner, RNS Associates, S. Ravi Shankar, Senior Partner, Law Senate, Vimal Kishor, Sr. Vice President, Head-Legal, Compliance, ERM & Company Secretary, Liberty General Insurance, Jayanta Kar, Partner, S. Jalan & Co.

Bengaluru Edition

(L-R) Sudha Hooda, Senior Legal Counsel and Executive Director, Board of Directors, Nvidia Graphics, Gaurav Jabulee Asia Legal Director, Texas Instruments, G. Madhusudhana, Associate Director – Legal at RMZ Corp, Deepalakshmi Vadivelan, General Counsel (India & APAC), Quess Corp, S. Ravi Shankar, Senior Partner, Law Senate

#THE INTELLECTUAL YOU
New Delhi Edition

(L-R) Abhishek Malhotra, Managing Partner, TMT Law Practice, Srihari S K, Partner, K&S Partners, Ravi Rajiv Upadhyay, Director – Heading Legal Operations, Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., Lakshika Joshi, Global IP Head and Legal Leadership, Altran, Nirupam Srivastava, Vice President – Strategy and AI, Hero Corporate, Sachin Kalra, Deputy General Counsel, HT Media, Gautam Vohra, Head of Legal and Policy, Hike

Mumbai Edition

(L-R) Abhishek Malhotra, Managing Partner, TMT Law Practice, Lakshika Joshi, Global IP Head and Legal Leadership, Altran, Gitanjali Bhatnagar, Head of Intellectual Property – Patents & Designs, Godrej & Boyce, Omesh Puri, Partner, Lex Orbis, Rajinikandh ARS, Vice President & Head Legal, Broadcast Audience Research Council, India

Bengaluru Edition

(L-R) Shamim Ahmad, Head-Intellectual Property Management, Aurigene Discovery Technologies, K.R. Pradeep, Partner, Singh & Singh Law Firm LLP, Lakshika Joshi, Global IP Head and Legal Leadership, Altran, Shine Joy, Corporate Counsel (Head of Legal), Frontizo Business Services

GALA LUCKY DRAW NEW DELHI EDITION

Sonali Mewar, Senior Associate, K&S Partners, Grand Prize Winner

Jitender Sapra, Manager-Legal, Ballarpur Industries, 1st Runner up

Sachin Kalra, Deputy General Counsel, HT Media 2nd Runner up

GALA LUCKY DRAW MUMBAI EDITION

Divya Malcolm, Associate Partner, Kochhar & Co. Grand Prize Winner

Kunal Kuvalekar, Manager, Kochhar & Co. 1st Runner up

Vikramsinh Yadav, Senior Legal Counsel, Siemens 2nd Runner up

GALA LUCKY DRAW BENGALURU EDITION

Deepalakshmi Vadivelan, General Counsel (India & APAC), Quess Corp Grand Prize Winner

Mohd. Mohsin Beg, Manager Legal, Britannia Industries 1st Runner up

Leena Tibrewal, Founder, My Contracts 2nd Runner up

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