The Lex Witness 11th Annual Grand Masters Summit Series 2025, Hyderabad Edition, hosted at The Novotel & HICC Complex, HiTech City, brought together an eminent community of General Counsels, corporate legal leaders, and distinguished practitioners in a landmark gathering for the legal fraternity.

This year’s summit, celebrated for its strategic depth and diverse discourse, delved into the evolving regulatory, compliance, and dispute resolution landscape across multiple industries. The carefully crafted agenda was designed as a journey – from the role of the modern General Counsel in “The Smarter GC – Are You in the Race?”, to the regulatory transformation of India Inc. with a spotlight on Pharma & Life Sciences and Real Estate & Infrastructure.

The summit also explored the complex contours of Intellectual Property in “The Intellectual You – All About IPR & You”, followed by a deep dive into the New India Dispute Resolution Wave, addressing practical pathways for managing conflicts in an increasingly complex corporate and legal environment.

With its emphasis on knowledge exchange, thought leadership, and networking, TGMH 2025 reaffirmed its position as one of India’s most impactful platforms for corporate legal leadership, bringing strategic counsel and industry practice into sharp focus.

Special Address By - Chief Guest, Hon’ble Shri D. Sridhar Babu, Minister For It, Industries & Commerce, Government of Telangana

Special Address By - Shujath Bin Ali, Chief Legal Officer, Fourth Partner Energy

Felicitation By - PBA Srinivasan, Editor In Chief

The Smarter GC - Are You in the Race?

Navroze Palekar, General Counsel, Cyient (Moderator)

Anshuman Jaiswal, Group Head – Legal, Rainbow Children’s Hospitals

K.A.V. Prasad, General Counsel, Baldota Group

Kaveri Srivastava, Senior Partner, Kochhar & Co.

Pradeep Gupta, VP – Head of Legal & Compliance, DBS Tech India

Shujath Bin Ali, Chief Legal Officer, Fourth Partner Energy

India Inc. 2.0 - The Great Indian Regulatory Drive – Pharma & Lifesciences Track

Abhayan Jawaharlal, Global General Counsel, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories (Moderator)

Aparna Muthumula, Head of Legal and GM, Granules India

Avinash Amarnath, Partner, Chandhiok & Mahajan

Shibya Singh, Head Legal, R&D India and Global TRD, Novartis

Sudershan Pallap, AVP (Legal & Secretarial), Hetero Labs Limited

Swastica Goswami, Corporate Counsel – APAC, Rimini

India Inc. 2.0 - The Great Indian Regulatory Drive – Real Estate & Infra Track

Rupesh Mishra, VP & Head – Legal & CS (Business Parks), CapitaLand India (Moderator)

Guranpreet Singh Sarna, Partner, Dhir & Dhir Associates

K.S. Sandeep Pareekshit, General Counsel, Ashoka Builders India Pvt. Ltd.

Kushal Sinha, Partner, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.

Mohan Kumar, Senior Partner, Kochhar & Co.

Priyesh Sharma, AVP – Legal, Nucleus Office Parks (Blackstone Group)

Focussed Presentation - The Age of Global Capability Value Centers

TARUNYA JAIN

Partner, TLH Advocates & Solicitors

THE INTELLECTUAL YOU - ALL ABOUT IPR & YOU

Lakshika Joshi, Global Risk & Compliance, Harvard Business Publishing (Moderator)

Anand Kumar, Senior Associate, ADP Law Offices

Himanshu Bagai, Partner, Saikrishna & Associates

Iqbal Tauseef, Director Legal Affairs – India, TTEC

K. Subodh Kumar, Head, IP Services, Tata Consultancy Services

Osman Akthar, VP – Legal & Compliance, RealPage Inc.

The New India Dispute Resolution Wave - What’s Your Pick?

Sopin Peerzade, India Legal Head, DuPont (Moderator)

Akhilesh Kumar Mishra, Head – Legal, Ramky Infrastructure

Chitra Rentala, Partner, Trilegal

Karthika Valakumaresan, Head Legal & Secretarial, Renault Nissan Automotive India

Nikshita Niranjan, Deputy Registrar, IAMC Hyderabad

Sachin Guha, Head – Business Risk & Compliance, Diebold Nixdorf (India)

Sparks of Surprise - Captivating Lucky Draw Moments

Thanuja Palla, Partner, Hammurabi & Solomon Partners

Saurabh Mishra, Senior Associate, AAN LEGAL

Botla Chakravarthi, Associate, Kochhar & Co.

The Premier Gathering of Legal Minds – The Grand Masters Hyderabad 2025

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