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Welcome to the ALB Mumbai In-House Legal Summit 2023 

    DATE              23 March 2023, Thursday

    TIME               9:45 am Registration
                                 10:20 am to 5:00 pm, India Time  (GMT +5:30)

                                    5:00 pm onwards - Post Event Cocktail

      VENUE         Four Seasons Hotel, Mumbai India
                                 
[ FACE TO FACE /LIVE EVENT] 

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Asian Legal Business is proud to present the ALB Mumbai In-House Legal Summit 2023 on 23 March which sets out to find compelling solutions to meet the changing expectations and mounting demands faced by general counsels. The summit boasts an impressive line-up of legal experts and in-house compliance professionals that will share their insights about regulatory reform initiatives, pertinent in-house legal issues, and other relevant enforcement updates across India.

Why You Should Attend

  • FREE* passes to in-house counsel, “C” level management executives and business leaders with access to full-day sessions
  • Insight into the latest legal issues from India 
  • Unique networking opportunities with leading legal experts and peers
  • In-depth panel discussion sessions with some of the most distinguished corporate counsel in the region
  • VIP networking luncheon and refreshments
  • Detailed speaker notes and presentation materials


Target Audience

Chief Legal Officers, Chief Compliance Officers, CEO, Company Secretaries, Country/ General / Corporate / In House / Legal Counsels / Heads and Senior Professionals in charge of:

  • Legal Affairs
  • Company/ Contract Law
  • Corporate Governance
  • Corporate Affairs
  • Legal Risk Management
  • Compliance
  • Regulatory Affairs
  • Commercial and Enforcement Counsel

After Party

ALB will be hosting an after party following the ALB Mumbai In-House Legal Summit's conclusion at 5:30pm IST.

Only summit attendees will have access to the networking drinks.

*The event is reserved for pass holders of the event. Conference passes must be presented for entry*


*Please note that free passes are ONLY applicable for in-house legal counsels and compliance professionals, “C” level management executives and business executives limited to five per company on a first-come-first-serve basis

Representatives from law firms and legal service providers are welcome to contact our sponsorship team, Amantha (amantha.chia@thomsonreuters.com) for further information on how to participate in the event.

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Welcome to the ALB Mumbai In-House Legal Summit 2023 

    DATE              23 March 2023, Thursday

    TIME               9:45 am Registration
                                 10:20 am to 5:00 pm, India Time  (GMT +5:30)

                                    5:00 pm onwards - Post Event Cocktail

      VENUE         Four Seasons Hotel, Mumbai India
                                 
[ FACE TO FACE /LIVE EVENT] 

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 For further information, please contact Marianne Tocmo at marianne.tocmo@tr.com

  • 2023 M&A Outlook: Opportunities and Challenges\
  • Keeping Up to Date with the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019
  • India’s Competition Bill, 2022 And How Does It Impact Your Business
  • Compliance Hot Spots for 2023
  • The Year Ahead: FDI Investment Trends and Outlook in India
  • Disputes Strategies Redefined
  • How To Work Effectively And Embrace Innovation As A Small Legal Team

*Topics are subject to change

 

 

 

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Welcome to the ALB Mumbai In-House Legal Summit 2023 

    DATE              23 March 2023, Thursday

    TIME               9:45 am Registration
                                 10:20 am to 5:00 pm, India Time  (GMT +5:30)

                                    5:00 pm onwards - Post Event Cocktail

      VENUE         Four Seasons Hotel, Mumbai India
                                 
[ FACE TO FACE /LIVE EVENT] 

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SUMMIT CHAIRPERSON

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Frank Fernandes, Legal Director, DHL Express & Logistics – India

Frank J. Fernandes is an accomplished in-house lawyer serving as Legal Director in the Global Business Services (GBS) division of the Deutsche Post DHL Group which is the world's leading logistics company with diverse divisions like Express, Global Forwarding, Freight & Supply Chain, eCommerce Solutions, Post & Parcel Germany that connect people and markets and drive global trade. 

He comes with a rich experience of over two decades as an in-house lawyer and has in-depth understanding of global legal function of a Logistics & Express industry advising on various areas of law covering Real Estate, Criminal, Competition, Customs, Environmental Law, IT Law, Aviation & Transport laws. In a complex and multi-jurisdictional industry, he has been widely successful to minimize (legal) business risks by effectively and efficiently managing to bring together specialized experts and resources involving diverse topics like Compliance, Data Protection, Global Trade Law, etc.

Frank is based in Mumbai.  He is a member of the Global Legal Practice Group for the Express, Parcel and e-Com Delivery businesses, and also, active on many forums and part of regular industry workshops.

Frank won the Deutsche Post DHL Group Legal General Counsel Award 2021 under the category “Legal Knowledge Facilitation” for the initiative and successfully implementing the “Legal Academy Virtualization” with his specialized & significant professional experience in in the global legal function. 

SPEAKERS & PANELISTS

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Vandana Pai, Partner and Head – Investment Funds Practice, Bharucha & Partners

Vandana leads the Firm’s Investment Funds Practice and advises on complex private equity investments, which include structuring and negotiating investments and exits across sectors including real estate, infrastructure, hospitality, and technology for leading fund houses and financial institutions.

Her mergers and acquisitions experience includes structuring and advising on joint ventures, foreign investment by non-resident investors, overseas investment by Indian companies, court-based restructuring, business and asset transfers, takeovers, and preferential allotments by listed companies.

Anisha Chand, Partner, Khaitan & Co

Anisha advises domestic and multinational companies on a full spectrum of competition matters, including cartel enforcement, abuse of dominance, merger control, leniency, dawn raids and competition audit / compliance. Her cross-sectoral experience includes both traditional sectors such as cement, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, etc. and new age markets such as e-commerce, radio taxis, digital media, online aggregators, etc.

Anisha holds extensive merger control experience through involvement in complex and challenging M&A deals. She was involved in the first phase II investigation in India in Sun Pharma/Ranbaxy. Other recent and significant matters include Suez/Veolia, Pfizer, Inc./ GlaxoSmithKline plc., Reliance Retail Ventures / Future Group, Brookfield Asset Management / RMZ Corp, Nippon Express/Future Supply Chain Solutions, Advent International/Aditya Birla Capital, Nippon Life Insurance / Reliance Nippon, Sony Pictures/Ten Sports, SoftBank/Flipkart, Zydus Wellness/Kraft Heinz, etc. Anisha has also advised clients in some watershed enforcement cases in India including the cement cartel case, lentils cartel, tyre cartel case, the auto-parts and online travel agency (dominance) cases.

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Cori Lable, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Cori Lable leads Kirkland & Ellis’ Government & Internal Investigations group in Hong Kong. She concentrates her practice on advising multinational clients including private equity firms, alternative investors, and strategics throughout Asia on international risks related to cross-border investments and operations, including corruption, money laundering, economic sanctions, and financial fraud, and defends clients facing regulatory investigations in these areas.  Cori has been named as a leading anti-corruption practitioner for China and India by Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, Chambers Greater China, Chambers Asia-Pacific, Chambers Global, and India Business Law Journal.

L. Badri Narayanan, Executive Partner, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

L. Badri Narayanan is an Executive Partner at the firm and practices in the areas of corporate, investment and tax laws. He advises companies on mergers and acquisitions, investments, business transfer agreements (slump sales), joint ventures and share acquisitions, and has been involved in both domestic and cross-border transactions. He has advised and assisted various leading Indian and multinational corporations with transactions pertaining to joint ventures, investments, acquisitions and restructurings.

Badri has been acknowledged as one of the top ‘Super 50 lawyers of India’ by Asian Legal Business and was also awarded by Legal Era as one of the ‘Distinguished Legal Minds of India’. He is admitted to practice in India and New York. 

 

Jaideep Reddy, Counsel, Trilegal

Jaideep is a dual-qualified technology lawyer whose areas of practice include data protection, fintech, e-commerce, and gaming. He represents leading Indian and international technology platforms on advisory and contentious matters. As part of his advisory practice, he counsels foreign law firms and their clients across sectors on Indian data protection laws. He has written and been quoted extensively on emerging technology issues, and is a visiting faculty at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru. He has been recognised as a Rising Star by Legal500 (Legalease) and as a notable practitioner by Chambers and Partners Fintech Guide.

Veena Gopalakrishnan, Partner, Labour and Employment Practice, Trilegal

Veena is a Partner in Trilegal’s market leading Employment Law practice. She has a wealth of experience in advising domestic and multinational organisations on complex issues relating to workforce structuring, employee benefits (including stock linked benefits), contentious senior managerial exits, reductions in force, and closures. Veena also routinely advises on employment law matters stemming from domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, including with respect to acquihires, employee transfers, and post-merger integrations.

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Bharat Bahadur, Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Akasa Air

Bharat Vansh Bahadur is a Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Akasa Air, India’s youngest and greenest airline. Bharat is a lawyer, who started his career with AZB & Partners, where he advised clients on mergers, acquisitions and private equity transactions. Subsequently, Bharat worked with Gibson Dunn & Crutcher as an associate attorney in their Singapore office, where he advised clients on various cross-border M&A transactions. Previously, Bharat was an Associate General Counsel, at IndiGo, India’s largest airline, with which he worked for over five years. Bharat is an alumnus of the Doon School, Dehradun and completed his law graduation from Delhi and has also recently completed an executive leadership programme at the Indian School of Business.   

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Aijaz Alvi, Associate Director – Legal, Allanasons Private Limited

Aijaz Alvi has a proven track record of developing sound and resourceful strategies to meet the specific needs of organizations. Adept at advising on commercial, corporate, and regulatory matters and leading cross-functional teams to deliver successful projects. Committed to upholding the highest ethical standards and providing outstanding results.

 

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Rashmi Mishra, Group General Counsel & Chief Privacy Officer, Associated Capsules Private Ltd. (ACG) 

Presently working as the Group General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer with  ACG Associated Capsule Private Ltd( ACG). Am leading the legal, secretarial, IP , Data Privacy  and compliance function globally . Have driven improved efficiencies in the legal team through mentoring and implementation of a contract management system. Have a proven record of accomplishments, working across all levels of the organization, and advising senior leadership team on business-critical decisions related to legal matters. I have done my Masters in Law and am a Qualified CS  . Have done  my post Graduation diploma in  Intellectual Property from IIPS , Mumbai, Diploma in Law of Corporate Merger & Amalgamation from Asian School of Law, Pune. Have been part of several national forums on topics related to contracts ,  IP and other aspects of law.

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Rakhi Jindal, Asst. General Counsel, Intellectual Property, Operations & Technology Law Group (APAC), Citibank

Rakhi Jindal has over 15 years’ experience as an inhouse counsel as well as in private practice. She is part of the Asia-Pacific Technology Law Group at Citi since 2017 where She focuses on a broad range of techno- commercial legal matters including commercial contracts, issues relating to cloud & digitization, IP Laws, outsourcing and data protection. Prior to joining Citi, Rakhi was a Senior Associate with Nishith Desai Associates, Mumbai where she led the firm’s telecom and privacy practices. 

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Raymond Goh, Group General Counsel, CTH Group

Raymond was the Group General Counsel of CTH Group with oversight of the legal and compliance, enterprise risk management, corporate governance, and regulatory affairs of the Group’s international operations, principal investments, and strategic initiatives around the world.

He has received various industry awards over the years and was recognized as one of the most influential corporate counsels in the Legal 500 GC Powerlist for China and Hong Kong in 2017.

Prior to joining CTH Group, he spent more than 20 years in various senior management, corporate development, and enterprise risk management roles with multinational diversified conglomerates, a leading bulge bracket investment bank, and in private practice with Magic Circle and Wall Street law firms where he focused on capital markets transactions, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, technology, media and telecommunications, strategic initiatives, and principal investments across North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia.

Raymond is a graduate of Columbia Law School, New York, and The Wharton School’s Advanced Management Program for Senior Executives.

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Anuj Bugga, Senior Managing Director and India Leader of Risk Advisory & Investigations, FTI Consulting

Anuj has extensive experience in fraud/FCPA/UKBA investigations, governance, risk and compliance reviews, asset tracing, business intelligence, litigation support, and providing strategic risk mitigation solutions on a spectrum of issues. He has led complex forensic engagements in the India subcontinent and partnered with top global law firms in regulatory investigations.Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Anuj was a Vice President at Morgan Stanley where he implemented and maintained processes to reduce the company’s exposure to fraud, organized crime, money laundering and regulatory risks.Before joining the corporate sector, Anuj spent 16 years in the Indian Army as a Combat Engineer.

Sameer Chugh, Chief Legal Officer, Games27x7

Sameer is the General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer of Play Games24x7, which is the largest online gaming platform and has over 26 years of experience. Sameer has done his Law from Symbiosis Pune, also holds a Masters in Marketing Management from SILMS Pune and MSc in Telecom Business from University College of London, UK.

Sameer has strong expertise in complex business transactions (M&A and financing), legal compliance, litigation and governance. He has been involved in many cross-border M&A and had managed mid to large-sized law departments as part of his in-house roles. He has more than 35 billion dollars of transactions to his experience throughout his career.

Sameer has previously worked with Firms including Cyril Amarchand Mangaldass, Kochhar & Co. and Singhnia &Co. His in-house experience comprises of being the General Counsel of NCR Corporation, General Counsel of BT Group in India before moving to London as Head of Legal and Commercial with BT itself. Following his return, he was the General Counsel of the Telecom Business and the Global head of legal for M&A of Essar Group and then the General Counsel of the Cummins Group in India. He has led the legal and regulatory function of Airtel as Director – Legal & Regulatory in Bharti Airtel followed by being the Group General Counsel of the Bharti Group.

 

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Alok Misra, Operating Partner & Chief Operating Officer for India, General Atlantic

Alok Misra is the Chief Operating Officer of General Atlantic’s India office and an Operating Partner. In this role, he provides strategic support and financial expertise to the firm’s investment teams and portfolio companies with a focus on the India & Asia-Pacific region. Before joining General Atlantic in 2013, Alok served as Group Chief Financial Officer at WNS Group, where he helped lead the company through significant expansion and transformation. Prior to that, he was Group Chief Financial Officer of MphasiS BFL Group (now part of the Hewlett-Packard Company) and served in a number of accounting and finance roles at other firms, including I.T.C. Limited and PwC. Alok is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

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Yashasvini Kumar, Group General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Innoterra Group

Yashasvini leads the Legal, Compliance and the Impact teams at Innoterra. Her team of lawyers and company secretaries, manage all legal, compliance, corporate governance and regulatory matters across the 14 jurisdictions in which the Group is present. Prior to joining Innoterra Yashasvini worked Trilegal and Platinum Partners as a mergers and acquisitions lawyer. In 2021, she was recognized by IBLJ as a Rising Star in their In House Counsel Awards.

Vikas Kothari, Executive Director, JM Financial - Investment Banking

Vikas Kothari is an Executive Director at the Investment Banking Practice of JM Financial. He is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Financial Analyst.

He has over 18 years of experience and specializes in M&A Advisory. Vikas has led several domestic and cross-border transactions across several key corporates including HDFC Bank, Lafarge, Reliance Group, Vedanta, Aditya Birla Group, Tata Group. Some of the deals that Vikas has been involved in include the divestment of ILFS Group assets; sale of assets of Hotel Leela; induction of Kubota into Escorts; sale of Urea business by Tata Chemicals etc

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Meenal Maheswari, Group Legal Director, Lemmatree Pte Ltd, Temasek Group

Meenal, currently the Group Legal Director for LemmaTree, Temasek group started her law practice at leading law firm Khaitan & Co, Mumbai. Throughout her career, she practiced at the Bombay High Court, worked as an in-house counsel, and last year, she set up the legal function at GoodWorker and Affinidi, India.     

Meenal has been a merit Holder (list of top 10 students), for 4 years out of 5, amongst the successful candidates of 22 law schools housed in her University. She is a certified global privacy & data protection professional who was awarded the prestigious Chevening fellowship by the UK government, where she wrote and presented her research paper titled "Territorial approach to technology law: Smart or stupid".   

She is a marathoner and a yoga practitioner, passionate about women empowerment and combating climate change issues. In addition, she enjoys traveling and relishes time with her six-year-old. 

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Sherill Pal, Senior Counsel, Privacy & Data Protection, Mastercard

Sherill Pal is a Senior Counsel in Mastercard’s Privacy and Data Protection team. As Mastercard’s first privacy hire in India, Sherill is responsible for privacy compliance for the Asia Pacific region with a focus on South Asia and is a key contributor to Mastercard’s privacy advocacy efforts. Prior to joining Mastercard, she has worked with top tier law firms in the TMT space and has over 11 years of experience in the field.

Jayant Kumar Thakur, Senior Legal Director – General Counsel, NTT Global Data Centers & Cloud Infrastructure India Private Limited

Over the period of last one and half decade Jayant have supported clients in dealing with complex legal issues involving Indian laws and transnational laws that impacts businesses in India.

Currently Jayant is working with the senior leadership team of NTT GDC in India and is responsible for providing end to end legal support for NTT GDC and also provide support to other group entities under One NTT in India.

Jayant have worked for outsourcing deals in India and outside India as lead lawyer and provided support to pursuit team in bid response, proposal submission, contract closure. Jayant have successfully negotiated and closed contract in Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore apart from India. Jayant provided support to internal clients on range of legal and compliance related issues covering employment laws, export compliance, FEMA, FCPA, UK Bribery Act and local legislation dealing with corruption and unethical practices. Jayant have handled general legal issues including litigation and arbitration as an in house counsel in his current role and as a litigating lawyer previously with the firm. Jayant is a generalist with vast experience in complex commercial transaction.

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Manoj Gujaran, Chief Compliance Officer, Poonawalla Fincorp

Manoj Gujaran is a qualified Company Secretary and LLB graduate and comes with a long-standing experience of more than two decades in the areas of Company Law, RBI guidelines for NBFCs, listing regulations, contract management, litigations, FEMA & PMLA compliance, intellectual property rights and human resource across various industries relating to financial, media, multi-national companies, etc. He has played a pivotal role in setting up the overall legal, compliance and regulatory framework for NBFC business catering to both corporate & retail lending relating to secured & unsecured loan products, outsourcing guidelines, PMLA-KYC norms, policies, etc. during his current role as the Chief Compliance Officer at Poonawalla Fincorp Limited, earlier role as the Chief Compliance Officer and Company Secretary at Poonawalla Finance Private Limited and as the Company Secretary and Compliance Officer at IIFL Wealth Finance Limited. He has also spearheaded various key assignments pertaining to strategic and private equity investments, acquisitions, corporate restructuring, listing of equity shares, non-convertible debentures and commercial paper, borrowings from financial institutions, co-lending, co-branded credit card project, special loan scheme tie up with the Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, liaison with domestic & overseas regulators, etc.

Madhu Damodaran, Group Head – legal, Quess Corp Limited

Madhu, Group Head- Legal & Compliance, is a lawyer and Company Secretary by profession, with over two decades of experience focused around Labour Law consultancy and HR Outsourcing Operations. 

He is a domain expert and has managed complicated operational requirements that large organizations in multiple locations demand in ensuring Labour Law compliance. Madhu has successfully established Compliance practices and large-scale HR operations not just in India but also for the Asia Pacific region in his prior roles. Before working with Quess Corp, Madhu worked with companies like LabourNet, Ascent Consulting Services, Convergys, Teamlease, CoAchieve and INDIA Life Hewitt. He also co-founded Simpliance services- A digital compliance platform. A very persuasive professional, he is responsible for mentoring careers and establishing operations with effective ease. 

Rucha Joshi, Director & Head Legal India, Rabobank

Rucha brings with her over 18 years of experience in the Legal domain having handled Strategic Projects, Corporate Transactional support, Deals, Litigation, Corporate Law Advisory and IPR. She has led legal teams and groomed several team members over the years.Rucha started her career with a law firm and transitioned into an inhouse counsel role. She has worked with organisations such as Rabobank where she has worked as Head Legal India, SBI Capital Markets as Head Legal, Edelweiss Group, Essar Group and ICICI Prudential.

During her career she has garnered laurels such as Achiever Award for “40 under 40" Alternative Investments Professionals in India (2019), India’s Top Women in Finance (2023), ALB India Law Awards where she has been nominated as a finalist under 2 categories: (i) In-House Lawyer of the Year – International (ii)Woman Lawyer of the Year – In-House in 2019 and 2023. She volunteers her time and expertise to advise several non-profits organisations on legal aspects and also actively participates in various social service initiatives and causes focused on women empowerment, education, safe water, hygiene for marginalized communities in India. She was featured in an interview in BW Legal World and is also a frequent panelist at various events, where she shares her views. She holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from Mumbai University and an LLB degree from GLC, Mumbai, India’s prestigious and historic law school. She is a Member of the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa. Rucha loves travelling, vlogging, painting and is a practising spiritualist for over a decade and half.

 

Ambuj Agarwal, Chief Financial Officer, Safeway Concessions

Ambuj is Chief Financial Officer of Safeway Concessions, one of the largest and Macquarie managed platform of 9 operating Indian toll roads, since 2018. Safeway operates ~2,700 Kms of national highways across three different states.  Before joining Safeway, he was the Senior Vice President and CFO of Macquarie’s Indian asset management business. In this role, he was responsible for financial aspects of transactions and majority-controlled assets. 

 He has been a member of the Boards of Macquarie India and renewable & toll roads assets. He is a member of CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) National Committee on Roads and Highways.  He is a qualified Chartered Accountant (India) and holds master’s degree in financial economics from Lancaster University Management School (UK). He is also an alumnus of Harvard Business School.  

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Sachin Mishra, Head - Legal & Company Secretary, Tata Consulting Engineers Limited

With a career spanning more than 15 years, Sachin Mishra heads the Legal & Company Secretarial function at Tata Consulting Engineers Limited (TCE) and acts as the In[1]house General Counsel. In this role, Sachin is leading a team of subject matter experts (SMEs) in company & industrial laws and contracts.

At TCE, Sachin ensures legal compliance (domestic & international), contacts, and manages corporate governance and dispute resolution. He is also responsible for carrying out Due Diligence of prospective Clients, Partners, Sub-Consultants and Vendors. As the Compliance Officer, Sachin is responsible for creating awareness regarding Anti Bribery & Anti-Corruption (ABAC), Anti Money Laundering (AML) and allied policies of the organisation. As the Head of Contract Management, Sachin helps define the contract's primary and standard terms and conditions for the organisation and ensures compliance with the terms and conditions. Before joining TCE, Sachin served Tata Petrodyne Limited from 2009 to 2014 and was responsible for various roles such as Company Secretary, Contract & Procurement Management, FEMA-related matters, and worked on various international projects. He is a distinguished speaker at forums such as FIDIC, ET Legal Summit, INTA, and a committee member at the Confederation of Indian Industry and Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

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Poornima Sampath, SVP & Chief Legal Officer, Tata Digital

Poornima Sampath leads legal and regulatory matters for Tata Digital. Previously, she has worked with Tata Sons as Vice President - Group Legal.As Senior Attorney at Intel Capital, she has spent a few years handling legal matters across a diverse portfolio of venture capital investments in India, Asia-Pacific and the United States. Prior to Intel Capital, she worked at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in New York, where she has focused on M&A, private equity and restructuring matters. She is admitted to practise law in New York, India and the United Kingdom (non-practising solicitor).

 

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Naveen Bhardwaj, Associate Director, TAP Legal and Compliance, Terumo Asia Holdings Pte Ltd

Naveen Bhardwaj is Associate Director – Legal & Compliance at Terumo Asia Holdings Pte Ltd, the APAC regional headquarters of Terumo Corporation. Terumo is a global medical technology company from Japan. Naveen leads the Legal and Compliance function of Terumo for APAC and is responsible for designing, implementing and monitoring Terumo’s Global Compliance Program in the APAC region (except China and Japan). Naveen is a qualified lawyer, with law degree (LL.B) from University of Delhi (India), a Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP-I), and a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). Naveen has been speaker at various renowned national and international compliance and ethics forums.

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Jolly Abraham, Director, True North Co

Jolly joined True North in 2017. She founded and now leads the Legal function, advising on the legal and regulatory aspects of True North's investments and exits. Prior to True North, Jolly was a Partner at Desai & Diwanji. Her practice spanned cross-border private equity, M&A and financing transactions, commercial contracts and advice on corporate law, securities law, foreign exchange law and contract law. Before training as a lawyer, she led Aftercare and Admin for International Justice Mission in Mumbai and was a management trainee in Human Resources at Unilever Bestfoods.

Jolly holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Mumbai and a B.A. in Economics and Statistics from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. She also holds an M.A. in Personnel Management & Industrial Relations from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences. Jolly enjoys a good story in any form and several genres of music.

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Nishtha Kharb, Mediator, World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)

Nishtha is a distinguished technology & innovation focused lawyer with over 16 years of experience in handling complex legal and regulatory issues in healhtcare, particularly in the Asia region.  She has acted as a Chief Legal Officer at Asia s largest private sector hospital chain, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsui & Co and steategised digital operations frameworks. She has been nominated among a select panel of UN WIPO’s Neutral (Arbitrator/Mediator) in Asia. Previously, in her role of Legal Director, ASEAN, Japan & Korea at Reckitt, she managed legal affairs contributing towards innovative solutions to people’s everyday challenges in the arena of health and well-being.

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Panduranga Acharya, General Counsel, Zepto

Results-driven legal professional with a distinguished track record of playing a strategic business partner role in diverse customer-facing sectors. Possesses exceptional acumen in developing and implementing organizational strategies, while maintaining a high degree of agility and adaptability to the evolving business needs. Contributes effectively to decision-making processes with a keen sense of foresight and meticulous attention to detail. Exhibits remarkable proficiency in navigating complex regulatory landscapes and interfacing with regulatory bodies such as TRAI, RBI, FSSAI, ROC, and other agencies, leveraging a deep understanding of the public policy domain. Expertly represents companies before regulatory bodies with a track record of successfully delivering favourable outcomes. Dynamic and accomplished litigator with a successful history of handling complex litigation matters across various courts and tribunals. Possesses a proven ability to develop winning litigation strategies and present cases with precision and impact before presiding officers. Currently serving as General Counsel at Zepto.

 

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Damini Bhalla, General Counsel, Zomato

Damini Bhalla, General Counsel of Zomato Limited, leads a robust team of lawyers and company secretaries. She has helped Zomato navigate its ~$7.4 billion IPO, and assisted in successfully closing all investment transactions including minority investments in Magicpin, Shiprocket and Curefit, and acquisition of Fitso and ~US$ 578 mn acquisition of Blinkit. Her work at Zomato also involves driving day-to-day commercial contracts, managing litigations and strategizing business friendly solutions to ensure compliance while driving innovation.

Under her leadership, the team has been recognised as ‘Asia’s Top 15 In-House Teams 2022’ by ALB Asia and as the ‘Compliance & Risk Management In-House Team of the Year 2022’ by ALB India. Her feature in BW’s ‘Legal World’s Most Influential Women 2023’, BW’s ‘Top 100 General Counsel Power List 2021’ and Legal 500’s ‘GC Powerlist 2022’ among various other recognitions.

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Welcome to the ALB Mumbai In-House Legal Summit 2023 

    DATE              23 March 2023, Thursday

    TIME               9:45 am Registration
                                 10:20 am to 5:00 pm, India Time  (GMT +5:30)

                                    5:00 pm onwards - Post Event Cocktail

      VENUE         Four Seasons Hotel, Mumbai India
                                 
[ FACE TO FACE /LIVE EVENT] 

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CONTACT US 

Speaking and Program Enquiries

Marianne Tocmo
marianne.tocmo@thomsonreuters.com
 (+63) 2 84248528

 

Sponsorship Opportunities 
Amantha Chia

amantha.chia@thomsonreuters.com

(+65) 6973 8258

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Welcome to the ALB Mumbai In-House Legal Summit 2023 

    DATE              23 March 2023, Thursday

    TIME               9:45 am Registration
                                 10:20 am to 5:00 pm, India Time  (GMT +5:30)

                                    5:00 pm onwards - Post Event Cocktail

      VENUE         Four Seasons Hotel, Mumbai India
                                 [ FACE TO FACE /LIVE EVENT] 

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**Complimentary passes are available exclusively to in-house legal counsels, compliance professionals, “C” level management executives and business executives. All confirmed participants will be notified via email. ALB reserves the right to cancel any registrations at any time if they do not meet the profile stated above.

Please contact Marianne Tocmo at marianne.tocmo@tr.com to register for the event.

 


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