Welcome to the ALB New Delhi In-House Legal Summit 2024

    DATE             16 October 2024, Wednesday

    TIME              8:45 am Registration
                                 9:45 am to 5:00 pm, Indian Standard Time (GMT +5:30)

      VENUE         TBC                                                                                                                         

 

  [ FACE TO FACE /LIVE EVENT] 

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For further information on summit speakers, please contact Amruta Manjrekar at amruta.kishormanjrekar@thomsonreuters.com to register for the event.

 

SPEAKERS & PANELISTS

 

Joyjyoti Misra, Group General Counsel, Gameskraft

Joyjyoti is presently the Group General Counsel for Gameskraft, one of India's homegrown, bootstrapped gaming unicorns. Prior to joining Gameskraft, he served as Uber's head of legal for the South Asia region. Before shifting in-house, Joyjyoti was a partner at one of India's leading law firms (Khaitan & Co) and focused his practice on M&A and private equity transactions. He has played an instrumental role in advising on wide ranging policy and regulatory issues, marquee M&A transactions across diverse sectors as well as on complex and high stakes litigations on issues ranging from regulatory, competition law, employment to tax controversies.

Manjaree Chowdhary is Senior Executive Officer and General Counsel of Maruti Suzuki India, a subsidiary of Suzuki Motor Corporation Japan and the leading car manufacturer in India employing over 34,000 people. Leading a team of 70+ professionals, Manjaree works closely with the Board, the CEO and the Leadership Team to provide legal and compliance support in a dynamic regulatory and risk environment. Additionally, Manjaree is also responsible for management of the Realty and Infrastructure business of the Company.

A master’s in law from the University of London with distinction, Manjaree made a mid-career shift from academics to law. She began her legal career at a leading Indian law firm, moving in-house to General Electric Company before joining Maruti Suzuki as its first woman General Counsel. She is an experienced General Counsel with 26 yrs. of successful history of working across South Asia, US, ANZ and Japan in diverse industries like Industrial, Manufacturing, Auto, Healthcare, Power and Services. Skilled in strategic advisory, Board and listed entity management, complex transactions including JVs/M&A, litigation, regulatory and public policy, enterprise risk, ethics, compliance and change management, she brings a global and innovative mindset with strong local execution to help grow businesses in challenging regulatory and business environment.

Manjaree’s adaptive leadership style allows her to assimilate quickly into new business environments and culture to contribute effectively in a short span of time.