A senior-led bench built around decades of General Counsel experience, supported by a structured associate bench for scale.
Individual profiles for our Founding Partner and Principal Advisor will be shared separately. Associate-level positions are being resourced for scale. TOGETHER EVERYONE ACHIEVE MORE !
Legal Strategist | Governance, Risk Management & Growth | Leadership & Empowering Business | Future ready Legal Excellence | Enterprise & Stakeholders Value creation.
An accomplished inhouse corporate legal professional having 33 years of experience in governance, corporate strategy, risk management and cross-border legal operations and supported both inorganic & Organic growth while advising Boards, CEO & CXO’s on all legal matters, as General Counsel, in large multinationals & conglomerate corporations — Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL), Vodafone India Limited (VIL), Adani Enterprise Limited (AEL) & Pidilite Enterprise Limited (PIL).
Worked with global multi sector global business across FMCG, Chemicals & Fertilisers, Plantations, Telecom & Data Centres, Financial Services, E-commerce, Infrastructure and Natural Resources, Commodity trading and Real Estate in multi-jurisdictional operations across Asia, Africa and the GCC.
Corporate Governance | M&A | Cross-border Transactions | ERM | High-value Contracting | Litigation & Arbitration | Regulatory Strategy | Board Advisory | Compliance Leadership | IT Enablement | Building Future-Fit Legal Teams.
As a strategic business partner for Legal, Secretarial and Compliance, I ensure effective and ethical Board operations and advising on emerging risks and governance and key responsibilities include the areas set out under “Key Responsibilities”.
Guidance on regulatory changes, compliance, risk management and business decisions while focusing on governance & compliance norms.
Strengthening Board processes, disclosures and documentation and as a permanent invitee to the Board, Audit Committee and Risk Committee, and played a strategic governance role.
Identifying and mitigating financial, reputational, personal liability and continuity-related risks.
Driving a culture of ethical conduct and compliance. As a member of the Ethics Committee and Diversity Council, contributed to policy development and implementation of the company’s ethics and inclusion agenda.
Led legal strategy for major M&A projects including landmark Vodafone–Idea reverse merger, corporate restructuring, shareholder agreements, joint ventures and financing arrangements. At PIL, this includes disposal of Brazil operations, share buy-back in the US arm, JV formation in GCC countries, and complex land acquisition support in Bangladesh.
Enabled organic growth via high-value commercial contracts, IT outsourcing agreements exceeding ₹3,500 crore, EPC bids, manufacturing projects, BOT distribution centres and retail expansion while ensuring full regulatory compliance.
Provided end-to-end marketing legal advisory across India, South Asia, Asia–Africa–Middle East, and global brands (e.g., Ponds, Lifebuoy).
Successfully managed over 1,800 litigations with exposures exceeding ₹15,000 crore. Led high-stake arbitrations, defended 2G investigation cases, and secured favourable outcomes in competition law and complex tax litigations involving exposures above ₹8,000 crore.
Delivered significant wins including tax refunds over thousand crore and structured litigation strategies to mitigate large exposures.
Global GC 500 Powerlist (multiple years) | Forbes India — Top General Counsel | BW Legal Top 100 | Legal Era — Best GC (Chemical Industry) | Published in IICJ, London | Vodafone Plc Global Leadership Program.
Represented the CII Legal Affairs Committee and Bombay Chambers. Past contributions include engaging with inter-ministerial groups on reforms in FSSA, Legal Metrology, business law decriminalization, and promoting self-regulation through ASCI.
National Scholar & Rank Holder — MA (Economics), JNU | B.Sc. (Hons), Presidency College, Kolkata | Higher Secondary, St Xaviers College | LL.B. Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi | Leadership Programme — IIM Ahmedabad.
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