Category: Associates, In-House Counsels and Advocates
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Iram Majid, Advocate, Supreme Court of India, on career in arbitration and mediation and future of ADR in India
Iram Majid is a lawyer, arbitrator, and mediator. She has more than 15 years of experience in handling wide range of criminal, matrimonial, civil, commercial, banking and finance matters cases in the court as Advocate and outside the court as Mediator. She is also on the panel lawyer for Delhi Jal Board and DSIDC in…
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Manu Beri, Advocate, on setting up independent practice; litigation at NCLT and urgent need for reforming judicial system
Manu Beri graduated from Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi, in 2000. With over eighteen years of experience in litigation, he has handled a variety of matters in different forums including the Supreme Court, Delhi High Court, National Company Law Tribunal, National Consumer Commission and Arbitration Tribunals. In this interview we speak to him about: His early…
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Rohan Bishayee, Legal Advisor, DFDL, on building his career in Corporate Law and work experience in South East Asia
Rohan Bishayee graduated from School of Law, KIIT University with a specialisation in Corporate Law. Throughout law school he was the topper of BBA LLB course and received several awards for academic excellence. Apart from academics, he won several awards including a Best Advocate Award at the Moot Court Competition held in IMS Unison University, Dehradun.…
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Satvik Varma, Litigation Counsel, on establishing Independent practice, studying LLM from Harvard Law School, and authoring a book
Satvik Varma is a Litigation Counsel and Corporate Attorney. Prior to setting up his private practice, Satvik was a partner at India’s premier law firm, (undivided) Amarchand Mangaldas and also served as the Vice-President and Counsel in the corporate law group at Lehman Brothers (2003-2005) headquarter in New York. Satvik started his career as a litigator (1998-2001) at the Supreme Court of India and the…
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Kunal Endait, Head Litigation & IP, Mintkart India, on career in media law, and experience as an in-house counsel
Kunal Endait completed his graduation from ILS Law College, Pune. He then went on to pursue his LL.M from NLSIU. He is currently in-house counsel (Head Litigation & IP) at Mintkart India Pvt Ltd (formerly EBay India and a Flipkart group company). He has over ten years of professional experience and has experience of working in media and…
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Debanshu Khettry, Principal Associate, Leslie & Khettry, on LLM from UCL and challenges of starting new ventures
Debanshu Khettry is a fourth-generation lawyer at Leslie & Khettry. He focusses on corporate law, commercial contracts, corporate finance and banking law, securities law, property law, and legal due diligence. Debanshu has catered to international clients looking to do business or having business in India through his association with a reputed and one of the best…
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Rahul Bajaj, Associate, Trilegal, on being awarded prestigious Rhodes Scholar, and making the Legal Ecosystem Disabled-Friendly
Rahul Bajaj graduated in law from the University of Nagpur in 2017. He has also secured the first position in the B.A. LL.B. course. He is the 2017 recipient of the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded only to five Indians each year to pursue their postgraduate education at the University of Oxford. He is currently…
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Yashvardhan Rana, on building his career in Intellectual Property Law being a top emerging lawyer and his passion for writing
Yashvardhan Rana graduated from Symbiosis Law College, Pune in the year 2013 after which he pursued LLM in IPR from QMUL. He also pursued a certificate course in International Commercial Litigation and Arbitration from London School of Economics and Political Science. He is currently working with Inttl Advocare as an Associate. In this interview we speak to him…
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Sonam Taneja, Programme Manager, Food Safety and Toxins, on career in indirect tax and Food Safety laws and policies in India
Sonam Taneja graduated from ILS Law College, Pune, in 2010. She currently works with Food Safety and Toxins division at Centre for Science and Environment as programme manager. She has close to eight years of work experience. She also has expertise in Indirect Tax and has worked as senior associate at Lakshmikumaran and Sridharan. In this interview,…
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Shriya Maini, Advocate, Supreme Court of India, on Independent practice in law, studying an International LLM from the University of Oxford, and writing research papers
Advocate Shriya Maini practices at the Supreme Court of India, the Delhi High Court and District Courts at New Delhi. She specialises in Dispute Resolution and as an unabashed feminist particularly enjoys criminal litigation. Ms. Maini is a graduate of Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar. She joined the Dispute Resolution team of erstwhile Shardul Amarchand…