Category: Associates, In-House Counsels and Advocates
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Chaitanya Ramachandran, Legal Counsel-India, Twitter, on technology and law, and his experience
Chaitanya graduated from NLSIU in 2009. After a successful stint at Clifford Chance LLP, he went on to pursue his Masters at Stanford Law School, with a specialisation in Law, Science and Technology. He is currently Legal Counsel (India) at Twitter, where his role entails managing litigation in courts throughout India, drafting and negotiating commercial agreements for…
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Sarvesh Saluja, Senior Associate, Trilegal, on working at Khaitan & Co., corporate law, and the need for an LL.M
Sarvesh Saluja graduated in law from Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, in 2008. He then went on to pursue his Masters from Kurukshetra University and holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Cyber Laws from Indira Gandhi National Open University. After successful stints at The Practice, ibibo Group, PAV Law Associates,…
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Abhiraj Krishna, Founder, Abhiraj Krishna Associates, on independent practice, and e-commerce law
Abhiraj graduated from NLIU, Bhopal, in 2009. Soon after, he joined the Mumbai Office of Khaitan & Co. While with Khaitan, Abhiraj worked on diverse client matters, on domestic and cross‐border mergers and acquisitions, private equity and business transfers. Abhiraj advised many domestic and international clients, on entry options in India and assisted them in setting…
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Rupesh Mishra, Assistant VP-Legal, Everstone Capital, on being In-House Counsel, working at Khaitan & Co., and his experience
Rupesh Mishra graduated in law from National Law Institute University, Bhopal, in 2007. After a successful stint of approximately seven years at Khaitan & Co., he joined Everstone Capital, a South East Asia focused private equity fund and presently works as Asst. Vice President – Legal (Private Equity) at their Bangalore offices. He focuses his…
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Shweta Bharti, Senior Partner, Hammurabi & Solomon, on management, studying at Harvard, and her diverse experience
Shweta Bharti graduated in law from the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, in 2002. She then went to Harvard Business School to pursue the Executive Education Programme. Shweta is currently Senior Partner at Hammurabi & Solomon and possesses experience of close to fifteen years in dealing with litigation and dispute resolution. In this interview we…
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Arijit Bhattacharyya, Assistant Manager/Senior Consultant, PricewaterhouseCoopers India, on working for the Big Four, and his diverse experience
Arijit Bhattacharyya graduated from Symbiosis Law School, Pune, in 2010. After successful stints with Softcell Technologies Ltd., and AXA Business Services Pvt. Ltd., he went on to work in the capacity of Consultant- Risk Advisory Services (TMT) at Ernst & Young LLP. Currently, he is a TMT Lawyer and a Business Consultant currently deployed in the Risk Advisory…
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Kuber Dewan, Senior Associate, DMD Advocates, on Dispute Resolution, commercial litigation, and his experience
Kuber Dewan graduated from Symbiosis Law School, Pune, in 2008. After a brief stint with Khaitan Sud & Partners [erstwhile Khaitan Jayakar Sud & Vohra (KJSV)], he moved to DMD Advocates (erstwhile Dutt & Menon), New Delhi, where he works in the capacity of Senior Associate. His primary practice area is dispute resolution-litigation. He has represented the…
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Anirban Sen, Litigation Attorney, on bridging the gap between technology and policy, and IP Law
Anirban Sen graduated from Symbiosis Law College, batch of 2004. After serving at the Calcutta High Court as Advocate for three years, he went on to purse his Masters from George Washington University Law School, specialising in Intellectual Property Law. He is admitted to the New York State Bar Association as well as the American Bar Association.…
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Avirup Nag, Partner, IndusLaw, on working with Trilegal and Herbert Smith, and his experience
Avirup graduated from NLSIU, Bangalore, in 2005. He then went on to receive his Master’s degree under the European Union Erasmus Mundus programme, from University of Hamburg and University of Vienna. Avirup is currently is a Partner at IndusLaw. He is part of IndusLaw’s Energy, Infrastructure and Natural Resources practice, and specialising in power, roads, railways and…
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Abhijit Poonja, Associate Director-Legal, EdgeVerve, on corporate law, and his diverse experience
Abhijit Poonja graduated from University Law College, Bangalore, batch of 2008. Since then he has worked with Trilegal as Associate, Infosys as Associate and later Senior Associate, and Lead Counsel PPS as Senior Associate. He is currently Senior Member, Legal to Associate Director, Legal, at EdgeVerve, a wholly owned subsidiary of Infosys, in Bangalore. His responsibilities include…