Category: Partners, General Counsels and Senior Advocates
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Sagarika Chakraborty, CEO, IIRIS, on law school, research work and MBA from ISB, Hyderabad
Sagarika graduated from NLU-Jodhpur in 2008 and from the Indian School of Business in 2012 with a Master of Business Administration, Strategy and Marketing degree. She is at present the CEO of Indus IntelliRisk and IntelliSense Services Pvt. Ltd. (“IIRIS”). She has several academic papers and publications to her credit and internships with reputed corporate…
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Kalyan C. Kankanala, Managing Partner, Banana IP Counsels on building a career in IPR and writing novels
Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala pursued law at Osmania University, graduating in 2001. From there he went on to do an LL.M in Intellectual Property from Franklin Pierce Law Center and a PhD. in Patent Law from the National Law School of India University in 2006. Kalyan is a renowned Intellectual Property attorney in India. He specializes…
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Vaishnavi Bhaskaran, Partner, Spectrum Legal, on advising startups and Corporate Law
Vaishnavi Bhaskaran graduated from National Law University, Jodhpur in 2010. She is currently a partner at Spectrum Legal where she heads the Corporate-Commercial and Employment Law Practice. In this interview, she talks to us about: Her experience at NLU, Jodhpur and decision to pursue law Her view on internships and augmenting a CV Her professional…
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Puneet Bansal, Managing Partner, Nitya Tax Associates, on being a CA + Lawyer and practice in Indirect Taxes
Puneet Bansal graduated in B. Com. from Hansraj College, Delhi University in 1998 and thereafter he acquired an LL.B degree in 2007 by eking out time for the evening classes of Campus Law Centre of Delhi University. Over the course of his highly successful career he has worked as a Partner at Lakshmi Kumaran & Sridharan as well…
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Sajai Singh, Partner, J. Sagar Associates, on work profile and experience in Corporate Commercial Practice
Sajai Singh graduated in B.Sc from St. John’s College, Agra and later qualified in law from Delhi University in 1990. Sajai is currently a partner at J. Sagar & Associates and the Chairperson of the firm’s Corporate Commercial Practice. Having experience spanning over more than 25 years, Sajai is an acclaimed transactional lawyer. Sajai has…
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Amit Aggarwal, Co-Founder, Effectual Knowledge Services, on starting-up, business management and IPR Solutions
Amit Aggarwal is a co-founder of Effectual Knowledge Services which offers IPR related solutions. EKS provide services in patent search, patent drafting and other allied areas. Having graduated with B.Tech from Kurukshetra University in 2002 and later completed his LL.B from Chaudhary Charan Singh University he joined Reliance Industries Limited as an Assistant Manager. Prior…
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G R Srikkanth, Vice President – Legal, RP Sanjiv Goenka Group on a decade long experience as In-House Counsel
GR Srikkanth studied law from Osmania University and graduated in 1996, after pursued LL.M. at the same place in 1998. Currently the Vice President – Legal at RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, Srikkanth is a rank holder in Labour Laws and IP Laws. His prior assignments include a near-decade experience at HUDCO (Govt. of India) and Govt.…
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Huzefa Ahmadi, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court, on an illustrious career in litigation and work experience at Magic Circle
Huzefa A. Ahmadi graduated from Law Center-II, University of Delhi. He joined the Bar Council of Delhi on 6th September ’91 and started litigating before High Courts and Tribunals. He briefly went abroad and worked with Clifford Chance on a work experience placement. Huzefa came back to join litigation in India. He practices before the Supreme…
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Stephen Mathias, Partner, Kochhar & Co., on being a pioneer in Technology Law and work experience
Stephen Mathias graduated from NLSIU, Bangalore in 1995. He pursued a diploma from the College of Law, York as a Chevening Scholar. Thereafter he joined Arthur Andersen, and worked there for three years. Later he moved on to the Bangalore office of Kochhar and Co., a leading law firm with which he has been associated since…
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Ashish and Vagish Kumar Singh, Founding Partners, Capstone Legal, on starting up with independent litigation right after graduation
Ashish and Vagish Kumar Singh graduated from NLSIU Bangalore in 2012 and 2013 respectively. Right after their graduation they decided to take the plunge and start-up. Founded in 2012, Capstone Legal is a leading law firm based out of Jaipur practicing law at Supreme Court of India, Rajasthan High Court, Gujarat High Court and Bombay High…