Category: Partners, General Counsels and Senior Advocates
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Arshad (Paku) Khan, Exec. Director, Competition Law, Khaitan&Co., on his expertise and building a global practice
Arshad (Paku) Khan graduated from the Vanderbilt Law School in Nashville, Tennessee, USA in 1991. He is currently the executive director of the competition/antitrust law team of Khaitan & Co, one of the largest and most experienced practices in India. Paku is a highly experienced competition lawyer with nearly 25 years of real-world experience with…
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Ratan Singh, Director, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, on being an International Arbitrator, expertise in Mining Law and his practice at Delhi HC
Mr. Ratan K. Singh graduated from Delhi University, batch of 1996. He is currently the Director of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (India). His practice mainly consists of International and Domestic Arbitration, International Commercial and Financial Law, Mining Law, Construction and Infrastructure Law, Environmental Law, Constitutional and Administrative Law. In this interview we speak to him about:…
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Sumeet Malik, Director, EBC, on studying at Franklin Pierce, the publishing business, and his experience
Sumeet Malik graduated from NLSIU in 1999. Thereafter he worked briefly for nine months in Mr. K K Venugopal’s chamber and then decided to pursue an LL.M in Intellectual Property from Franklin Pierce. With his legal training and specialisation in Intellectual Property Law, he joined his family-run Eastern Book Company. Currently he is the Director at…
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Ketan Mukhija, Senior VP, SREI Ifrastructure Finance, on working at Herbert Smith, and his diverse experience
Ketan Mukhija had graduated from NALSAR, Hyderabad in 2007. He was the first person from his batch to get placed in a foreign law firm: Herbert Smith. Thereafter, he returned to India and worked as a Principal Associate in a leading law firm for almost two years. At present, he works as the Senior Vice…
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Sameer Jain, Partner, PAMASIS Law Chambers, on working at Goldman Sachs and the challenges of starting your own law firm
Sameer Jain graduated from NLU, Jodhpur, in 2008. While still in college he had the opportunity to work as a Summer Employee at Goldman Sachs and after graduating he started working at Ernst & Young as a Consultant and later joined Luthra & Luthra Law offices as an associate. With all his work experience and…
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Ganesh Chandru, Partner, Rodyk & Davidson, on arbitration as a career option and regime of arbitration in India
Ganesh Chandru is a partner in Rodyk & Davidson LLP’s Litigation & Arbitration Practice Group. He is admitted to practice in Singapore, England and India, and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. The GNLU Digital Media Team had the opportunity to interview him at ‘Changing Face…
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Shishir Dholakia, Senior Counsel, Supreme Court, on a career in Arbitration in India and the White Industries effect
Mr. Shishir Dholakia is a Senior Counsel at the Supreme Court of India with 45 years of experience in litigation practice, over 1000+ cases with specialization in arbitration, commercial and tax laws. He is a leading expert on arbitration law, in particular on the value and applicability of the UNCITRAL Model Law to India. The…
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Tejas Karia, Partner, AMSS, on the Indian Arbitration Regime
Mr. Tejas Karia graduated from ILS Law College, University of Pune, in 2000. He then went on to pursue his Masters at Sir L A Shah Law College, University of Gujarat, with a focus on corporate and commercial law, before going to London School of Economics and Political Science for a second Masters degree, with…
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Protik Prokash Banerjee on dealing with success and challenges of a litigator, mettle of law students and opportunities at the Calcutta HC
Protik Da talked to us earlier on studying law, career of a litigator at Calcutta High Court and building clientele. This time we requested him to delve more deeper into the nuances of the legal profession. Success, failure, challenges and how he took them on his stride. In this interview he shares his insights of: Dealing with challenges…
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Protik Prokash Banerjee, Advocate, High Court, Calcutta, on litigation, and his diverse experience
Protik Prokash Banerjee had graduated from Calcutta University in 1994. Thereafter he joined the Calcutta High Court. With two decades of experience as Advocate, Protik Da, as he is fondly addressed by peers and juniors, has several landmark judgments to his name. In this interview we spoke to him about: His career as a young lawyer…