Category: Interviews
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Ashish Chandra, Former Group General Counsel and Head of Tax, Snapdeal, on being a Company Secretary, and Corporate Lawyer
Ashish Chandra graduated in law from Delhi University, batch of 2001. His area of expertise includes eCommerce, mobile payment, telecom, media and technology. Ashish is a qualified Company Secretary and a law graduate from Delhi University. Ashish holds specialized diploma in Cyber (Information Technology) Laws from Indian Law Institute, Delhi and a diploma in Intellectual…
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Krishnayan Sen, Partner, VERUS Advocates, on starting his own firm, and his experience in arbitration
Krishnayan graduated from National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata in 2006. After graduating from the second batch of NUJS, Calcutta, he joined the chambers of Mr. V.R. Reddy, Senior Advocate and former Addl. Solicitor General of India at the Supreme Court of India. Thereafter, after the sudden and untimely demise of his father, he held…
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Sandeep Parekh, Founder-Managing Partner, Finsec Law Advisors, on Securities, working with Harish Salve, and academia
Sandeep Parekh graduated in law from Delhi University in 1995. He then went on to pursue his Masters in Securities and Financial Regulation in 1997. Since then, he has served as International Associate at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Associate Advocate at Wadia Ghandy & Co., Partner, Securities and Financial Practice Group at P.H. Parekh & Co.,…
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Rajiv Choubey, General Counsel, HCL Infosystems, on the Indian legal regime, Corporate Law, and his experience
Rajiv Choubey graduated in law from Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, in 1999. He is also a certified Company Secretary. He then went on to pursue his LLM from Kurukshetra University in 2014. Rajiv is an in-house corporate counsel working for the last twenty years in the field of Corporate Laws (having handled M&A, JVs FDI…
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Ameeta Duggal, Partner, DGS Associates, on studying at York, working at AMS, and starting her own firm
Ameeta Duggal graduated in law from Campus Law Center, Delhi University, in 1991. She started her career with Mr. Ashwini Kumar, former Minister of Law and currently the special envoy to Japan. She then worked briefly with Amarchand Mangaldas Shroff before joining Associated Law Advisers. Ameeta was awarded a British Chevening Scholarship by the Foreign and…
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Fred Rooney, Attorney-at-Law, on being Fulbright Specialist and Global Advocate for Justice
Fred earned his J.D. from the City University of New York’s (CUNY) School of Law in 1986. In 1998 he returned to CUNY Law to direct a “unique public/private partnership” that offered a network of support and resources for CUNY Law graduates committed to increasing access to justice through their solo and small firm practices.…
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Rackhee Trust, Transformational Coach and Holistic Healer, Ojas, on working with Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, and finding her spiritual calling
Rackhee graduated in law from Government Law College, Mumbai, in 2011. After a successful stint with Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas as Senior Associate, Rackhee discovered her passion for spiritual healing, and left a lucrative career in law to purse her calling. Rackhee Trust is a transformational coach and holistic healer who works with individuals, corporates, children…
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Anupam Sanghi, Founder, Anupam Sanghi & Associates, on Competition Law, her pro-bono work, and plans for the future
Anupam Sanghi graduated in law from Nagpur University in 1997. She then went on to pursue her Masters in Competition Law from Kings University, in 2010. Anupam is the Founder and Managing Partner of Anupam Sanghi & Associates (ASA), and heads the TMT, Competition/Antitrust and Regulatory Practice. She has pioneered in these areas for the…
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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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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…