BW Legal World's List of Top 100 General Counsel Out Now
The most awaited list of top 100 General Counsel is out now.
BW Legal World in association with BW Business World announced the top 100 General Counsel in India during a power-packed three day GC conclave, which was held from Feb 5 - Feb 7.
The General Counsel community in India has evolved into a versatile and dynamic group of corporate changemakers over the years. In fact, General Counsel played a crucial role in keeping their organizations afloat consequent to the unique challenges posed by the pandemic in the current times. There could not have been a better time to recognize their hard work and the phenomenal contribution made by them.
Selecting the best from the talented pool of nominations received was an uphill task given the quality of the meritorious candidates. The winners were shortlisted through a strict jury-led process.
The list of top GCs was announced in the company of leading General Counsel during a unique 3-day virtual conference. The conference saw the participation of 70+ General Counsel and legal luminaries from all over the world. The GCs shared glimpses of their illustrious journey, unique industry insights and predictions for the future.
So without further ado, let's take a look at the list of top 100 General Counsel in India, in alphabetical order:
1 | Abhayan Jawaharlal | Sterlite Power | Group Chief Legal Officer |
2 | Abhijit Mukhopadhyay | Hinduja Group | President (Legal) & General Counsel |
3 | Ajai Kumar Jain | Godrej & Boyce Mfg Co. Ltd | General Counsel |
4 | Akhilesh Nand | Biocon Biologics | General Counsel & Chief of Governance, Risk and Compliance |
5 | Amar Kumar Sundram | Royal Bank of Scotland - Natwest Group | India Head - Legal, Corporate Governance & Regulatory Affairs |
6 | Amber Gupta | Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance Company Limited | Head Legal & Company Secretary |
7 | Amit Thukral | Lupin Ltd. | Vice President- Legal & Compliance |
8 | Amitabh Lal Das | Max Life Insurance Company Limited | Director & Head- Legal, Compliance and Regulatory |
9 | Anand Vardhan | Piramal Capital & Housing Finance Limited | President - Legal |
10 | Anil P M | Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company Limited | Chief – Legal & Compliance Officer |
11 | Anjana Bali | DLF Home Developers Ltd | EVP Legal |
12 | Anoop Khatry | Suzlon Energy Limited | General Counsel |
13 | Anubhav Kapoor | Group Vice President- Legal & Group | Cummins India |
14 | Archana Sasan | Dell - India | VP Legal |
15 | Arvind Melagani Chinnappa | Bosch Group -India | Vice President and General Counsel |
16 | Ashok Gupta | Aditya Birla Group | Group General Counsel |
17 | Ashwin M Dave | Reliance Industries Ltd(L) | Head of Litigation & Senior Vice President |
18 | Atul Juvle | Schindler India Private Limited | General Counsel, Complaince Officer & CS India |
19 | Badrinath Durvasula | Essar Group of Companies | Managing Director Legal |
20 | Burhan Khalid | Britannia Industries Ltd(L) | Legal Head at Britannia Industries Limited |
21 | C V Raghu | Samvardhana Motherson International Limited | Group General Counsel (Global Responsibilty) |
22 | Damini Marwah | Axis Bank | General Counsel |
23 | Debolina Partap | Wockhardt Group | Sr. Vice President Legal and Group General Counsel |
24 | Deepak Acharya | Wipro Limited | Chief Risk Officer, Global Government Relations, Enterprise Cyber Security & General Counsel |
25 | Deepak Chauhan | Welspun Group | Director & Head - Legal |
26 | Deepak Jacob | The Walt Disney Company | Chief Regional Counsel |
27 | Deepika Chaudhry | Xerox India Limited | ED - Legal |
28 | Dev Bajpai | Hindustan Unilever | Executive Director Legal & Corporate Affairs HUL, and VP, Legal for South Asia, Unilever |
29 | Dharmesh Srivastava | The Oberoi Group of Hotels and Resorts | Vice President & General Counsel |
30 | Dr Akhil Prasad | Boeing India Private Limited | Director, Country Counsel India and Company Secretary |
31 | Dr Rajesh Kumar Sehgal | Trina Solar | Director & Head Legal - Asia Pacific |
32 | Dr Vivek Mittal | Regional Counsel Head | Danaher Corporation |
33 | Dr Sanjeev Gemawat | Dalmia Bharat Group | Executive Director - Legal & Group Company Secretary |
34 | Hemant Kumar | Larsen & Toubro Ltd. | Group General Counsel. |
35 | Inderpreet Sawhney | Infosys Limited | EVP & Group General Counsel |
36 | Ipsita Dutta | Morgan Stanley | Executive Director, Legal |
37 | Jahnavi Ravindranath | Anheuser-Busch InBev India | Former Head of Legal (GCC) |
38 | Jatin Kumar Jalundhwala | Adani Enterprises Ltd | Jt. President - Legal & Company Secretary |
39 | Kaizad Hazari | Glenmark Pharmaceuticals | President and Global General Counsel |
40 | Kalpana Agarwal | Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd | Joint President & Co-Head Legal |
41 | Keshav Dhakad | Microsoft India and Group | Group Head - Corporate, External, & Legal Affairs |
42 | Lalit Khanna | Singapore Technologies Telemedia Global Data Centres India (STT Global Data Centres India Private Limited) | General Counsel |
43 | Lubinisha Saha | Airbus Group India Pvt. Ltd. | Head of Legal & Compliance –India & South Asia |
44 | M. Vasudev Rao | National Stock Exchange of India Limited | General Counsel & Sr. Vice President |
45 | Maimoona Badsha | Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited & its Group companies | General Counsel |
46 | Manjaree Chowdhary | Maruti Suzuki India Limited | Executive Director & General Counsel |
47 | Meena Lall | Tata Steel Limited | Chief Legal Officer (Industrial & Litigation) |
48 | Meera Banjari | Director Legal | Abott HealthCare |
49 | Meera Singh | KPMG in India | General Counsel |
50 | Murli -Balasubramaniam | Nestle India | General Counsel |
51 | Narendra Gangan | HDFC Life Insurance | EVP, Head- Legal & Compliance, Company Secretary |
52 | Nasir Ahmed | Bajaj Auto Ltd | Corporate Legal - Head Counsel |
53 | Navdeep Choudhary | Yum! Restaurants India | General Counsel |
54 | Naveen Raju | Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd(L) | General Counsel & Executive Vice President - Group Legal Services at Mahindra & Mahindra |
55 | Naveen Samant | Ingersoll Rand | Legal Counsel Leader - MEIA |
56 | Neena Gupta | Interglobe Enterprises | Group General Counsel |
57 | Nilanjan Sinha | ICICI Bank | Head Legal – India & SE Asia |
58 | Nishant Singhal | Religare Enterprises Ltd. | Group General Counsel |
59 | Nitin Banerjee | Ola (ANI Technologies Pvt Ltd) | Group General Counsel |
60 | Nitin Mittal | Signify ( formely Philips Lighting) | GC- India & Pacific, CS for India and Regional Lead Head - Systems & Services Projects( Growth Markets) |
61 | Padmaja Chakravarty | Citi Bank | General Counsel |
62 | Pooja Bedi | Philips | General Counsel @Philips-India Sub Continent |
63 | Pramod Rao | ICICI Bank Ltd(L) | Group General Counsel |
64 | Prarabdha R Jaipuriar | SUEZ India | General Counsel - Indian Subcontinent |
65 | Preeti Balwani | Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd. | General Counsel |
66 | Priya Mehra | Indigo Airlines | General Counsel |
67 | R. Suraj Singh | Novartis Healthcare Pvt Ltd | Head Legal |
68 | Rajeev Chopra | Accenture | Managing Director |
69 | Rajendra Misra | The Indian Hotels Company Limited | Executive Vice President and General Counsel |
70 | Rajkumar Varier | ABP Networks & ABP Creations | General Counsel |
71 | Rakesh Bakshi | Amazon India | President & Associate General Counsel. |
72 | Ravi Badhani | JP Morgan Chase & Co | Head Legal, India Corporate Centre |
73 | Rohit Kumar | UPL Ltd(L) | Global General Counsel |
74 | Roop Loomba | Rolls Royce India Private Limited | General Counsel and Head of Ethics and Compliances India and South Asia |
75 | Sameer Chugh | Bharti Group | Group General Counsel |
76 | Samik Mukherjee | PayPal | Sr. General Counsel |
77 | Sanjay Mishra | Adani Enterprises Limited – Natural Resources | Former Head Of Legal |
78 | Sanjay Nambiar | Yes Bank Limited | Group President & General Counsel |
79 | Sanjit Kaur Batra | DuPont | Legal Head (South Asia) & APAC Counsel (Nutrition & Biosciences) |
80 | S.B. Mathur | Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) | General Manager (Law) |
81 | Satyajit Gupta | EXL Service | Vice President & Head of India Legal |
82 | Sharad Sharma | Tetra Pak India Pvt. Ltd. | Director & Head of Legal Affairs, South Asia |
83 | Sheela Vadavalli | Mylan Pharmaceuticals Private Limited – A Viatris Company | General Counsel – India & Growth Markets |
84 | Sheetal Kapur | Director Legal | Netflix |
85 | Shraddha Malhotra | Avery Dennison | Senior Legal Counsel – Asia Pacific |
86 | Shujath Bin Ali | Ramky Enviro Engineers Limited ( KKR Portfolio Company) | General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer |
87 | Shuva Mandal | Tata Sons | Group General Counsel |
88 | Shyamala Venkatachalam | Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited | Chief Legal Officer |
89 | Sonal Basu | Mindtree Limited, A LARSEN & TOUBRO COMPANY | General Counsel |
90 | Sree Patel | Mondelēz International | Executive Director, Mondelēz International (India); Chief Counsel, India & AMEA Legal Lead Mondelēz International |
91 | Sujeet Jain | Ultratech Cement | Chief Legal Officer |
92 | Tapan Pati | Johnson & Johnson | Director Legal |
93 | Ugen Tashi Bhutia | SBI Card | EVP, Legal Head |
94 | Urvashi Sahai | OCL, Paytm | General Counsel & SVP-Legal |
95 | V R Shankar | Hindalco Industries Ltd(L) | President and General Counsel, Hindalco at Aditya Birla Group |
96 | Vineet Bose | Vedanta | Group General Counsel |
97 | Vineet Vij | Tech Mahindra | Group General Counsel |
98 | Vinod Kaushal | PepsiCo India Holdings Pvt Ltd | General Counsel, India Business Unit (BU) |
99 | Vikas Kumar Sinha | DFFCIL (Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India) | General Manager (Law ) |
100 | Zameer Nathani | UFO Movies India ltd | General Counsel |
BW Legal World’s list of Top 100 GCs is an initiative to recognize and reward the prolific General Counsel who have made a mark for themselves in the profession. This is going to be an annual initiative conceptualized to fuel excellence in the legal ecosystem by identifying the best corporate legal eagles in India.
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