Winners Of The Fourth Edition Of BW Legal World 40 Under 40 Awards Announced

BW Legal World hosted the fourth edition of BW Legal World 40 Under 40 Best Lawyers And Legal Influencers Awards and Annual Legal Leaders Conclave at The Park, New Delhi on December 17, 2023.

The event was marked by in-depth discussions by India's best legal professionals on some of the burning legal issues faced by the legal industry.

Coming to the awards, out of a total of 120+ nominations received, 40 legal professionals were chosen through a strict jury-led process. The list comprises of Litigators, Partners, Law Firm Owners and legal influencers. 

The jury comprised the following:

Pinky Anand, Senior Advocate , Former ASG, Supreme Court of India

Dr Annurag Batra, Chairman and Editor in Chief, BW Businessworld

Vineet Vij, Global General Counsel, Tech Mahindra

Atul Juvle, General Counsel, Compliance Officer & CS, Schindler India

Rajiv Choubey, Group General Counsel, Dalmia Bharat

Hiranmai Rallabandi, General Counsel, WeWork India

Pramod Dubey, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India

Sridhar Potaraju, AOR, Supreme Court of India 

Sudhir Mishra, Managing Partner, Trust Legal

Mohit Saraf, Founder & Managing Partner, Saraf & Partners 

Krishnava Dutt, Managing Partner, Argus Partners

Kunal Tandon, Legal Counsel , Delhi High Court & Supreme Court

Without further ado, here is the list of 40 trailblazers of the legal ecosystem of India that were rewarded for their exemplary achievements on the grand day.

S.no 

Name

Designation 

Firm 

1

Aarushi Kumar

Deputy Vice President- Legal

HDFC Bank Limited

2

Abhay Chattopadhyay

Partner – Litigation, Arbitration, and Disputes Resolution

Economic Laws Practice 

3

Abhinav Bhalaik

Partner

Argus Partners

4

Abhinav Sharma 

Associate Partner

Dentons Link Legal

5

Adhiraj Singh 

Associate General Counsel 


MakeMytrip

6

Aditya Vikram Dua

Partner

SNG & Partners

7

Anirudh Gandhi

Partner Designate

Saraf and Partners

8

Ankit Guha

Partner

Argus Partners

9

Anushree Rauta

Partner- Media & Entertainment (Head of Practice)

ANM Global

10

Arunav Guha Roy

Partner Designate

Saraf and Partners

11

Dhrupad Ajay Vaghani

Partner

LEx Aeterna Practices (LEAP)

12

Dr. Abhishek Sinha 

Associate Dean and Professor 

UPES School of Law

13

Dr. Shashwat Bajpai

Founder Partner

 DRSB Law Chambers

14

Eshna Kumar

Advocate

Chambers of Eshna Kumar

15

Gagan Sharma

 Vice President: Legal, M&A and Corporate Strategy

Play Games24x7

16

Gautham Gururaj

Partner

Frontier Legal

17

Hetal 

Counsel

Khaitan & Co

18

Juvraj Singh Bindra

Partner

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas

19

Kartik Jain

Partner

JSA 

20

Khushboo Kataruka

Advocate; Independent Practitioner 

Law Chambers of KKM

21

Khyati Arjun Amlani

General Manager - Legal

Thermo Fisher Scientific - India 

22

Kriti Sharma

Independent (External) Snr. Counsel

Senior Tech and Data Privacy Counsel

23

Nakul Sachdeva 

Partner

Luthra and Luthra Law Offices India

24

Nayantara Sanyal

Partner

ALMT Legal

25

Payal Dayal

Partner (Corporate Head)

AKS Partners

26

Rohit Raghavan

Partner

Saraf and Partners

27

Sahil Arora

Partner

Saraf and Partners

28

Samantha Fernandes

Partner

Dentons Link Legal

29

Saurabh Mohindru

Chief Legal Officer

Godrej Properties Limited

30

Saurajay Prakas Nanda 

Advocate, Supreme Court of India


31

Shilpa Nautiyal

Vice President - Legal

HDFC Bank Limited

32

Shivani Chugh

Partner

JSA Advocates & Solicitors

33

Snigdhaneel Satpathy

Partner

Saraf and Partners

34

Sukrit Rajesh Kapoor

Partner - Disputes 

 King Stubb & Kasiva, Advocates and Attorneys

35

Sumit Agrawal

Founder and Managing Partner

Regstreet Law Advisors

36

Swati Mittal

Senior Associate 

LexOrbis

37

Tanuj Kalia

Founder & CEO

Lawctopus

38

Utkarsh Bandhu

Partner

JSA Advocates & Solicitors

39

Vipin Sharma

Partner

Luthra and Luthra Law Offices India

40

Vivek Pareek

Partner

Saraf and Partners

41

Yajas Setlur

Partner

JSA Advocates & Solicitors

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