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

BW Online Bureau Dec 18, 2023

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