Hrideja Shah is a dual-qualified attorney, India & California. She graduated with B.A. LL.B. (Honors) from Jindal Global Law School, India, and a Master of Law (LLM) with a specialization in Business Law from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law and received high honors in venture capital finance. She has over two years of work experience in Business Litigation, Private Equity and Venture Capital Financing. She aims to specialize in private equity and venture capital transactions. She is also the founder of Legal Sollers, a blog on Private Equity & Venture Capital laws and a venture that aims to help law students across the world to improve Legal Research & Writing and also provides mentoring/guidance through the Mentorship Program.

Elham is the founding attorney of Sadri Law, PC, where her passionate advocacy, legal counseling, and successful representation in immigration cases have endeared her to several clients. Elham is a consummate lawyer specializing in complex Nationality and Immigration Law with extensive expertise in removal defense, custody, and resolving family-based immigration issues, including undocumented immigrants with marital and family problems, asylum, adjustment of status, and naturalization. She has represented her clients to fight family separation and help them to keep their families together. While still a student at the Penn State Law Center for Immigrants’ Rights, Elham has taken an active role in developing immigration solutions specifically designed for non-citizen victims of crimes. Her storied involvement in immigration issues has led her to be interviewed by the Voice of America and legal profession panels. As a member of the New York state bar, she is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyer Association, AILA, and Iranian American Bar Association, IABA, while serving as an Executive Committee member of AILA SCV, Advisory council member of AILA NorCal, and committee members of NorCal IABA. Elham recently founded Iranian Lawyer in North America, ILNA, where she and co-founder, Ali Assareh, organize professional, networking, and marketing events for their members. After earning her Master in Laws (LL.M.), Elham pursued several entrepreneurial and creative initiatives. She has founded a non-profit community-based forum for Iranian residents in Philadelphia and co-founded a few small businesses. Her volunteer work with the Philadelphia Bar Association received recognition from the Chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association and the Mayor of Philadelphia. Elham enjoys participating in local social events as well as volunteering in professional and community events. To relax after a day’s work, Elham finds the time to listen to podcasts and audiobooks and watch legal dramas and episodic series on television.

Aaron has worked for Whirlpool Corporation for 13 years and is currently the VP & Deputy General Counsel. Whirlpool is the world’s leading major home appliance company, with approximately $20 billion in annual sales, 77,000 employees and 59 manufacturing and technology research centers in 2019. The company markets Whirlpool, KitchenAid, Maytag, Consul, Brastemp, Amana, Bauknecht, JennAir, Indesit and other major brand names in nearly every country throughout the world. In his current role, Aaron leads Whirlpool's global litigation, M&A, and Procurement legal teams. Aaron recently served as the interim global head of Whirlpool's Environmental Health, Safety and Sustainability organization helping develop and lead the organization's response to the Covid-19. As a member of the law department's senior management team, Aaron has developed the team through strategic recruiting, organizational design and one-on-one mentoring. Aaron and his team have received multiple awards for excellent performance and delivery of results. Prior to Whirlpool, Aaron worked as a commercial litigation associate for Kirkland and Ellis and Goldberg Kohn.

Multifaceted counsel with 16+ years of diverse legal experience (global and local) focusing on handling business operations spanning manufacturing, IT/ITES, outsourcing, sales marketing, distribution, customer-related issues and corporate secretarial function. His experience as a counsel at the Supreme Court and with law firms has given him a profound understanding the workings of the legal framework and implementing strategies to avoid/manage disputes and instructing external counsel. He has incessantly been involved in setting-up, scaling and handling teams/departments. Recognized for expertise in drafting and negotiating complex cross-border contracts, handling high-value and high-risk litigations/arbitrations, conducting investigations, joint ventures, employee issues, digitization initiatives, leading global cross-functional teams, implementing policy and compliance frameworks. An Indian counsel with rich international experience currently serving as the General Counsel for Nissan India and S. Asia.

Thomas E. Zoeller is the General Counsel for Markets and Regulation at Norfolk Southern Corporation. Mr. Zoeller joined Norfolk Southern on August 1, 2019 after more than 25 years in Federal service as a lawyer and a member of the Senior Executive Service. Prior to joining NS, Mr. Zoeller was the Senior Advisor to the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board. He has previously served as the Managing Director of the National Transportation Safety Board and chief of staff of the Federal Aviation Administration. He was legislative counsel to the late U.S. Senator Wendell H. Ford (D-KY), primarily advising the Senator on transportation, telecommunications, and Federal election law and policy. In addition to his Federal service, he was vice president for regulatory affairs at the American Association of Airport Executives and president and CEO of the National Air Carrier Association. Mr. Zoeller received his B.A. from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. and his J.D. from Seton Hall University in Newark, N.J. He and his wife have two sons and the family resides in Norfolk, VA.

Abu Dhabi National Hotels Company PJSC (October 2016 – Ongoing) Head of Legal & Exco. Member Key Accomplishments: -Negotiation and Closing in a record 3 months’ time of AED 2.2 Billion acquisition of 5 Emaar Hotels in Downtown Burj Khalifa. Ministry of Interior - Social Security Fund "SSF-MOI" (February 2014 – September 2016) Senior Advisor/General Counsel Key Accomplishments: -Advising on TMT related project. Knowledge Vision Consultancy FZE (September 2012 - January 2014) Founding Partner/Managing Director WongPartnership LLP (May 2010 - August 2012) Partner – Head Business Development/Real Estate – Middle East Practice Bloom Properties Group (June 2008 - April 2010) Chief Legal Officer & Board Secretary Key Accomplishments -Advising on Bloom Central Project, a US$500 million mixed-use development project in Abu Dhabi. -Advising on: -Bidding for the development of “Highlands” project in Mauritius which is a US$10 billion project. -Negotiating investment protocols in Iraq -Advising on international franchise agreements between Bloom Education and Brighton College UK CREDENTIALS LLM (with honors) in Private Law Saint Joseph Law Faculty AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS GC POWERLIST MIDDLE EAST 2019 – LEGAL 500 FINALIST “GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE YEAR” - THE OATH MIDDLE EAST LEGAL AWARDS Speaker at Legal 500 Middle East M&A Summit 2020

SAMEET GAMBHIR, LLB, FCS is a Corporate legal professional and Company Secretary with over 25 years of experience in different fields and is presently Jt. VP (Corporate Law) & Company Secretary of DCM Shriram Limited, New Delhi. Sameet’s expertise includes regulatory & corporate legal matters, Corporate compliances under various Corporate Laws, SEBI regulations, RBI and FEMA matters, contract management and legal documentation. He carries vast experience in handling Board Meetings, shareholders meetings, Investor relations, litigation support, due-diligences, and has handled mergers, acquisitions, setting up foreign subsidiaries, the formation of JVs, restructuring, winding up/ liquidation matters during his role with various Companies. He has also handled many investigations, brand protection issues, litigations related to civil, criminal, labor, company Law, cyber & I.T laws and Cyber-Crime matters. Sameet has also done a Leadership Effectiveness program from IIM- Banglore Sameet is a regular speaker / Panelist on various seminars/conferences and also a guest lecturer at various Management and Law Institutes. He has recently been awarded as one of the Most Influential Corporate Counsel and Company Secretary by ACoS. The Team led by Sameet in DCM Shriram Limited won the best compliance team of the year consecutively for two years - by LegalEra in 2020 and by Kamikaze in 2019. Sameet has also been featured in the Compendium of India’s leading lawyers released by ICCA and in Constellation of shining stars of India Legal fraternity released by CCAI. His interview was also published by LawSutram in their Legal Leaders Series on their website and social media accounts. Sameet’s previous assignments include Group Company Secretary & Compliance Lead at Schneider Electric India, Associate Director-Legal and Company Secretary of KPMG India, Head Legal and Company Secretary of Hill & Associates, Head Legal and Company Secretary of Mayar India Limited.

Dr. Aman Trehan is a seasoned pharmaceutical professional with around 15 years of experience in Intellectual Property, product pipeline, and strategy. He has a strong background in patents, product portfolio management, and business development opportunities with strong leadership experience. He is PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences and has multiple patents and publications to his credit. He started his career with Ranbaxy Labs followed by leadership positions in Wockhardt, Alembic, Zydus, and Novel Labs. In his last assignment with Lupin (fourth-largest generic company in US by prescriptions), he was the Site Head of IP at Lupin’s Somerset, New Jersey site. Currently, he is Vice President & Head of Intellectual property and Product Strategy at Odin Pharmaceuticals, Somerset, New Jersey, United States. He has received many awards and recognition including Hatch Waxman impact case of the year award by Legal Media Group at New York, Gold Patent Awards for Wockhardt and Zydus. Recently, he got selected for the top 50 IP leaders award 2020. He has successfully handled many Hatch Waxman litigations during his career in different companies. He has been on the advisory board of many international conferences as well as speaker, panelist and co-chair at many international IP events.