Roberta Volpato Hanoff is a Lawyer with approximately 15 years of practice, she is specialist in Business Law, Anti-Corruption Compliance Certified Expert, with extensive experience in investigations and audits, Specialist in Enterprise Risk Management, Lead Assessor for ISO 19600: 2014 and ISO 37001: 2016 Standards (Compliance and Anti-Bribery Management Systems), responsible for conducting projects to implement and monitor Governance and Compliance mechanisms in companies in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia. She is also a member of the Permanent Compliance Commission of the Brazilian Bar Association, member of the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance - IBGC, Professor at several Universities in Brazil, Speaker, Author of books and articles on Governance, Risks and Compliance published in national and international editorials and also an Entrepreneur. Studio Estrategia - Governance, Risks & Compliance Studio Estrategia is a company based in Santa Catarina, Brazil, which operates internationally. Its team consists of leading auditors and leading implementers for ISO 9001, 19600, 27001 and 37001 (Quality, Compliance, Information Security and Anti-Bribery Management); lawyers specialized in Labor, Tax, Public and Regulatory Law; in addition to consultants in administration and strategic marketing, responsible for specific projects in the areas of communication with a focus on promoting the best practices of Governance and Integrity. Studio Estrategia's mission is to improve the Ethics and Transparency of companies, making them reliable, complacent, sustainable and prepared to deliver maximum value to the market. Studio Estrategia's consultants deliver customized legal solutions tailored to the organizational context of clients and the expectations of their stakeholders, combining vast legal experience with a proposal for an efficient business model in the eyes of shareholders, banks and investment funds. Time Studio acts strongly in the sectors of technology and innovation, energy, construction, health and finance (from small financial institutions to large banks and investment funds), with clients based in Europe (England, France, Portugal and Norway), USA, India and Brazil; having as identity the innovation through technology and multidisciplinarity. #LTW2021

GUNASEELAN – AN ADVOCATE FOR ADR - MEDIATION Enrolled as an Advocate with the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu on 20-02-1980 had an extensive practise in Civil Litigations, starting as a Junior Advocate with Ms. D’Souza & Radhakrishnan 1980 – 1988 and as a Senior Associate with Ms. King & Partridge 1988-1990, litigations relating to immovable properties, banking, contractual, services, labour disputes, and family disputes, and having mastered the art of being a Trial Lawyer commenced individual practice in 1990 and to this day continuously practising as Trial Lawyer in Civil Litigations at the Madras High Court and in the City Civil Court and various Subordinate Courts in the State of Tamil Nadu, India. As a Trial Lawyer had developed extensive life skills essential for a professional, like listening to intuition, listening with empathy, nonverbal communication, articulation and professional skills like drafting pleadings, collecting and mounting evidence both oral and documentary in support of the pleadings, examination and cross of witnesses, researching various legal aspects of the subject matter of dispute and developing a rapport with clients as well as Judges in conducting Trials taking optimum advantage of the developing technology. Entrenched in the highly adversarial litigation process for well over 40 years, had an extraordinary exposure, to the process of Mediation while undergoing Mediation Training Program at IIAM (Indian Institute of Arbitration and Mediation) became an Accredited Mediation and a Certified Professional in Mediation Advocacy lured by the Speedy Access to Justice which the adversarial system could not render by its very nature. Presently devoting time to take what was learnt in Court Room to Class Rooms by giving Guest Lectures on Mediation as an ‘Appropriate Dispute Resolution Mechanism’ to Students of Law as well as making attempts to take this process of Mediation to the end users, disputants at every level, communities, commercials and families. #LTW2021

Mr. Tushar Agarwal completed his LL.B. from the Amity Law School, Amity University, Noida in the year 2015, and enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi. Mr. Agarwal also successfully completed a Diploma Course in “Criminal Justice” from Harvard University, United States. Mr. Agarwal is a first generation lawyer coming from a small town of Meerut in Uttar Pradesh. After working with few renowned Supreme Court judges and Senior Advocates in Delhi, he has started his independent practice across various Courts and Tribunals in Delhi. His practice primarily focuses on Criminal Law, Constitutional Law and Commercial Arbitration. His Chamber caters to all the needs of the litigants starting from Legal Opinion & Legal Drafting to presenting arguments before the court of law. Mr. Agarwal was one of the assisting counsels representing Dr. Shashi tharoor in a famous Sunanda Pushkar Death Case. He has also appeared in few pro bono cases with Senior Counsels representing Association of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy, Association of Victims of Meerut Fire Tragedy etc. Mr. Agarwal is currently handling few important matters relating to corruption, corporate frauds, money laundering & GST tax evasion being investigated by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), Enforcement Directorate (ED) & Director General GST Intelligence (DGGI) respectively. Additionally, Mr. Agarwal is also empaneled as Young Practitioner at Asia International Arbitration Centre, International Council for Commercial Arbitration and Singapore International Arbitration Centre. #LTW2021

Pedro Oller (born San José, Costa Rica 12/28 1970) is the founding partner and principal director of Oller Abogados, a law firm located in Costa Rica born of an enterprising spirit, by nature restless, curious and in constant evolution. Mister Oller was named after his paternal grandfather who immigrated to the Americas at the ripe old age of 15 from Catalonia, Spain at the turn of the 19th Century. His maternal grandfather was the sole prospector of soil for banana production in Costa Rica during the early 1900s and ultimately the first independent banana producer in the country. Pedro is the son of Enrique Oller and Sonia Taylor. Enrique was the first of his family to achieve a University Degree, specifically in Law. He pursued political posts, as head of the largest national public bank in Costa Rica, diplomatic as an alternate to the United Nations delegation and ultimately as his brother’s 50% equity partner in the leading distribution company in Costa Rica. Sonia was the first lawyer to conduct a public hearing in Costa Rica during the early 1970s. She went on to lead a prestigious public service career as a public defender until the mid-1990s. Mister Oller was accepted to Duke Law School in 1994 and completed post-graduate studies at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (1994). Two programs at Harvard Law School (Instruction for Lawyer and Negotiation Seminar – 1997) and Business School (Leading Professional Service Firms – 2004) and one at Oxford (Leadership in Law and Practice Conference - 2019). Also, several specialty courses on international arbitration including Monterey, Buenos Aires and the ICC in Paris. He is the co-author of International Commercial Arbitration A Comparative Survey (International Chamber of Commerce 2007). Has been selected as one of the best 40 under 40 lawyers by Latin Lawyer for Central America and the Caribbean. For over 15 years recognized by Chamber and Partners and Legal 500 as a recommended lawyer for Costa Rica in corporate and dispute resolution matters. Pedro served as regional counsel for GBM (an IBM Alliance Company) from 1997-2006 overseeing the operations in all of Central America, Panama, the Dominican Republic and Miami, Florida. During this time, he also started a law firm “from a client’s point of view” as branded by his partner and father, Enrique Oller. Pedro continues to coordinate regional work across Latin America for companies with no footprint in the region while striving to keep a cutting-edge perspective on the practice of law facing the challenges of AI, ALSPs and recently during COVID and its resulting challenges. Married to Renée González and father to Jimena, Enrique and Antonio. Mister Oller enjoys writing, travel, haute cuisine and fine wines. #LTW2021

Advocate Jash J. Dalia, who has an experience of more than 4 in the legal-tech space. He is a Partner at Palladium Legal, a global Law Firm, he is also an Advisor at Zen Legal LLP, a boutique law firm along with having a robust independent legal practice. He is also a mentor who believes in the philosophy that a telling and positive difference to the world can be made together, besides all things law, he is an avid sports enthusiast, foodie and techie. #LTW2021

Having done law specializing in finance and dispute resolution, Shrreyans Mehta is now practicing tax litigation and dispute avoidance advisory. Over the course of years, he has studied in India, Germany, and the UK whilst having had a diverse working experience, before starting and running his own law firm. The Law firm is rapidly growing, having one head office and one branch office, being tens of people strong and catering to domestic and international clients of all sizes. He, simultaneously, run and manage his own charitable trust providing health care and education to the needy. #LTW2021

Raghwendra Verma has over 20 years of experience as a Corporate Legal Leadership. His gamut of experience includes cross border M&A/ Privacy Laws /Cyber Security/Strategy/compliance/ Contract Negotiations /Litigation/Risk Management. In a career spanning 20 years, Raghwendra delivered business-driven Legal strategy at global, regional and national levels across several industry verticals. Currently, he is Serving ISON as Group Head- Legal, Compliance and Corporate Secretary. ISON Group is into IT & ITES and have business operation in 29 Countries across Africa, Middle East and India. He has a unique capability of identifying root cause of issue and is excellent solution provider, whether issue is related to contract, Litigation, Human resources, M&A, Board & Shareholders related, Regulator, Corporate Governance or Compliances. He helped organization in spreading its wings by Carrying out acquisitions in Egypt, South Africa, Dubai, Cyprus, Mauritius, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Mozambique, and in other parts of Africa. He ensured smooth transition of business considering law of respective countries where acquisition was made. Raghwendra worked with Promoters & Board and has been in the midst of building scale globally and in managing complexity. Some of his key achievements include, spearheading private equity investment in the organization, setting up of business in many countries in Africa & Middle East, Building a robust compliance system in Organization, Building culture in organization to minimize risk of employee related issues and litigation In public life, Raghwendra is active in social services like organizing various stress elimination courses, distribution of foods, instrumental to launch “Girl Connect” project in Nigeria, writes articles on social issues for Magazines, social media. #LTW2021

Ahmed Kandil started his career with the Healthcare industry in 2004, during his career he had the chance to support near 80 different markets in Middle East, Africa and Asia in HealthCare Compliance, Risk Management, Finance, Commercial and Projects management. Currently he works for Bausch Health Companies as Regional Head of Ethics and Compliance, Looking after Turkey Middle East and Africa. Prior joining Bausch Health Companies he also worked for Glaxo SmithKline and Johnson& Johnson He holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Chifley Business School (Australia), Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional-International (CCEP-I) from Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics, USA, and Certified Lead Professional Ethics & Compliance (LPEC) from Ethics & Compliance Initiative, USA. #LTW2021

Advocate Shahid Jeena is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Kaleidoscope Legal Services, Pune concentrating on comprehending and navigating the laws and regulations in the Indian financial sector. With a goal to bring in a change in the unorganized Banking legal sector so as to process files faster while maintaining the quality of the work provided, Shahid focuses on drafting Search and Title Reports, Notice of Intimation filing and registration of Mortgage Deeds in the office of Sub Registrar. Shahid’s interests include Arbitration, Mediation and Conciliation; and transactions pertaining to real estate. Shahid holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and Bachelor of Legislative Law degree (BBA-LLB) from Symbiosis Law School, Pune. Shahid also holds a Diploma in International Business Laws and Corporate Laws in India from Symbiosis Law School. #LTW2021

Anupam Prasad has almost fourteen years of post-qualification experience in advising Indian and foreign clients on acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity investments, financing, India entry strategy, fintech, media & entertainment advisory, private client practice and general commercial law advisory under Indian laws. He began his career with Nishith Desai Associates, a Tier 1 Indian law firm in Bangalore in 2006, as an Associate and was part of the Corporate Commercial Law team advising and assisting clients on M&As, venture capital investments, employment laws, and general corporate advisory work. Thereafter, he moved to Khaitan & Co, amongst the top 3 Indian law firm, in Mumbai in 2010, as a Senior Associate and was part of the Corporate and Infrastructure Practice Group, wherein advised on project finance, M&As and general corporate advisory. In 2013, he embarked on an entrepreneurial journey by leading the Corporate Commercial Law Practice and heading the Mumbai office of RDA Legal, a startup law firm. The responsibilities involved not only heading the practice group but also managing its Mumbai office, including its P&L. In June 2016, he moved his practice along with his team and joined Indus Law as Partner and continued to be part of the above-mentioned practice areas, in addition to new technology areas such as Fintech, Foodtech, IoT, etc. In February 2020, he founded AP Law Chambers (www.aplaw.in), with likeminded professionals with past experience of working in leading law firms such as Khaitan & Co, Cyril Amarchand, Shardul Amarchand, Vaish Associates, with offices in Mumbai, New Delhi, Hyderabad and Singapore. #LTW2021

Ms. Kritika Seth is a lawyer with her primary areas of expertise being Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment laws. She has a distinctive understanding of the legal and commercial business of the Industry. Within a brief period of over 8 years, she has managed to stand-out in both, Contracting as well as Litigation. She is known to regularly advise and represent various songwriters, music producers, singers, film directors, actors, authors, screenwriters, production houses, independent record labels and publishers. Ms. Seth’s work further includes negotiating and advising digital and technology platforms, amongst others. Her key role with her clientele is of advising, structuring, and negotiating deals across all domestic and international production houses and platforms. Ms. Seth is currently involved in various projects related to IP rights management, documentation, and negotiation for the acquisition of content. She is involved and very meticulous with every project that comes her way. Further, she even ensures and conducts due diligence pertaining to a script, content clearances, and ascertaining IP ownership, to ensure transparency and a smooth work process when getting onto new projects. Ms. Seth believes in forever encouraging new possibilities and never runs away from the role of finding a unique solution to every situation. Keeping in view the boundaries of law, finding something different to work on is one of her expertise. #LTW2021

Dr Sunanda Bharti has a rich experience of teaching at Law Centre-I, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi for the past 15 plus years (year of entering this data is 2021). She has a number of published works to her credit on various aspects of Intellectual Property Laws, Foetal Rights and Mediation. She is the Project Lead for Law Team in ‘RISHII’--Resources for Internationalisation of Higher Educational Institutions in India, an International Project under the Erasmus+ Programme funded by the European Commission—in collaboration with the University of Duesto, Bilbao Spain and the Tuning Academy. RISHII focuses on India to address modernisation & innovation in education, particularly cooperation on education & skills & mutual recognition of qualifications This is to ensure that the learning outcomes remain globally relevant. 14 Indian HE Institutions (HEIs) of different types & from different regions work towards this aim with 5 EU partners. Dr. Sunanda was a Team Leader (Editorial) with LexisNexis Butterworths India for 3 years and hence has experience of the Law Publishing Industry. Dr Sunanda is also a Certified Professional Mediator from Indian Institute of Arbitration and Mediation (IIAM). She completed her PhD, LL.M and LL.B from the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. She was awarded the prestigious Sukhdevi Girdhari Lal Grover Prize’ for being the best candidate in Constitutional Law II and I presented at the 78th Annual Convocation of the Delhi University. She has done pioneering research work on the ‘Legal Personality of Unborn/Foetus’. Some of her online published works can be accessed from the following blogs: Unlearning Law, Blaze New Trails, WILL-Why I Love Law and a few posts on spicyip.com. #LTW2021

Sushmita has over 13 years of extensive experience advising clients on a variety of commercial disputes across sectors, including Banking & Finance, Insolvency & Restructuring related matters and arbitrations including construction contracts arbitrations. She has advised lenders, borrowers, advisors, and other intermediaries in complex local and cross-border financing transactions across major debt financing disciplines. Sushmita has handled several domestic and international arbitrations, representing clients in institutional arbitrations in India and abroad. She has also advised on corporate and commercial disputes, appearing before a variety of forums, courts, and tribunals. In particular, she has expertise in handling proceedings against some of the biggest debt defaulters in India. Sushmita has extensive experience in insolvency litigation and does a lot of advisory work relating to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. Sushmita started her career in the stressed assets division of Kotak Mahindra Bank and was part of the team, which set up Phoenix ARC (an asset reconstruction company promoted by the Kotak group). She then moved to PKA Advocates where she worked for 7 years and then moved to HSA Advocates as a Partner, before joining INDUSLAW. Sushmita has authored articles and publications on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, Arbitration and Conciliation Act, Banking laws etc. which are published by leading journals such as India Business Law Journal, SCC Online; Manupatra and Mondaq. She is a regular speaker on the subject at various events and summit and her views on various legal issues are often published in leading newspapers. Sushmita was nominated by RSG for its “EmergingLeader50” 2019 edition. She was one of the “Recommended Lawyers 2019” list for India by RSG. She regularly features in client recommendations given to several legal research journals such as Asia Law, IFLR and RSG. #LTW2021

Zafar Khurshid is a graduate of St. Stephen's College and the Faculty of Law, Delhi University. Following his LLB he worked in the Supreme Court in the office of the Additional Solicitor General, before migrating to England where he studied Intellectual Property Law at Queen Mary, University of London, graduating with Distinctions in each of his courses. He went to spend two years at St. Edmund Hall, University of Oxford reading for the BCL and an M.Phil in Law focusing on Intellectual Property Law. He returned to India in 2017 and spent the next three years assisting a Senior Advocate in the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, Hon’ble High Court of Delhi, as well as various tribunals, such as the NCLAT and TDSAT. In 2020 he became one of the Founding Partners of Talwar Khurshid Chauhan (TKC) LLP along with Mr. Samer V. Talwar and Mr. Amit Singh Chauhan, where he heads Intellectual Property matters, and co-heads the Firm’s litigation and arbitration practice. #LTW2021

Krystle N. Gomez is the Founder & CEO of CIMI Ventures P.C., where she acts as legal counsel and business advisor to public and private clients, primarily in the pharmaceutical, biotech and high-tech industries. Krystle started her legal career as a corporate attorney at the international law firm of Troutman Sanders LLP, practicing in its New York and California offices, before founding CIMI Ventures P.C. Krystle graduated first in her class in 2006 from the W.P. Carey School of Business and the Barrett Honors College at Arizona State University, receiving her B.S. in Marketing, with a focus on International Business, and a minor in English Literature. In 2009, she obtained her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, together with a concentration in Business and Public Policy from Wharton. In 2010, she obtained her M.B.A. from Webster University via a global, immersive traveling program in Europe & Asia. Krystle genuinely enjoys engaging in dialogue regarding international affairs and completed her fellowship with the World Affairs Council in 2017. She is also actively involved in her local community. Krystle serves on the Board of Directors of the Seattle Animal Shelter Foundation (SASF) and acts as the Co-Chair of SASF’s Governance Committee. Krystle also volunteers with the Seattle Animal Shelter fostering dogs waiting to find their forever homes. Krystle resides with her family in Seattle, Washington. #LTW2021

Sanchita Ain is an Advocate-on-Record in the Supreme Court of India. With an experience of over nine years of experience in the field of law, she has handled complex matters before the Supreme Court, High Courts, and other forums in the country. These include landmark constitutional law cases like linking of PAN with Aadhaar, triple talaq, 2G spectrum case, affirmative action, rights of minority institutions, land acquisition cases, and matters relating to civil, corporate, competition, service, and family laws. She holds the prestigious LLM degree in International Human Rights Law with distinction from the University of Essex. While at Essex, she worked on a project for Essex Human Rights Clinic and Open Society Justice Initiative. She also advises various start-ups, early-stage companies and clients from the entertainment industry. Described as a people-oriented lawyer, she takes great pride in considering client satisfaction as her greatest reward. Sanchita is also an I Can Lead Fellow, India’s first national leadership programme for women with disabilities. She is frequently invited to deliver lectures and judge competitions by renowned universities. Sanchita has also developed a course on Supreme Court practice for a leading online legal education platform, and through webinars, workshops, and live classes, she has been training students and professionals who want to develop a practice in the Supreme Court. #LTW2021

Sagar Sharma is an Associate handling the responsibility in the IP litigation team at RNA, Technology and IP Attorneys. He completed his legal studies in 2015 and became a member of Bar Council of India. In 2020 Sagar joined RNA Technology and IP Attorneys; a full-service IP law firm as Litigation associate. He was made part of the litigation team as the firm saw his inclination and perspicacity towards Intellectual Property knowledge and enthusiasm to be part of this culture. Sagar has been a part of the legal fraternity for past more than 5 years and is enrolled with different Hon’ble Judicial institutions of India. He has been in regular practice of client advising, negotiations, arguing matters with the Hon’ble Courts, drafting documents, Legal research, contractual management, Providing dispute resolution in jeopardised situations. He is always on his toes and has multiple hobbies which also includes playing basketball, tech enthusiast, food critic and explorer & motivated to perform his job to the best of his capabilities. #LTW2021

Mr. Yogesh V Nayyar has been practicing Law since last 26 years. Pursued Law from University College of Law, Nagpur University; in the year 1990-93 and stood in merit. Since March, 1994, practicing as Lawyer and serving in the field of law with proven success. Practicing before Supreme Court of India, High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Original Bench, Bench at Nagpur, High Court of Uttarakhand, High Court of Punjab and Haryana; with offices in New Delhi, Mumbai, Nagpur & Nainital with clientele presence in UK, USA, Germany, UAE and India. With a view to cater the requirement of services in the field of Law, the firm YVN & Associates came into existence from Nagpur Founded the firm in 2000 and its a full service Law Firm offering expertise in various legal areas. It is consistent, patient and professional, giving each new case our undivided attention whilst walking you through each step of the process. Nominated and appointed as “Member of International Council of Jurists”, London, in February, 2020. Nominated and appointed as “Ombudsman & Arbitrator”, Federation of Integrated Conflict Management (FICM) and Arbitrator, International Commercial Disputes Tribunal in 2017 and 2019. Wrote a book MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE, MALICIOUS PROSECUTION, ILLEGAL DETENTION & ARREST, HARASSMENT, BRUTALITY AND TORTURE OF “ACCUSED – A VICTIM” RELIEF AND REMEDY under publication; being published by Vinod Publications, New Delhi. One of the most prominent publishers of Journals and books in the field of Law. Contested prestigious issue of Stay on Smart City. Jail break case at Nagpur. Triple Talaq issue before High Court of Uttarakhand. Excise matters related to Uttarakhand. Post Judgment of Hon’ble Supreme Court of India on ban on sale of liquor on Highway and opening of bars in State of Uttarakhand. Had discussion with Motilal Ji Vora, Oscar Farnandez on National Herald issue. #LTW2021

Josh is a skilled construction lawyer with both private practice and in-house experience. Along with his civil engineering degree, his background enables him to understand complex construction issues and provide efficient, high-quality legal advice. Prior to co-founding Margie Strub Construction Law, Josh managed the nation-wide legal affairs for Canada’s largest full-service track and signal construction and maintenance provider. There he focused on the pursuit, execution, and claim phases of some of Canada’s highest-profile transit infrastructure projects. Josh also gained an acute understanding of the structure, principles, value, and potential pitfalls of collaborative contracting gained from his involvement in Canada’s first alliance contract. Josh’s in-house practice also included a wide variety of general legal matters, including labour and employment, insurance, personal injury, WSIB, safety, leasing, IT agreements, and data security. He was also instrumental in managing the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Josh began his legal career at a mid-sized construction law firm in Toronto. There he represented clients across the country in all forms of construction dispute resolution. Much of Josh’s early legal career involved representing clients on large, complex infrastructure disputes with claim values ranging up to $1 billion. Josh is a frequent speaker at industry functions and conferences. Recently he was a panelist at the Construction Superconference discussing different forensic schedule analysis methodologies. Additionally, in 2019 Josh and John co-founded and taught, along with another colleague, the Construction Law course at Western Law in London, Ontario. #LTW2021

Dr. G. V. RAO is a Senior Advocate, of the Supreme Court of India with 34 years of practice. His areas of specialization are Litigation, Legal Advice, Govt and academics, in the field of Constitutional, Law, Taxation, International Law, Corporate Law, Intellectual Property, and Cyber laws, Telecom, Economic offenses, Shipping and Banking. Dr.Rao started his career, as a Counsel, at the office of the Attorney General for India for 5 yrs. Later he was an Independent Central and State Government Counsel for about 22yrs, while continuing private practice. He has also been associated with numerous, domestic and international universities, public policy institutions, U.N and other global bodies, for academics and faculty contribution. He has been an office-bearer of prestigious organizations like, Global Policy insights London, World Peace Congress, Nakhonayok Thailand, of which he was Vice- President as also for Global Education Law Forum (GELF) Amsterdam. And in such positions have been represented to several UNESCO and U.N. Conferences. Dr.G.V.Rao is a Hony. Professor in Law & Political Science, and also in Business & commerce. He has an LL.D from Commonwealth University, London & Benin, and D.Litt. (Honoris Causa) by ‘Ashcroft University of London’ & GEPRA. He has been a recipient of numerous Awards and Honours like the ‘Best Citizen of India’ Gold-Medal, ‘Bharat Gaurav Award’, ‘Protector of Democracy Award’ ‘National Bar Award’, ‘Best Faculty Award’. He is a Fellow of the Rhodes Oceans Law & Policy Institute - Greece, Georgetown University-USA, Salzburg Institute of American Studies, Austria. He has also been a recipient of numerous Diplomas and published numerous scholarly works and edited books. He is an advisor to several global corporations. #LTW2021

Dr. B Gopalakrishnan is a dynamic and result oriented legal professional with over four decades of experience in legal areas encompassing Banking, Corporate, Capital Market and Business Laws, Cross Border Transaction and Procedures, Human Resource Issues and Employee Grievance Redressal, Litigation and International Arbitration. Formerly worked as Legal Advisor heading the Legal Operations & Human Resources Group of Asset Reconstruction Company (India) Ltd. (Arcil), Mumbai, one of India's largest and premier ARCS. Prior to that, and for 14 years, was the President and Head of the Law Department of Axis Bank Ltd, Speaker at many National and International Conferences, Guest Lecturer and Visiting Faculty at institutions on Banking Laws, Mergers and Acquisitions, Tax Laws in India, and a part-time Lecturer in many Law Schools. Legal Era awarded in the year 2013, the award for "Outstanding Contribution by an in-house Legal Counsel". #LTW2021

Faisal Sherwani is an Advocate-on-Record, Supreme Court of India and is currently a Partner in the Dispute Resolution practice at L&L Partners Law Offices, New Delhi. With an experience of over a decade in the field of dispute resolution and dispute advisory services, he has a deep understanding of procedural and substantive issues of law. He regularly practices before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India as well as the Hon’ble High Courts at Delhi, Bombay, Karnataka, Telangana, Allahabad and Madras as also the NCLT and NCLAT. He has a host of reported Judgments to his credit. He continuously advises and acts for clients on a range of subjects such as constitutional law aspects, arbitration laws, corporate, commercial and insolvency laws, labour legislations, white-collar crimes and penal laws. Faisal graduated in 2009 from the Faculty of Law, AMU as second in his class. He went on to gain his master’s degree i.e. LL.M in the year 2010 from the George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC, which he attended on a law school merit scholarship. Faisal is also a sought-after columnist and speaker. His work runs the gamut from law, history, and satire. His style is one which grapples with the realities and ideals of a modern India. He regularly engages on issues related to law, polity and other socio-economic subjects. #LTW2021

Kiran is a lawyer from Mumbai. He graduated with a Bachelors’ degree in Science from D.G. Ruparel College, in 2007. He then choose to pursue a professional degree in law, from Government Law College, Mumbai. Kiran began his career with Mansukhlal Hiralal & Co. first as a paralegal and then as an associate. He has been at India Law Alliance since December, 2013. He was promoted to Partner in October, 2019. With a decade of experience in real estate, arbitration, general and commercial litigation, Kiran believes his mentors in the profession, paved the path for his success. He knows that it is critical to build a solid team, which can be strengthened on the foundation of care, to ensure that they will be invested and aspire to do their best. In his free time, he enjoys playing cricket and spending quality time with his son. He also has a keen eye for the arts, with a focus on theatre and drama, having won accolades and awards for the same, during his college days.

Professor Letícia Baddauy is graduated in Law and in Business by the most pretigious institutions of Brazil (São Paulo State University and Getúlio Vargas Foundation). She has a MBA in Agribusiness (São Paulo State University), a master in Civil Procedure (Londrina State University) and a certification in Negotiation by Harvard Law School. Practicing corporate and agribusiness law for more than two decades, she is the founding partner of L. Baddauy Advocacia. During her career as a lawyer, she has had experience with both prived and public setors. Her practice as a lawyer involves both litigation and arbitration. She is a Fellow of Chartered Institute of Arbitrator (London-UK), the Malasyan Institute of Arbitrators and the Arbitrators and Mediators Institute of New Zealand, and her name is in the arbitrators’ list of highly respected institutions in Brazil. Letícia is the coordinator of the Agribusiness Committe of the Brazilian branch of CIArb. Professor Baddauy teaches Arbitration and ADRs at Londrina State University, where she also develops research in gender diversity in arbitral tribunals and State courts. She gives lectures in arbitration and agribusiness events and teaches at specialization courses. Her academic work also includes articles, papers and legal opinions. She is a Portuguese native speaker and has an advanced level in English, French and Italian.

Charles is an Adjunct Professor at Georgia State University College of Law, teaching innovation in the practice of law. He recently retired as General Counsel for Cox Family Office, with responsibilities including investment transactions, governance, compliance, and risk management. Before Cox Family Office, Charles served as Managing Attorney for Cox Enterprises over investment transactions, governance, knowledge management, and ethics & compliance, including service as an NYSE public company compliance officer. Charles started his legal career as an Army JAG officer, including service in Iraq and Saudi Arabia as a civil-military operations coordinator, foreign claims commissioner, and POW camp advisor. In the community, Charles supports veterans by mentoring with American Corporate Partners veterans career program, and the higher education community by having served as a member of the advisory board for executive programs at the Kennesaw State University Coles College of Business.

Dr. Yasser Aboismail, is an International legal counsel and experienced leader who acts as a true business partner and lead by influencing and partnering with executive leaders to accelerate global business goals and to build a culture of integrity. Expert in providing business friendly and effective solutions to manage and mitigate legal, business and operational risks arising from various commercial contracts, competition and antitrust related matters, data protection, corporate transactions, divestitures, acquisitions, post-acquisition integration, business restructuring, labour relations, product manufacturing, business disruption, crisis management, trade sanctions, fraud and ethics investigations. Throughout his career and academic journey in Egypt, France, Saudi and UAE with top tier multinational organizations such as Ernst & Young, PepsiCo, Eaton and currently Schindler, he played a vital leadership role in developing agile, competent and forward thinking legal functions that enables and accelerates the sustainable and profitable growth of business. Selected three times by Legal500 as one of the most influential 100 general counsels in the Middle East. Currently, he is in charge of all legal, commercial and compliance matters across the Middle East and North Africa region and leading the Global Compliance Culture at Schindler Group.

Scott is an intellectual property lawyer and registered patent attorney. Scott’s intellectual property practice includes patent prosecution, trademark registration, and post-grant proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, such as inter partes review. Scott has prosecuted patents across a wide range of technologies including software, mechanical devices, medical devices, cosmetics, food & beverage, and biotechnology. Scott’s technical expertise and knowledge of intellectual property law helps clients achieve allowance and protect the value in their intellectual property. Scott was trained at one of the nation’s top intellectual property law firms. Prior to co-founding Eastgate IP, Scott practiced intellectual property law as a patent attorney at Knobbe Martens, managing portfolios of intellectual property, prosecuting patent applications, and conducting due diligence for companies of all sizes – including Fortune 500 companies, start-ups, and independent inventors. Scott has extensive experience preparing infringement opinions and conducting validity analyses of competitor portfolios.

Anshul is one of the early members of the Expandopedia Project of the Elements Global Services Company. Practicing advocate in the High Court of Delhi. He completed his bachelor’s in Law & Business Administration from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi. Further, have a diploma in International Criminal Law from Case Western Reserve University & Diploma in Environmental Law from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC. Started his career as a Legal Associate & Recruitment Coordinator with a law firm in Delhi. Gained vast exposure in Criminal Law, Employment & Labour Law, Arbitration Law, IPR, Consumer Protection, FEMA & FERA and Real Estate Law. He also happens to have experience in handling corporate and civil litigation of real estate firms and has also advised the company in their legal affairs. While working in the corporate sector, Anshul had the opportunity to deal with registration, drafting and vetting of contracts, agreements, MOUs, joint ventures, among others. He also happens to have drafted writ petitions, applications, replies, etc. Anshul comes with a wide experience in dealing with litigation and corporate advisory work which inter alia includes Contract law, Employment laws, Real Estate laws, European laws, Intellectual Property Laws, among others. He holds good knowledge of European Employment Law, The African Countries Law, Data Protection & Privacy Laws like the GDPR.

With more than 20 years of experience as an Attorney at Law, including his participation in projects in Europe, Arturo González de Araujo currently specializes in complex industries such as pharmaceuticals, real estate and hydrocarbons. As Managing Partner of González de Araujo Consultores, he has become a strategic advisor for his clients, who seek the fulfillment of their strategic objectives. He has a Master in Industrial Property, Certification in Data Protection, Certification as an International Consultant, Certification in Protection of Industrial Property by the Japan Patent Office, among other degrees.

Swarnendu Chatterjee is a Managing Associate in L&L Partners Law Offices (Litigation), a premier full-service law firm having been enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of West Bengal in the year 2013. Swarnendu is a qualified Advocate-On-Record designated by the Supreme Court of India. Swarnendu has been with the firm since January 2020 and is currently working with Mr. Wasim Beg, Partner. Swarnendu looks after the Dispute Resolution practice and possesses considerable experience in Corporate and Commercial disputes, Litigation and ADR. Swarnendu specializes in Civil Law, Constitutional Law, Insolvency Laws, Taxation Laws, Labor Law, Criminal Law and Arbitration. Swarnendu has worked in many fields of law and his experience of over seven years extends to virtually all aspects of litigation and arbitration. Swarnendu has extensive experience in both domestic and international jurisdictions. Wasim has extensively advised on debt recovery, banking and financial issues, commercial and corporate disputes and real estate in various Courts all over India. Swarnendu regularly appears before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India and various High Courts, more particularly, the High Court of Delhi, the High Court of Jharkhand, the High Court of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the High Court of Calcutta, Allahabad High Court (Principal Bench at Allahabad) and Madhya Pradesh High Court (Jabalpur). Swarnendu has been appearing as lead counsel before various Judicial and quasi-judicial forums including, Supreme Court, various High Courts, Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT), National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) etc. Swarnendu has a vast experience of briefing senior counsels and had assisted doyens of the bar in several matters of constitutional importance, including the entry tax matter and the matter of Dhanraj Mahto involving MICA and MMTC before the Jharkhand High Court in 2015/16 and before the Supreme Court in 2016. Swarnendu has successfully represented clients and argued various matters in more than 5 High Courts, National Company Law Tribunals and the Supreme Court. Wasim has successfully argued applications for recovery before the Debt Recovery Tribunal, Company Petitions and Insolvency Proceedings etc., on behalf of leading financial institutions and Non-Banking Financial Companies, Labour Unions, Logistic Companies and Private Individuals.

JUSTINA LEWA ESQ is a Partner in the law firm of Chapitre LLP. She is the immediate past Company Secretary & Chief Legal Counsel of Sterling Bank Plc. She is a member of several professional bodies including the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), NBA Section on Business Law (NBA/SBL), the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (HCIB), the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ACIS), the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb) and Institute of Directors of Nigeria (M.IoD).

Rodrigo Nuñez Vega, born and raised in México, studied law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, dedicated to corporate law, legal services and seeking ways to deliver legal services in the easiest and fastest ways for over 14 years. Start as a paralegal in 2006, in this first job he had to manage over 14 companies, the lack of control of the information leads him to develop in 2010 a software in the cloud to manage the lifecycle of contracts that also was a repository. In 2011 launched a website of legal services (www.tucontrato.com), mainly to the drafting, negotiation and revision of all kinds of contracts to small companies. With this project, he received an investment from StartUp Factory of 10K USD. During these years he dedicated himself to understand the client's needs, developing growth strategies for the website and especially on how to make the delivery of legal services more efficient. In 2019, he joined United Lex as a member of Mexico’s delivery center, where he started performing duties as a Transactional lawyer providing services for Mexico, LatAm and the United States, currently, he is performing activities as the legal delivery lead for different accounts in United Lex.

Jason was born and raised in the suburbs outside New York City and spent two years in Boston after graduating from Wesleyan University. I attended and graduated from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University in December 1997. I am licensed in Arizona and Texas. I currently reside in Phoenix, Arizona. I am married with three children, two of which are aspiring performing artists and one cultivating his own YouTube presence. I enjoy dabbling in hobbies including participating in OCR events and fitness, trying to learn to play the bass guitar and lamenting over the New York Jets and just trying to keep up with my wife and kids.

Ernesto has more than 10 years of professional experience focused on labor and employment law. Education: JD 2010, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico Specialty in Labor Law (graduated with honors) 2013, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico LL.M. (High Academic performance) 2015, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México Languages: Spanish, English Professional experience: 2008 to 2013 - Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare Since 2013 - Santamarina y Steta, S.C.

Felipe is an attorney from the Universidad del Rosario with a deepening in Commercial Law from the same university. Felipe Martínez Sánchez also holds a Specialization Degree in Competition Law from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. He has more than seven years of experience and focuses his practice on Intellectual Property matters, mainly trademarks, unfair competition, restrictive practices of competition, protection of consumer rights and litigation in all of the aforementioned areas. He has worked at multiple Colombian Law Firms advising and representing the interests of important national and international companies, primarily, in Intellectual Property and Competition Law matters. Since September 2018 he has worked as Associate Attorney at the Competition Law Department of IBARRA ABOGADOS and currently, leads the Intellectual Property Department. Felipe Martínez Sánchez also has written important articles that analyze significant decisions issued in the Colombian legal system and have been published in a highly renowned specialized newspaper in Colombia. Also, he has been selected as a panelist in academic events that tend to analyze the vital relation between advertising, IP and unfair competition, and in training for companies as regards Antitrust Law and compliance programs.

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.