Dikshat Mehra is a Principal Associate working with Rajani Associates, Advocates & Solicitors in their Commercial Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution Team. Dikshat graduated in 2012 from K.C Law College, Mumbai. Dikshat has over 9 years of extensive experience on advising clients on a variety of Corporate & Commercial Litigation disputes, Insolvency/Restructuring & Bankruptcy related matters and IP related disputes, majorly Trademark & Copyright related matters. Dikshat has also handled several domestic and international arbitrations, representing clients in institutional arbitrations in India and abroad. Dikshat also carries with him experience in white collar crimes, mainly the PMLA & MPID, EOW etc. matters. Dikshat also manages extensive SEBI/SAT and such other Securities law related litigations. Dikshat has been involved with end‐to‐end litigations across sectors like banking and finance, telecom, pharma, chemicals, media & entertainment, hospitality, power, steel, infrastructure, oil & gas etc. Dikshat has been regularly appearing before various Tribunals, Courts, including the Supreme Court of India. Apart from this, Dikshat has also published articles on various topics under the Commercial, Insolvency laws and has been duly recognised by various media platforms like Law Street India, IIFL, Banking Frontier, Economic Times etc. This diverse experience of Dikshat, across various practice areas of Law, has helped him evolve into the complete lawyer he is today. Thanks for watching. Visit Our Website:- https://www.lextalk.world/ Follow us on social media: Linkedin:- https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/lextalk-world Facebook:- https://www.facebook.com/LexTalk.World/ Instagram:- https://www.instagram.com/lextalk.world/ Twitter:- https://twitter.com/lextalkworld #LTW2022

Harish is a dual qualified (India and England & Wales) Tax, Civil and Commercial lawyer with more than 17 years of experience in litigation and advisory across various sectors and verticals. He has obtained an LL.M degree from University of Warwick, UK. He is also a retainer counsel and Senior Advisor to Deloitte Haskins and Sells handling indirect tax litigation for their clients across various administrative and judicial forums including the Tribunal, High Courts and the Supreme Court. In addition to litigation, Harish is also a visiting faculty for the CA and the CS Institutes and has taken several lectures for professionals and students alike. Thanks for watching. Visit Our Website:- https://www.lextalk.world/ Follow us on social media: Linkedin:- https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/lextalk-world Facebook:- https://www.facebook.com/LexTalk.World/ Instagram:- https://www.instagram.com/lextalk.world/ Twitter:- https://twitter.com/lextalkworld #LTW2022

Iram is executive director as well as empanelled arbitrator for APCAM (Asia Pacific Centre for Arbitration & Mediation). APCAM is an international ADR centre formed jointly by about ten arbitration and mediation centres from the Asia-Pacific countries, which host APCAM centres in their respective countries. Thanks for watching. Visit Our Website:- https://www.lextalk.world/ Follow us on social media: Linkedin:- https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/lextalk-world Facebook:- https://www.facebook.com/LexTalk.World/ Instagram:- https://www.instagram.com/lextalk.world/ Twitter:- https://twitter.com/lextalkworld #LTW2022

Ms. Brunda Lavu is a Lawyer whose practice focusses on trademarks and copyright. She graduated her BA. LLB (Bachelors of Arts and Law) from Bangalore Institute of Legal Studies, India. Immediately after graduation, she began practiced in the Andhra Pradesh High Court for a year. Thereafter, she pursued her LLM (Masters in Intellectual Property Law) from University of Washington School of Law, Seattle, United States of America. While pursing her LLM, she interned at the Washington Attorney General’s Office under the Assistant Attorney General in the trademark and copyrights department for about a year which gave her diverse exposure and a fresh outlook to the evolving area of IPR as a key asset for the clients. Upon returning to India, Brunda worked independently for two years assisting various start-ups, mid-sized companies on legal matters. Thereafter, she joined an IP Boutique law firm in Delhi where she worked for about 4 years. Recently, in the year 2020, she set up her own firm namely AtlasIP Legal based out of Gurgaon. She deals with trademark clearance searches, prosecution of trademark applications until the stage of registration of the trademark. She handles all the matters relating to opposition, cancellations and also represents clients before various quasi-judicial and Judicial forums. She further counsels clients on protecting IPR in foreign jurisdictions as well. Over the years, Brunda has developed a niche experience in advising clients on the adoption and protection of brand names and due to her strong knowledge of the finer nuances of trademark laws, she has been considered as a trusted advisor by her clients. Thanks for watching. Visit Our Website:- https://www.lextalk.world/ Follow us on social media: Linkedin:- https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/lextalk-world Facebook:- https://www.facebook.com/LexTalk.World/ Instagram:- https://www.instagram.com/lextalk.world/ Twitter:- https://twitter.com/lextalkworld #LTW2022

Dinesh G. Pednekar is an Partner at ELP and is a part of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice of the firm. He completed his LL.B. in 2001 from the Government Law College, University of Mumbai and is enrolled with the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa since then. Dinesh has extensive experience in handling & representing clients in matters involving complex legal issues in the fields of Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property laws, Real Estate laws, Company Law, Oil & Gas Industry, etc. including matters involving Writ Jurisdiction. He has also advised and represented clients in arbitrations (including institutional arbitration) governed by various substantive laws and he is adept in drafting of pleadings and attending to matters in various fora including the Apex Court. His expertise, in-depth knowledge and a holistic approach helps in identifying the core issues in disputes and aids in strategizing the litigation. Dinesh regularly provides strategic legal advice to a wide array of clientele including large business houses and multinational companies. Prior to joining ELP, Dinesh was an Associate Partner with Hariani & Co. #LTW2022

Ashish Goel is an Advocate practicing in Indian courts. Goel graduated in law from National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) and holds a LL.M from King's College London. Before going independent, Goel worked at a law firm in London and New Delhi advising multinationals on their Indian in-bound business. Goel also briefly worked in the Law Chambers of a former Union Law Minister on matters before the Indian Supreme Court and the Delhi High Court. Goel has taught tailored courses on international tax law at NUJS and The Indian Society of International Law. Goel’s writings on constitutional and tax issues have appeared in Indian Express, The Hindu Business Line, The Telegraph, Deccan Herald, CNBC-TV18, and Bloomberg. #LTW2022

Responsible for leading a team of 20 specialized criminal defense lawyers across the MZM Legal LLP's ("MZM's") Mumbai and New Delhi offices. As a founding partner, he played an intricate role in growing and developing criminal litigation vertical at MZM which is widely regarded as one of India's leading white collar criminal defense practice. A seasoned practitioner with over 20 years of niche experience of trial and appellate work before courts across India in the fields of .financial fraud, criminal compliance and regulation, money laundering, bribery, corruption, extradition cybercrime, drugs, organized crime, terrorism and other esoteric areas. Regularly advise prominent national and multinational corporations at the board level in issues of bribery, corruption, fraud, embezzlement and money laundering. He also defends and prosecutes on behalf of businesses and high net worth individuals and other private clients in cases of defamation, matrimonial disputes, succession, corporate espionage, hacking and excesses by public regulatory authorities. He acted in some of India's most fierce prosecutorial and governmental investigations. He is one of India's few expert lawyers to have undertaken sensitive trials under India's and Maharashtra state's anti terrorism and organized crime laws. #LTW2022

Seyed mohammad azin is a well-known lawyer and academic person in Iran and world-wide. He has PhD in Civil Law from University of Tehran, where he got his LLM and BA in law, as well. Now, he is a scientific board member and senior researcher in Royan Institute for reproductive medicine and stem cell. Meanwhile, he practices law as an expertized advocate and the manager of “Dr.Azin Law Clinic”. Furthermore, Azin teaches in “University of Science and Culture”, mostly in the fields of civil law and Islamic jurisprudence. Azin has published many legal articles in English and Persian, mainly focusing on medical law and ethics. These days, his concentration is on the Artificial Intelligence Law and analyzing AI moral status considering recent accelerating technologic developments. His theory of “Random Human Nature” which expresses the moral and legal reasons of ban for human genetic enhancement, led to winning the world championship title in genetics based on International Agency for Standards and Rating on 2017. #LTW2021

Antonio is an experienced legal counsel with a demonstrated history of working in both private practice and in-house sector. Strong cross-area legal experience including criminal and commercial litigation, property law, cross boarder corporate and commercial matters, regulatory shaping and lobbying, high profile cases management, and FMCG matters. Currently working as a legal and external affairs counsel overlooking the Hong Kong and Macao market on all commercial legal, regulatory lobbying, and compliance matters for British American Tobacco (“BAT”), the largest tobacco company globally as of 2020. Sitting as a director of Coalition of Tobacco Affairs Hong Kong representing the industry and currently a standing Hong Kong General Chambers of Commerce Legal Committee member, Antonio continues to strive for high standard of governance within the industry while ensuring stakeholders’ interests. Achievements include successfully leading his team in achieving the recognition of Legal 500: GC Power List in the years of 2018 and 2019. Strong involvement and passion in human rights issues particularly in diversity and inclusion within local community and workplace including the participation in organizing Human Rights Festival Hong Kong in 2017. Currently the governance champion for the Hong Kong office managing governance initiatives under global ESG agenda. #LTW2021

Nitin Kumar Bhatnagar, a practicing Advocate and the founder and Managing Partner of NKB LEGAL, a full service law firm located in New Delhi and having Associate network in all major parts of the country, is a 41 year old professional with over fifteen years of working experience overall and more than ten years in active litigation, out of which about seven years in Independent litigation practice when he founded the Law Firm NKB LEGAL in the year 2014 after working for a prominent IP Law Firm in New Delhi, India. Before setting up independent practice, he worked in the IP litigation and enforcement department and has successfully carried out several IP enforcements and criminal raid operations for some of the biggest corporate houses and internationally recognizable brands. Today, he holds a sizeable experience in the field of Intellectual Property Law, Trademark and Copyright cases, Banking and Recovery matters and Service matters mainly in the form of Writs filed before the Hon’ble High Courts. He is a member of the Supreme Court Bar Association and the Delhi High Court Bar Association and was awarded with award for the most promising lawyer in ‘under 40 years category’ at the Legal Era Awards 2015-16 held in Mumbai in March 2016. #LTW2021

Adv. Dr. Sheetal Babar, is an academician and a legal consultant since 2003. She has a work experience in legal education for more than 17 years. She is a Senior Legal Partner in APJ Legal and Associates, Pune. She been associated with many esteemed educational institutions such as DES NF Law College, MIT School of Management and Department of Law, Savitribai Phule Pune University. She is a passionate law academician, with her own company, Lawstraw Private Limited, dedicated for virtual courses not only benefitting law students but categories such as Teachers, Women, Children etc. She has conducted workshops for primary and secondary teachers along with Law professors on various skills. She believes in a notion of nurturing legal souls to spread legal awareness throughout the globe. She is a youtuber. Spreading free legal education through her channel and have various lectures on different subjects. Her forte though is Women and Law, Family Law and International Law. She is a passionate propagandist for rights of women in rural. Founder President of Samarpan foundation, a trust devoted to uplift the women in rural. She conducts frequent workshops for women in rural to uplift the vulnerable category and strives for their self-dependency. Lawstraw Website link:- http://lawstraw.co.in/index.html #LTW2021

Arzu Ozgen is a Legal Affairs Manager of Tum Ictur A.S. (Food and Beverage Operator of Istanbul Airport) in Istanbul, Turkey. Prior to Istanbul Airport, Ozgen was a Senior Lawyer at Ata Holding A.S. and she was manager of legal team and advocate of Tab Gida Sanayi Ticaret A.S. (operating subsidiary company of ATA Holding) with full legal responsibility of BURGER KING, POPEYES, ARBY'S and SBARRO restaurants' operations and all litigation files. She specialized in Franchise Law, Labour Law and Corporate Law. She also worked at law firm as a lawyer and legal counsellor to the companies on food and beverage sector and FMCG. Ozgen’s master thesis in law at the University of Galatasaray focused on Comparatively European and Turkish Competition Laws. Prior to commencing her master, she graduated from Law Faculty of Galatasaray University in Istanbul. She also completed Master of Business Administration at Istanbul Technical University. #LTW2021

Mansi is a certified practitioner of law and Member of Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa. She has extensive experience in Data Protection & Intellectual Property Rights with more than 500 marks under her management, she as a practice leader of the vertical in her firm extends end-to-end support to her clients; right from registration & management to protection & representation including drafting, diligence, assignment, and valuation advisory services pertaining to complex IP M&A transactions. She has authored two books on the subject namely “Important Concept of Copyright Law & Its Registration Process in India” & “Entrepreneur's Guide for Conceptual Understanding of Trademark and Its Registration Process in India” and she is also an educator and Fashion & Art law enthusiast and a visiting faculty at globally renowned fashion school “Istituto Marangoni”. #LTW2021

A self-motivated Lawyer who gained his experience not only through his studies but through hard work in different aspects of law, also he gained different dimensions of his experience through several family members who work as lawyers, judges and prosecutors. He practiced law in different aspects whether theoretically in teaching, serving and presenting the Governmental bodies or in my post at the law firm. Also, his experience is not limited to the local jurisdiction and legislation in Egypt, yet he has a wide experience in different legal transactions and aspects in the whole region. He is a multi-tasker who can manage to handle different tasks at once, and that trait helped him in his studies while working. Even though his kind of practice was consuming, however this didn’t stop him from undertaking other responsibilities towards the society and building the community. He has un-paralleled passion to his profession, and he is willing to invest his utmost endeavors to offer the best services to his clients and employer, and he is always seeking to widen his horizons and explore new opportunities to challenge himself. #LTW2021

Garima Sharma is a corporate lawyer, currently based out of Hyderabad, India. While she have been practicing law for the last 4 years, she have been a law enthusiast for as long as she can remember, so much so that she was quoting my constitutionally guaranteed fundamental rights to her parents even before entering her teens. she has graduated in Legum Baccalaureus from Symbiosis International University, Pune & have worked with Tatva Legal, Hyderabad prior to being associated with J. Sagar Associates, Hyderabad. Her areas of primary focus include domestic & foreign investments, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, debt & equity financing, restructuring, corporate commercial transactions, master services arrangements & infrastructure projects. She has worked extensively across various sectors such as manufacturing, energy, infrastructure, education, mining, real estate, seeds, pharmaceuticals, to name a few. Within just two years of practicing, her legal skills, commitment & deliverables were acknowledged & she was promoted to a Senior Associate level. She believes that she achieved this essentially because she was passionate about what she did & her goal is very clear in front of her – Make legal advisory available to more & more people so that they are made aware of their rights & obligations & benefits & as a society, we become a more independent, confident and self-reliant society, free from oppression. Apart from her legal goals, she also aim to be able to contribute to the education sector by making education available to all strata of the Indian society as she very strongly believe that education empowers one, liberates one and education is the premise of progress and development of an individual, a society, a country and the world at large. #LTW2021

Ankit Sharma is a qualified Company Secretary and a Lawyer with over 10 years of experience in various diversified sectors like Energy, Real Estate, Travel, Ecommerce etc. He has been an active participant in industry-led dialogues and seminars. He is also a Guest Faculty for the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) as well various other Educational Institutions. Working in the startup eco-system from over 7 years, Ankit had been instrumental in setting up the overall Legal functions for various Companies within the Industry. #LTW2021

Saifullah Khan is an international trade, IT and Policy lawyer, with 20 years’ experience in international trade policy and law advisory, serving large client base in the domestic and international market. He is very successful and renowned anti-dumping lawyer not only in Pakistan but in various jurisdictions because of his rich experience and expertise in Trade Defense Laws of the WTO. He has been engaged in more than 85% of the antidumping investigations initiated by the Pakistani Antidumping Authority (i.e. National Tariff Commission, Ministry of Commerce – Pakistan) till date and has been providing trade remedial consultancy services to the domestic industry in Pakistan as well as a large number of foreign producers / exporters in various countries. Mr. Khan has been writing and presenting papers on the subjects relating to International Trade laws, Competition law, Dispute Settlement, Preferential Trade Agreements, Data Protection & e-Commerce, Trade in Services etc. For keeping himself upto-date with respect to the development of trade & other related policies, Mr. Khan did an Executive Education Program on “Mastering Trade Policy” from Harvard Kennedy School, Boston, USA. He is an Advocate of the High Court, a Fellow Member of the Institute of Cost & Management Accountants of Pakistan and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK). #LTW2021

Mr Tiwari, is currently the Managing Partner at Vardharma Chambers. He has been practicing before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India and the Hon’ble Delhi High Court in matters focusing on Arbitration, Banking, Company Law and Prevention of Money laundering Act. Mr. Tiwari has been appointed by the State Government of Uttar Pradesh and the State Government of West Bengal as panel counsel to represent the State Governments before the Hon’ble Supreme Court and the National Green Tribunal. Mr. Tiwari has also been appointed by the Agra Development Authority as their nodal counsel to represent the Authority before the Delhi High Court and all Tribunals including the National Green Tribunal. The core area of practice of Mr. Tiwari is Civil and Criminal law before the Hon’ble High Courts in Writ Jurisdiction. He has represented clients across various High Courts in India touching matters in Criminal, Civil and Constitutional law. Mr. Tiwari has also been appointed by leading Public Sector Undertakings to represent them before various forums. Mr. Tiwari has also been regularly appearing before various Tribunals mainly NCDRC, NCLT and NCLAT in matters spanning from Medical negligence to Builder /buyer disputes and insurance. Mr. Tiwari has also worked extensively in-service matters and banking matters and has been successful in getting relief for clients before the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) and service Writs before the Hon’ble Delhi High Court and Allahabad High Court. #LTW2021

Shalinee Fernandez graduated with a law degree from the University of London in 1999 and the University of New England, (New South Wales) Australia in 2020 and admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor to the High Court of Malaya in October 2002. With close to 19 years of experience, 5 years in private practice as a partner undertaking both litigation and corporate work in the areas of general civil litigation, employment, family law, banking, industrial relations, and corporate winding up proceedings. She spent the last 14 years as a corporate in-house legal counsel in the ICT and manufacturing industry- including being Regional Legal Counsel Asia-Pacific for ATOS, a French Information, Communications and Technology multinational corporation heading all legal & compliance matters for the Australian continent, New Zealand, Malaysia, Indonesia and other countries in the APAC region. Key successes include negotiating large contracts with the Australian government including GovNext-ICT in Western Australia and Commonwealth Games 2018 in Brisbane, Australia. Her last role was based in Sydney, as a Legal & Regulatory Counsel for OLA, an Indian ride-share company that launched globally into the ANZ market. She was a key member of the international launch team putting in place legal operations and processes and successfully obtained licenses and accreditations across each state in the Australian continent and New Zealand. She is now the Senior Legal Counsel Asia-Pacific for Ansell, an Australian multinational corporation which manufactures protective industrial and medical gloves and PPE worldwide and is part of the Ansell Global Legal team supporting Ansell’s global operations and sourcing. Shalinee is also in the midst of completing her papers to get called as a Solicitor to the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia. #LTW2021

Dr. Gehan Gunatilleke is a founding partner at LexAG, a law firm based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Prior to co-founding LexAG, Gehan was a Research Director at the Colombo-based think tank, Verité Research. From 2015 to 2018, he served as an advisor to the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry, where he specialised in international human rights treaty compliance. He was a member of the negotiation team that secured Sri Lanka’s readmission to the European Union’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP)+ trade concession facility in 2016. Gehan’s doctoral thesis in law at the University of Oxford focused on state authority to limit individual freedom under international law. Prior to commencing his doctorate, he received a Commonwealth Scholarship in 2015 to read for a Master’s in International Human Rights Law at New College, University of Oxford. He was also a Fulbright Scholar at Harvard Law School, where he completed an LL.M. in 2010. #LTW2021

Michael Marlowe Uy is a Filipino lawyer who specializes in dispute resolution, corporate law, and media and technology law. He is currently a Senior Associate of SKY Law Offices, a member firm of Elite Global Legal Alliance (EGLA). Before joining SKY Law Offices, he previously worked as in-house counsel for one of the largest banks in the Philippines. He has extensive experience in representing individual and corporate clients before various courts, arbitral tribunals, and quasi-judicial agencies. He has also advised multinational corporations on matters relating to doing business in the Philippines. He is the current Deputy Secretary General for Operations of the Philippine International Center for Conflict Resolution (PICCR), and is a qualified tribunal secretary of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC). He obtained his Juris Doctor degree from the University of the Philippines College of Law after completing his Master of Arts in Humanities with Specialization in History (cum laude) and Bachelor of Arts in Humanities (cum laude) from the University of Asia and the Pacific. He teaches at the University of Asia and the Pacific and the Philippine Law School. #LTW2021

Wolora Afrin Rasna is a young dynamic social activist and an entrepreneur in the field of intellectual property. She was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2012. She completed her Masters in Tax Management from University of Dhaka in 2019 and she is also an Accredited Mediator at ADR-ODR International. She is the founder and President of Women in IP Bangladesh, an organization for women empowerment and protection of innovations by women from diversified fields of intellectuals in Bangladesh. WIPB provides awareness campaigns, educational and other specialized trainings and free legal support to its members. Wolora is mostly involved in providing intellectual property consultation, and alternative dispute resolution. Her passion in building legal infrastructure in new sectors for Bangladesh as a developing country does not limit her in pursuing her dreams. Creating positive impact in rural areas through workshops, and in films and media in collecting royalties and distributing it to the right holders are among her responsibilities to overcome any hurdles for its accomplishment. The first copyright society in Bangladesh is formed under her leadership in audio visual sector. She also served as a first IP Consultant for Bangladesh Copyright Office, Ministry of Cultural Affairs in 50 years. #LTW2021

Enrolled on the rolls of The Bar Council of India through the regional council of Maharashtra & Goa, Mr. Buch’s practice areas are Commercial & Corporate litigation, International Maritime Laws, Transportation & Trade Law, Dispute Resolution, Constitutional Law, Technology Media and Telecommunications and White Collar Crime. His primary forum of practice is Bombay High Court and Supreme Court of India but appears across courts and tribunals across India. Mr. Buch is one of the few lawyers in India engaged in International Space Law both on the advisory and dispute resolution fronts. With vision set for preparing for the future of the Legal Industry, Mr. Buch has not limited his practice to the aforesaid and has expanded over the years in engaging himself in private clients based practice, advising and providing formal legal opinions to Governments both Indian & Foreign as well as to Multi-National Companies on various other laws like Energy Law, Acquisition & Mergers, Business Structuring and Tender Management. With his current role at MZM Legal, a full service law firm leading in White Collar Crime and Dispute Resolution, Mr. Buch has merged his practice with the firm to open his avenues to expand the mutual avenue for representation of high stake clients and complex positions of law. Personally, Mr. Buch is passionate about traveling, reading, blogging and photography. He discusses his opinions on various aspects with a legal angle on his blog, www.Nascent-counsel.blog He is a regular speaker at academic institutions and law schools. He asserts his belief that if nobility was ever defined by a profession, it would be Academics. #LTW2021

Meenakshi completed her Law from Kishinchand Chellaram Law College, Mumbai in 2008. She has versatile experience in mergers & acquisitions, private equity and investments, foreign investments policies (FEMA), corporate & commercial transactions; capital market, ecommerce, real estate, infrastructure, employment & labour matters. Meenakshi’s experience in working with top law firms of India like the AZB & Partners, Thakker & Thakker, ARA Law, and Singhania & Co., has helped her to guide RMA Legal to its current position in the market. #LTW2021

Ayush heads the disputes practice in the Mumbai office of the firm. Prior to joining K Law, Ayush was associated with some of the largest firms in India, AZB & Partners and Khaitan & Co. Ayush has advised several corporate power houses and multinational companies, both domestic and international spanning various industries and sectors. He has extensive experience in sectors including shareholder disputes, infrastructure, insurance, petrochemicals, debt and equity financing, telecom, hospitality, manufacturing, information technology and consumer. Ayush has advised and acted in various high-stake matters and matters which led to landmark judgments being passed by courts in India. He is currently advising bondholders in a challenge to Indian Reserve Bank’s action of amalgamating a bank with a large Singapore headquatered bank and an association of 1000 importers in the Indian Government’s inaction against enforcement of certain shipping/import related notifications issued during the COVID-19 lockdown. Notably, Ayush was a part of the matter which laid down the law on: whether the issue of fraud can be arbitrated upon in Indian law; and the jurisdiction of courts for passing interim orders during enforcement of foreign awards in India. #LTW2021

Sarthak Sarin is a partner in Khaitan and Co’s corporate and commercial practice group. Sarthak has received B.B.A. LL.B. degree from Symbiosis Law School (Pune) and his MSc. in Law and Finance degree from St Anne’s College, University of Oxford (UK). Sarthak’s practice spans a range of areas including mergers and acquisitions, assets and business transfers and joint venture transactions and he regularly acts as a strategic advisor on particularly complex and often market leading control deals, growth capital investments, collaborations and exits transactions in India. Sarthak also specializes in structuring inbound foreign investments and has considerable experience in negotiating high value commercial contracts. He has also advised Indian and foreign clients on shareholder disputes in India. Sarthak has a wide range of industry / sector experience including print and digital media, FM radio broadcasting, technology and retail and e-commerce. #LTW2021

Mansi Sinha is a practicing attorney in India. She is working as a retained litigation lawyer, also the Associate Partner at UCOL, Advocates & Consultants, a pan India all service law firm. She is also regularly engaged as a legal and compliance consultant for India Bound, a niche GRC Firm in India, globally known as Worisgo. She has done her Bachelors of Law from Government Law College, Bombay, University of Mumbai. She also holds an MBA degree. In the short span of Mansi’s career, she has had the opportunity of working with a variety of corporate entities and individuals, from Fortune 500 companies to small scale businesses in India. Frequently advises on a wide range of arbitration matters, both commercial and international, as well as arbitration related to court matters. She has worked on multi-million dollar litigations concerning the Indian Government, multinationals, and other organizations. She works with organizations to develop and implement their strategy for operating in India. Over the years, she has gained experience in energy and infrastructure disputes, disputes arising from contractual arrangements in PPPs, government tenders, auto leasing, power, real estate, banking & finance. Has worked extensively on white collar crimes, general corporate advisory, Writ jurisdiction at the High Court and Supreme Court, and disputes relating to complex financial products and fraud. Often provides legal and compliance risk gap analysis for multinational companies. Conducted the World Bank Integrity Compliance program for an infrastructure company in India to enable it to get itself re-listed with World Bank, as well as compliance & legal risk audits for multi-national hospitality companies in India. Analyzed and structured the hotel’s safety and asset protection mechanism concerning fire and health hazard. She advises on HSSE issues for companies in India. Mansi has conducted fraud investigations and white-collar crime detection programs in a large infrastructure project. She often works on projects to analyze key-evidence to substantiate breach and embezzlement in the company. General corporate advisory with respect to FCPA mandates for acquiring controlling shares of Indian companies and the peripheral liabilities of the parent investor company arising out of such investment. Besides this, Mansi has been actively involved in many pro-bono cases and Public Interest Litigations on a number of social issues such as cross-border child abductions, custodial battle of warring parents in family litigations, safety of women, children and elderly in public transport, safety of women litigants, lawyers and court staff – in court precincts, law firms, police stations, tribunals, commissions and so forth. Mansi has been proactively participating in the creation of a few assistive tools since 2018.She has worked with teams working on employee safety tools and risk management tools. These tools shall enable simplification of key decision-making aspects of the management. She has also developed three websites for various organizations. Mansi is currently working on developing a market mapping tool based on complex algorithms and legal nuances. She is also an author of two published papers – “Rights of the Just Born and the Unborn” and “Survival - Africa against the Sea Goons”. #LTW2021

Firm believer of the theory “Create your own path". Mother of two, wife to an entrepreneur, and general counsel at TheCapitalNet. She is an avid reader and likes to stay on top of the market developments and the industry particularly start-up and alternative investments ecosystem, she also follows legal developments in general, happening through various parts of the world. A classic example of breaking the professional timelines drawn by society when it comes to starting her professional journey. She earned her Law Degree at the time when both her kids were under 5 years of age. She did it only because a Masters in Economics was not enough to satiate her soul, who is a constant learner and never settles for less. Her journey has been very interesting: from being Mrs India Worldwide finalist to a fitness trainer, a certified yoga teacher, a blue belt in kungfu to a corporate lawyer. She enjoys her life as a mother. More than teaching the kids it's the learning that has come from them which she cherishes. A woman who made use of her time and enhanced her learnings, skills and experiences and decided to create her own path. #LTW2021

A graduate of National Law University Jodhpur and having done her LLM in Intellectual Property from The George Washington University Law School, Ms. Agarwal worked as a patent prosecution assistant at Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C (Virginia) before starting her journey at Anand and Anand. Ms. Agarwal is now a partner at Anand and Anand and is intricately involved in intellectual property litigation including Patents, Trademarks, Copyright and Designs. Ms Agarwal has been part of the team that has procured various landmark decisions including the decision in the first post-trial patent litigation in India (F. Hoffmann La Roche v Cipla (2015). Ms. Prachi is a licensed attorney in the Commonwealth of Virginia and is registered with the Bar Council of Delhi. She is an expert in the field of Patent Litigation and Legal Research while having detailed knowledge of Trademarks, Copyrights and Designs. Having more than 10 publications, Ms. Prachi brings to the table her expertise in the field of Intellectual Property and is an asset for the legal fraternity. #LTW2021

Rishabh is a partner of M/s. Prime Juris, Advocate & Solicitors, which primarily practices in Civil, Corporate and Commercial Litigation. Rishabh has served as lead counsel in several matters involving intricate and complex legal issues while representing various Corporate Houses, Financial Institutions, Startups and High-Net-Worth Individuals before Supreme Court of India, Delhi High Court, Tribunals such as National Company Law Tribunal, National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission, etc and before District courts. With his years of experience, while working with various Senior Advocates and Tier 1 law firms, he has been exposed to multifarious and multifaceted legal issues. Post his LL.B from Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Rishabh completed his Post-Graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Rights and Masters in Corporate Law.

Puneet has over 20 years of experience in advising leading multinational and Indian companies in setting up operations in India, structuring business models and supply chains, optimizing tax exposures, contract review and undertaking compliance with Indirect tax laws. He has a rich experience in litigation and has successfully represented clients’ interest before various judicial fora across India. Puneet is a regular speaker in seminars/workshops across India on diverse Indirect tax issues. He specializes in laws relating to Goods and Services Tax, excise duty, service tax, customs duty including foreign trade policy and free trade agreements, value added tax, special economic zones and State Governments’ incentive schemes. Prior to NITYA, Puneet was a partner with BMR and Associates, LLP and Lakshmikumaran and Sridharan in their Indirect tax practice. Puneet is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, having held All India merit position in CA Finals. He also holds a bachelor’s degrees in Commerce and Law from University of Delhi. Puneet has been ranked amongst 40 outstanding legal professionals who are under the age of 40 in the Asia region in the third annual list of ‘Asian Legal Business’ magazine. #LTW2021

Vineet has extensive experience in working with both Indian and foreign companies, as well as with government authorities. While his experience is vast in relation to transactions and advisory in India. He has also advised clients in other jurisdictions including Singapore, the United States, the United Kingdom, Finland and the Middle East. Client feedback has highlighted the value his experience and commercially sound legal advice has added to their transactions handled by him. He has a plethora of experience across sectors such as corporate commercial, mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity, compliance audit, retail, hospitality, employment, e-commerce, education, healthcare, aviation, white collar crimes, etc. He has provided specialized transactional and advisory services across sectors, covering diverse areas. He has been a director on the board of Indian subsidiaries of various multinational companies. To name a few, Vineet has been a director on the Board of Crate & Barrel, Renold, Continental, Contract Pharmacal, Superdry, Manuli Hydraulics. He has been recognised and awarded for his excellence in corporate laws over many years by many forums. #LTW2021

Saurabh Bagaria completed his five year law course and obtained his B.S.L (Bachelor of Social Legal Sciences) and LL.B. (Bachelor of Laws) degrees from University of Pune, India. Subsequently I pursued my LL.M (Master of Laws) from University of Warwick, UK in International Economic Laws. I was awarded the “South East Asian Schorlaship” (Partial scholarship) from the University of Warwick for the LL.M. course. Revenue/tax laws have always interested him. After having completed his LL.B and LL.M, he started his legal practice in Kolkata. Its been more than a decade’s experience now. His areas of practice have predominantly been tax and allied laws including income tax, transfer pricing, GST, excise, customs, service tax, anti-dumping, VAT/sales tax, foreign exchange, benami property, black money, money laundering etc. He regularly practice before the Hon’ble Calcutta High Court. He also appear before Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, West Bengal Taxation Tribunal and other quasi-judicial forums. Over the years he have been able to achieve considerable market outreach with clients from various sectors such as FMCG, iron, cement and steel, coal and mining, jute, telecommunication, real estate, oil and gas, railways, pharmaceutical, tea, automobiles, traders, import-export, software, academic, tobacco and allied products, government companies and various other manufacturers and service providers and individuals including high net-worth individuals. He is also a regular panelist in the Union Budget discussions at various forums. Several cases argued by him have been reported in leading law reports throughout the country. #LTW2021

Having completed his LLB (Hons) from University of London with a 1st class in 2007 and his Bar Vocational Course from BPP Law School (UK) in 2008, Khan Khalid Adnan was called to the Bar of England & Wales from the Lincoln’s Inn. Since 2009 he started practising law in Bangladesh and in 2013 he got enrolled as an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. Barrister Adnan is the Managing Partner and Head of the Chamber of “Khan Saifur Rahman & Associates” and his areas of expertise are criminal law, judicial review, tort law including road traffic accident and clinical negligence cases, real estate law, corporate law, arbitration and mediation. He is also the Managing Partner and Vice Principal of Cambridge Business and Law Academy, a recognised teaching centre of the University of London based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is a regular contributor in several dailies and law journals. He has been engaged with more than 10 multinational and national companies as their legal adviser and panel lawyer. He has been relentlessly working on the development of laws of the road traffic accident and clinical negligence cases which areas are significantly underdeveloped in Bangladesh. #LTW2021

Nitin singh Bhati is an experienced startup lawyer, Arbitrator, Mediator, Negotiator, and Lawyer with a demonstrated history of working in the legal services industry for last 15 years. Strong legal professional skilled in ADR(Arbitration), Legal Writing, Corporate Law, Trials,INTERMEDIARY PROTECTION,CYBER LAW and Intellectual Property. #LTW2021

Highly revered in the commercial and financial services sector, Soumitra has vast experience advising clients on Corporate Finance including Debt Finance and Private Equity, Joint Venture setups and exits, Mergers & Acquisition including domestic and cross border acquisitions and General Corporate Matters. He is associated with one of India’s oldest law firm Fox Mandal and is currently based out of Bangalore. With over 12 years of experience Soumitra is one of the youngest partners in his firm and oversees the expansion of the Corporate Commercial vertical of the firm in Bangalore, Mumbai and Pune. Soumitra has been advising all types of financial institutions and other entities on a wide range of matters with a special focus on Investment Funds, IT/ITES sector, Manufacturing & Automobile sector and start-ups. He specializes in managing commercial transaction advisory including legal due diligence, documentation, negotiation and transaction closing support. As a transactional counsel, Soumitra believes in value addition, practical lawyering and personally involves in transaction structuring/advisory services, handholding clients on legal compliances which are required for business operations in India under various domestic and foreign exchange laws. Soumitra is a member of the IPBA and has been a speaker at its conferences. He is a regular speaker at the Start-up Leadership Program in Bangalore & Pune, at the Global INcubation and SERVices (GINSERV) as well as various legal educational institutions. Soumitra has been a key member responsible for the corporate & commercial practice being awarded as a winner by the Indian Business Law Journal where clients have particularly complemented his “commercial wisdom”. He is considered as a “Recommended Lawyer” in 2021 for Corporate & Commercial practise by Legal 500 and has been awarded as the “India Rising Star” by Asian Legal Business recently in February 2021. #LTW2021

Divyam is a Partner with J. Sagar Associates, New Delhi, and a member of the firm’s Dispute Resolution practice. Divyam was made a partner in 2016 at a young age of 29. Divyam is a dual-qualified Indian Advocate and Solicitor, England & Wales and has developed a niche for advising on complex issues arising out of multiple jurisdictions. He is a qualified Advocate-on-Record at the Supreme Court of India and has been regularly engaged in contentious and high-stakes disputes, which have resulted in landmark judgments. Divyam is a leading practitioner of arbitration law, and has represented several multinational corporations, banks, financial institutions, and business houses in high-stakes domestic, international commercial arbitrations. Divyam’s practice also focuses on shareholder disputes, commercial litigation, and insolvency and bankruptcy matters. He read law at the Amity Law School, New Delhi in 2007, and thereafter completed his Masters-in-Law from the London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) in 2008, specialising in commercial arbitration. #LTW2021

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