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

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