Are You A Grand Master?
Join India’s Elite In House Counsel Gathering

There Are In-House Counsel and There Are Grand Masters. Choose.
Do You Choose Client Delight Over the Billing Delight? Stand Out.
Have You Moved on from Court Room to Board Room? Differentiate.
Here’s a Wire-frame of the Power-Packed Sessions for the Summit:
#The Smarter GC – Are You in The Race?
#India Inc. 2.0 – The Great Indian Regulatory Drive – Pharma & Life Sciences Track
#India Inc. 2.0 – The Great Indian Regulatory Drive – Real Estate & Infra Track
#The Intellectual You – All About IPR & You
#The New India Dispute Resolution Wave – What’s Your Pick?
Organizational Participation
3M India, 9X Media, ABB India, Accel Partners, Accenture, ACCOR, Accuracy Adani Group, Adani Parts And SEZ, Adidas Group, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail ADP India, Advaya Legal, AGS Health, Ahuja Group, Air Infotech, Airtel, AkzoNobel India, ALMT Legal, Alpha Partners, Alstom, Amar Chitra Katha, Amar Ujala Publications, Amazon.in, Amdipharm Mercury (AMCo) Group, American Express, American Towers, Amicus Services, Amira Nature Foods, Anantraj, Ani Technologies, Ansal API, ArcelorMittal Distribution Solutions India, ARCIL, Ardent Legal, Aricent, Ashland India
Hierarchical Participation
Add. Chief Manager – Legal, Additional Manager – Legal, IP Attorney, AGM – Legal AGM Legal & Asst. Co. Sec., APAC Legal Counsel, Assistant Director, Assistant General Counsel Associate, Associate Director – Legal & Compliance, Associate Director Human Resources


Partnering with The Grand Masters 2025 Summit Series will enable you to brand and promote your service expertise to a unique and interesting set of senior in house counsel. Summit attendees include senior professionals interested in updating their knowledge and involved in legal and commercial elements of complex business deals. We have a set of standard branding solutions that we can customize based on your specific needs. For more details, contact:
Bhupinder Kaur | M: 09654155065
Neelima Maheshwari | M: 08800841600
Are You A Grand Master?
Join India’s Elite In House Counsel Gathering

There Are In-House Counsel and There Are Grand Masters. Choose.
Do You Choose Client Delight Over the Billing Delight? Stand Out.
Have You Moved on from Court Room to Board Room? Differentiate.
Here’s a Wire-frame of the Power-Packed Sessions for the Summit:
#The Smarter GC – Are You in The Race?
#India Inc. 2.0 – The Great Indian Regulatory Drive – Pharma & Life Sciences Track
#India Inc. 2.0 – The Great Indian Regulatory Drive – Real Estate & Infra Track
#The Intellectual You – All About IPR & You
#The New India Dispute Resolution Wave – What’s Your Pick?
Organizational Participation
3M India, 9X Media, ABB India, Accel Partners, Accenture, ACCOR, Accuracy Adani Group, Adani Parts And SEZ, Adidas Group, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail ADP India, Advaya Legal, AGS Health, Ahuja Group, Air Infotech, Airtel, AkzoNobel India, ALMT Legal, Alpha Partners, Alstom
Hierarchical Participation
Add. Chief Manager – Legal, Additional Manager – Legal, IP Attorney, AGM – Legal AGM Legal & Asst. Co. Sec., APAC Legal Counsel, Assistant Director, Assistant General Counsel Associate, Associate Director – Legal & Compliance, Associate Director Human Resources, Associate Manager – Legal Services, Associate Principal – Quality Programs, Associate V P & Head – IP Cell, Associate Vice President & Head Lega, Asst. Company Secretary, Asst. General Manager – Legal, Asst. Manager Legal, Asst. Manager Legal, Ast Director Legal, Attorney Legal


Partnering with The Grand Masters 2025 Summit Series will enable you to brand and promote your service expertise to a unique and interesting set of senior in house counsel. Summit attendees include senior professionals interested in updating their knowledge and involved in legal and commercial elements of complex business deals. We have a set of standard branding solutions that we can customize based on your specific needs. For more details, contact:
Bhupinder Kaur | M: 09654155065
Neelima Maheshwari | M: 08800841600
CITIES
SPEAKERS
SESSIONS
ATTENDEES
Past Official Messages
Messages from Various Legal Luminaries
Meet The Grand Masters!
Invited & Confirmed Speakers
ABHAYAN JAWAHARLAL
Global General Counsel, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
AKHILESH KUMAR MISHRA
Head - Legal, Ramky Infrastructure Ltd.
AMRESH TRIVEDI
Head - Legal, NATCO Pharma
ANSHUMAN JAISWAL
Group Head - Legal, Rainbow Children's Hospitals
Aparna Muthumula
Head of Legal and GM, Granules India
Guranpreet Singh Sarna
Partner, Dhir & Dhir Associates
IQBAL TAUSEEF
Director Legal Affairs - Country Head - India, TTEC
K. SUBODH KUMAR
Head, IP Services, Tata Consultancy Services
K.A.V. Prasad
General Counsel, Baldota Group
KARTHIKA VALAKUMARESAN
Head Legal And Secretarial, Renault Nissan Automotive India Pvt. Ltd.
Lakshika Joshi
Global Risk and Compliance - Head of Contracts Management and IPR, Harvard Business Publishing
MOHAMMAD OSMAN AKTHAR
Company Secretary, Director - Legal And Compliance, RealPage, Inc.
NAVROZE PALEKAR
General Counsel, Cyient
Nikshita Niranjan
Deputy Registrar, IAMC Hyderabad
PRADEEP GUPTA
Company Secretary and Head- Legal & Compliance, DBS Bank
Sachin Guha
Head- Business Risk and Compliance & Company Secretary, India, Diebold Nixdorf
SHUJATH BIN ALI
Chief Legal Officer, Fourth Partner Energy
SOPIN PEERZADE
India Legal Head, DuPont
SUDERSHAN PALLAP
AVP (Legal & Secretarial), Hetero Labs Limited - India
SWASTICA GOSWAMI
Corporate Counsel - APAC (Labour & Employment Law), Rimini Street
TARUNYA JAIN
Partner, TLH Advocates & Solicitors
Aditi Maheshwari
CEO, Vani Prakashan Group
ALOK SAXENA
Head - Legal & Compliance, Hippo Homes
Anubha Agarwal
Counsel International, United Airlines
ASHISH CHANDRA
Chief Legal & Risk Officer, Junglee Games
Bharat Singh
Senior Director & Associate General Counsel, Jacobs
Gaurav Mukerjee
Partner, Remfry & Sagar
Guranpreet Singh Sarna
Partner, Dhir & Dhir Associates
Karma Bhutia
Regional Director & Head - Legal - India & GCC. Board Member, Anarock
Kumar Ankit
General Counsel and Vice President, Shree Cement Ltd.
Lakshika Joshi
Global Risk and Compliance - Head of Contracts Management and IPR, Harvard Business Publishing
LYRIC DUBEY
Manager - Intellectual Property, Jio
Partha Banerjee
Director & Head Legal, Compliance & Regulatory Affairs, Niva Bupa
PRARABDHA R. JAIPURIAR
VP & General Counsel, SUEZ India
Rajiv Choubey
Senior Executive Director, Group GC & Chief Risk Officer, Dalmia Bharat Group
Ravi Bhasin
Senior Partner, AZB & Partners
S. CHANDRASEKHAR
MD & CEO, K&S Digiprotect Services
Samhita Choudhary
GM, Legal and IPR Head, DS Group
Sanjay Gulati
EVP & Group Head Corporate Tax- GST & Litigation, GMR Group
Saurabh Malhotra
General Counsel & Regional Compliance Officer, Intertek
Srijit Mukherjee
Group General Counsel, Node4 Ltd
Vani Mehta
Regional General Counsel - South Asia, GE Aerospace
Zameer Nathani
Group General Counsel, CarDekho Group
Amber Gupta
Head Legal (SVP), National Stock Exchange of India Ltd.
Anand Shetty
AVP & Head of Intellectual Property, Reliance Consumer Products, Reliance Retail
Arunima Jha
Head of Legal Compliance, KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd.
Atindra Basu
Group General Counsel & Company Secretary, Greaves Cotton
GARG VYAS
Senior General Manager - Legal, Cummins India
HARSHAKUMAR SHETTY
Head of Compliance, Bharat Serums and Vaccines Ltd.
Hiroo Advani
Senior Partner - Bharucha & Partners
Kaizad Adi Hazari
Group General Counsel, The Chatterjee Group - TCG Global
Karma Bhutia
Regional Director & Head - Legal - India & GCC. Board Member, Anarock
MAYUR VASANI
Head of Legal, Southern Asia | Director & CS, India, Kenvue
Naveli Reshamwalla
Associate Partner, Dhir & Dhir Associates
PRADYUMNA VENGURLEKAR
General Counsel, TresVista
PRIYANKA JAIN
Company Secretary and Compliance Officer - Lead-Compliance, Vivriti Asset Management
Rajendra Misra
EVP & General Counsel, The Indian Hotels Company Ltd. (IHCL)
Rajiv Mohapatra
Global Lead Legal Compliance, Mastercard
Revathy Muralidharan
Partner, IndusLaw
S. CHANDRASEKHAR
MD & CEO, K&S Digiprotect Services
Sandeep Chowdhury
Group General Counsel, Suzlon Energy Ltd.
SHWETA LADDHA
Vice President and Head-Compliance and Secretarial, Multiples Alternate Asset Management Pvt. Ltd.
Sonal Verma
Partner & Global Leader (Markets & Strategy), Dhir & Dhir Associates
SUDIPTA GHOSH
Head Of Legal, Real Assets - EAAA Alternatives
Vaibhav Dalvi
Vice President Legal, Welspun World
Aakanksha Munjhal
Partner, Saikrishna & Associates
Alpa Sood
Director, Legal - India, Marvell Semiconductor
Amit Anand
Lead Legal Counsel, Commonwealth Bank
Anoop Jain
Chief IP Counsel - Head IPR, Ather Energy
Chetan Chopra
Group General Counsel, TruKKer
Deepalakshmi Vadivelan
General Counsel & VP Legal, Global DPO, Quess Corp
Dinesh Vijayakumar
General Counsel, IBM India
Dr. Bejoy Namath
Global Leader Intellectual Property, Momentive
Hiranmai Rallabandi
General Counsel, WeWork
Jyothi V.K.
General Counsel & Sr. Vice President, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd.
Lahar Appaiah
Legal Counsel - IBM India/South Asia, IBM India
Neha Srivastava
Partner, Remfry and Sagar
Palecanda M Chinnappa
Partner, IndusLaw
Panduranga Acharya
General Counsel, Zepto
Rajinikandh A.R.S.
Head Legal & Compliance, Metro Cash & Carry India
S. CHANDRASEKHAR
MD & CEO, K&S Digiprotect Services
S. Ravi Shankar
Senior Partner,
Law Senate
S. Venugopalan Nair
Head - Legal & IPR, Cholayil (MEDIMIX) Group
Sathish K.R.
General Counsel & Company Secretary, Manipal Health Enterprises
Shreekanth Katti
India Head - Legal, Compliance and Data Privacy, Merck Group
Siddhartha George
Partner,
Poovayya & Co.
Sonal Verma
Partner & Global Leader (Markets & Strategy), Dhir & Dhir Associates
SWASTICA GOSWAMI
Corporate Counsel - APAC (Labour & Employment Law), Rimini Street
YAWAR USMANI
Group General Counsel & CS, Stellapps Technologies Pvt Ltd.
Meet The Grand Masters!
Invited & Confirmed Speakers
The Summit Agenda
REGISTRATION & WELCOME REFRESHMENTS
WELCOME REMARKS BY LEX WITNESS
RESERVED FOR SPECIAL ADDRESS
#THE SMARTER GC - ARE YOU IN THE RACE?
- GCs in the Boardroom: Leadership Strategies and Corporate Governance
- Tackling White Collar Crimes and Corporate Frauds: Prevention and Compliance
- Crisis Management: Navigating Regulatory Raids and Whistleblower Investigations
- GCCs adapting employment law to hybrid workforces, IP ownership, and cross-border compliance
- Transfer pricing, BEPS norms, and evolving tax scrutiny for GCCs
- ESG Compliance: Green Contracts, Litigation Risks, and Strategic Integration
- GC-Law Firm Dynamics: Optimizing Partnerships for Strategic Outcomes
- IPOs: Legal Framework, Risk Mitigation, and GC’s Critical Role
- Generative AI: Enhancing Efficiency and Fraud Detection in Legal Operations
- Cybersecurity and Data Protection: Navigating India’s DPDP Act
- Building Guardrails: Sector-Specific Implications of Technology Adoption
- Cross-Border Operations: Compliance, Governance, and Multi-Jurisdictional Challenges
NETWORKING BREAK
#INDIA INC. 2.0 - THE GREAT INDIAN REGULATORY DRIVE - PHARMA & LIFESCIENCES TRACK
- Streamlining regulatory approval across CDSCO, USFDA, EMA, and emerging jurisdictions
- Balancing clinical trial compliance with ethical and legal obligations across borders
- Aligning pharma marketing with UCPMP while curbing surrogate promotion tactics
- Navigating the complexities of USFCPA and UK Bribery Act
- Navigating pricing caps, DPCO mandates, and NPPA regulation amid litigation risks
- Managing product liability, consumer claims, and the fallout of recalls or warnings
#INDIA INC. 2.0 - THE GREAT INDIAN REGULATORY DRIVE - REAL ESTATE & INFRA TRACK
- RERA’s impact on buyer confidence and accountability enforcement for developers
- Regulatory overlaps between RERA and IBC and their effect on buyer protection
- Evolving jurisprudence around criminal liability and Supreme Court interventions
- Land title due diligence, ULPIN integration, and the role of GIS mapping
- Balancing stamp duty standardization with state autonomy in registrations
- Revisiting development control norms, zoning regulations, and land-use permissions
- Unpacking regulatory grey zones in branded residences and fractional ownership models
- Litigation risks in joint ventures, buyer compensation claims, and delayed handovers
- Structuring PPPs with equitable risk allocation and managing state interference
- Meeting environmental clearance norms – EIA, CRZ, and sustainability requirements
NETWORKING LUNCH
#THE INTELLECTUAL YOU – ALL ABOUT IPR & YOU
- GCCs safeguarding IP created in captive centers and managing SLA-related contractual risks – rules of the game
- Global Handshakes: Cross-Border Transactions and Multi-National Deals
- The Mediation Act 2023 and Alternate Dispute Resolution: Resolving IP Disputes
- Navigating the Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2024: Aligning Strategies for Competitiveness
- Patent linkage, evergreening strategies, and navigating Section 3(d) and Bolar exemption hurdles
- AI and Machine Learning in Copyrights and Patents
- Global IP Treaties and Their Influence on Indian Businesses
- Safeguarding IP created in captive centers and managing SLA-related contractual risks
- Protecting Trade Secrets in the Digital Age
- Monetizing Intellectual Property Assets: Turning Ideas into Revenue
- Strategies for Effective IP Enforcement: Combating Infringement
#THE NEW INDIA DISPUTE RESOLUTION WAVE - WHAT’S YOUR PICK?
- Mediation Act, 2023: Institutionalizing Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Draft Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2024: Addressing Inefficiencies and Delays
- Stamp Duty on Arbitral Awards: Resolving Framework Ambiguities
- Enforcement of Arbitral Awards: Navigating Legal Complexities
- Ad-Hoc vs. Institutional Arbitration: Making the Right Choice
- Cross-Border Dispute Resolution: Managing Multi-Jurisdictional Complexities
- Revised IBA Guidelines 2024: Addressing Conflict of Interest in Arbitration
- Arbitrability of Disputes Post Accord and Satisfaction: Supreme Court’s Clarification
- New Arbitration Guidelines by the Government of India: Enhancing Efficiency and Transparency
- Arbitration Bar of India: Standardizing and Strengthening Arbitration Practice
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