Talking Law: Pallavi Shroff, Senior Partner, Amarchand Mangaldas

Live Law spoke to Pallavi Shroff, Senior Partner at Amarchand Mangaldas who heads the Competition Law practice. Pallavi was named the Best Lawyer in Dispute Resolution at the inaugural Euromoney Legal Media Group Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2011 held in Hong Kong. She was also named Best Woman Lawyer of India at the Legal Era Law Awards 2012. In this conversation, Pallavi talks about her initial years, on being Justice P N Bhagwati’s daughter, her career and many other interesting...

Talking Law: Mysore Prasanna, Former Group General Counsel, Aditya Birla Group

Live Law spoke to Mysore Rangacharya Prasanna, former Group General Counsel of the Aditya Birla Group. After being an independent Counsel for about 7 years Prasanna worked as Head of the Legal function for over 28 years with different organizations like Alfa Laval, Brooke Bond India Limited (now part of Hindustan Unilever). Prasanna was the Chief Legal Officer of Larsen & Toubro Limited, Mumbai for seven years. For about 12 years, Prasanna was the General Counsel of the Aditya Birla Group,...

Talking Law: Alishan Naqvee, Founding Partner, LexCounsel, Law Offices

Live Law spoke to Alishan Naqvee, Founding Partner of LexCounsel Law Offices. Naqvee has consistently been nominated as a leading lawyer in the area of "Venture Capital and Private Equity".  He has extensive practice in the Indian corporate and transactional laws over the last 12 years. During the last couple of years, Naqvee has particularly been active in the litigation area, heading LexCounsel’s litigation practice.Live Law: Structuring Private Equity (PE) funds in India requires special...

Talking Law: Vijaya Sampath, Senior Partner, Lakshmikumaran and Sridharan

Live Law spoke to Vijaya Sampath, Senior Partner heading the corporate law practice of Lakshmikumaran and Sridharan. She has been in the legal profession for over thirty years as in house legal counsel for large Indian groups and multinationals and also a partner with a well known law firm. Until recently, Vijaya was the group General Counsel and Company Secretary of the Bharti group comprising over 100 lawyers in various group companies across multi jurisdictions.Live Law: After the surge...

Talking Law: Rajesh Narain Gupta, Managing Partner, SNG & Partners

Rajesh N Gupta has a vast breadth of experience in banking and corporate matters. He represents major international and private banks in India for their various legal needs. Mr. Gupta has been a special invitee by the IBA on the Committee constituted by RBI in connection with the amendment of Banking Regulation Act, 1949. A speaker at various forums in India and overseas on matters connected with Private Banking and Foreign Direct Investments in India, he has also co-authored books on banking...

Talking Law: G V Anand Bhushan, General Counsel at Cognizant Technology Solutions

Live Law spoke to G V Anand Bhushan, General Counsel at Cognizant Technology Solutions. Bhushan has decade long experience in corporate and commercial laws. A Fulbright scholar, in this conversation Bhushan speaks about his career, Cognizant, and many other interesting subjects.Live Law: You are a Fulbright Scholar and pursued your Masters in Law (LL M) from USA. Do you think that an LLM from a foreign University has contributed substantially to your career advancement?G V Anand Bhushan: Yes. I...