Advanced Corporate Law Upskill Diploma

Abhinandan Malik

Editor Publications & Director, EBC Learning

Abhinandan Malik is Editor (Publications) & Director at EBC, India's top law publisher. He is a graduate of NALSAR University of Law with an LLM from the University of Toronto. He has 10+ years of editorial experience, conceptualising, guiding and editing publications at EBC.

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Juhi Roy

Partner, Petkar Legal

Juhi Roy has previously worked as a Senior Associate in the General Corporate team of Argus Partners, Kolkata. She has also worked with Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Mumbai; Network 18 Media and Investments Limited, Mumbai; Wadia Ghandy & Co., Mumbai; and SA Partners, Mumbai.

Pradyumna Anil Purohit

Instructor & Editor, EBC Learning

Pradyumna is a Course Author, Instructional Designer, and Innovator at EBC Learning. He is also the Chief Academic Consultant at Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Peace Studies, O.P. Jindal Global University. He was formerly an Assistant Professor at Jindal Global Law School.

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Dr Aanchal M Dua

Instructor & Senior Consultant, EBC Learning

Dr Aanchal M Dua is an academician at heart and comes with more than 16 years of consolidated experience in the area of Legal Education and Research. She is a Doctorate in Law from Indian Law Institute, New Delhi and has been associated with various national and international universities like the Bangalore University, the University of Chicago and the University of Manchester. She specialises in Business/Corporate Law, Industrial Law, International Law and IPRs. She has authored a book on the Legal Environment of Business which is currently under publication and has a few publications to her credit in the area of Trade & Environment. She is associated with a start-up in the area of Financial Services as a legal advisor. She is very passionate about community services and leads a number of such projects with various NGOs engaged in the field.

Dr Charu Mathur

Instructor, EBC Learning & AOR, Supreme Court

Dr Charu Mathur is an Advocate on Record with the Supreme Court of India. She has over 20+ years of rich and diverse expertise in corporate, commercial, civil, criminal and constitutional law matters.

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Abhishek Sharma

Partner, Dentons LinkLegal

Abhishek Sharma has over 13 years of experience in handling disputes concerning the aviation sector (including airports) and civil and commercial disputes in various fora, including the Supreme Court of India. Previously, he was an associate in the law chambers of Mr Arun Jaitley, Senior Advocate.

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Aditya Singh Chandel

Partner, AZB & Partners

Aditya Singh Chandel has over 19 years of experience and specialises in Direct and Indirect Taxation, Income Tax Laws, International Tax, Goods and Services Tax, Foreign Trade Policy and Customs Law.

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Animesh Sinha

Partner, Animesh Sinha & Partners

Animesh Sinha is a Partner at Animesh Sinha & Partners. Previously, he worked at India’s premier dispute resolution law firm Karanjawala & Co. wherein he represented India's top corporate houses and high-income individuals in courts as well as in arbitrations. He commenced his independent practice at the young age of 24 and represented the top insurance companies in complicated litigations before the Supreme Court, High Court of Delhi and various Appellate Tribunals. He specialises in insurance law and his services have been retained by several insurers, top companies and other insurance intermediaries in India. Moreover, he also specializes in arbitration, infrastructure, contracts and corporate law. Animesh appears in courts and arbitrations and has been retained by several companies for non-contentious legal advisory and transactions.

Amrish Garg

Co-Founder, Finvox Analytics

Amrish is a CA, CFA and a Registered Valuer with 12+ years of experience in fundraising, transaction support services, business valuations, purchase price allocation and complex instruments valuations.

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Avinash Sharma

AOR, Supreme Court

Avinash Sharma is an Advocate-on-Record at the Supreme Court of India with 17+ years experience in Competition, Litigation and Arbitration. He has successfully settled over 70 cases while acting as a DHCLSC Mediator.

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Dr Pratima Narayan

Advocate & Mediator, Co-founder, Techlawlogi Consulting LLP

Dr Pratima Narayan has served the legal academia for over 20 years as a visiting faculty at various reputed law schools and business schools. Her expertise lies in areas of commercial contracts, consumer law, e-commerce and Intellectual Property Rights.

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Dr Yugank Goyal

Associate Professor, FLAME University

Dr Yugank Goyal is an Associate Professor of Public Policy. Earlier he taught at Jindal Global Law School. His tryst with the Economics of Competition Law began while studying Masters at Erasmus University Rotterdam, where later, he also pursued his PhD in law and economics.

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Gandharv Jain

Co-Founder, Finvox Analytics

Gandharv Jain is a CA, CPA (USA), Registered Valuer and an Investment Banker with 15+ years of experience in conducting business valuations, raising funds for clients and structuring corporate transactions in compliance with foreign exchange laws.

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Ketan Mukhija

Partner, Dentons LinkLegal

Ketan has over 17 years of extensive experience in corporate restructurings, investment transactions, private equity, banking and finance, energy and infrastructure, real estate, telecommunications, and capital markets.

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Nilanjan Sen

Senior Partner, Seven Seas Partners LLP

An experienced lawyer with a family history in the profession, Nilanjan practices litigation in multiple jurisdictions across the country and is a specialist in diverse branches of law including writs, corporate, arbitration and ADR, consumer, civil, criminal and environment. He completed his LL.M. in International Dispute Settlement and Arbitration from Leiden Law School in the Netherlands and is additionally qualified as an Investment Treaty Arbitration specialist. He is currently a senior partner at ‘Seven Seas Partners LLP’, a boutique international law firm founded in 2019, with presence in India and the Netherlands (E.U.) and practicing on a variety of subjects of international as well as inter jurisdictional laws, including international arbitration, international tax and regulatory advisory. He is also on the Institutional Review Board of the Tata Medical Centre, a 130 million USD philanthropic cancer research centre and hospital managed & owned by the prestigious Tata Group.

Ruby Panchal

Assistant Professor, Jindal Global Law School

Ruby Panchal graduated with B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) from Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala in 2016. During her under-graduation, she specialised in Business and Commercial Laws. After graduating from RGNUL, she worked briefly with Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas wherein she worked on real estate due diligence matters. Thereafter, she worked with Singh and Associates, New Delhi with their Disputes Team, wherein she worked on several arbitration and litigation matters pertaining to infrastructure arbitrations, defamation suits, white collar crimes, insolvency disputes etc. She then completed her LL.M. with specialization in Comparative International Dispute Resolution and Business Laws from Queen Mary, University of London in 2018. Later on, she joined O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonepat wherein she currently teaches at the Law School and the Business School. Besides teaching law, she volunteers her time towards Robinhood Army in teaching children from slum areas.

Ruchi Jain

Independent M&A Advisor

Ruchi Jain is a rank holder CA with 15+ years of rich and diversified Big 4 (PwC & EY) and industry experience in M&A, strategy, deals structuring, tax due diligence, income tax, company law, FEMA, SEBI, and other allied regulatory laws. She has advised domestic as well as international clients, promoters/founders, startups and investors on various inbound and outbound buy side and sell side transactions, business structuring, overseas expansions, India entry strategies etc. She also works with family offices on tax matters, family trust, succession planning, transactions, and restructuring.

Victor Nayak

Assistant Professor of Law, University of Engineering and Management

Victor started his academic career with the Institute of Law, Nirma University as an Assistant Professor in 2012 followed by the School of Law, Galgotias University in 2015.

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Ankit Jain

Partner, Acupro Consulting

Ankit Jain qualified as Chartered Accountant in November 2013. He is a Graduate in Commerce and has completed Diploma in IFRS from ACCA, UK. Ankit is a Partner with Acupro Consulting which provides consulting services to multinationals. Acupro is a team of 70+ professionals and have served 500+ clients (including 350+ multinationals and 100+ start-ups and 20+ PE funds and other investors) in the last 10+ years and currently leads the Assurance practice at Acupro. Prior to Joining Acupro, Ankit has worked with KPMG in Statutory Audits Division. Ankit has served 50+ start-ups from incorporation to the IPO. He acted as due diligence partner for Zomato IPO, for Delhivery IPO and for Snapdeal IPO and is working for some other big IPOs of the country. Ankit has undertaken Statutory Audits, Tax Audits for various multinational companies and startups including some listed companies in India. He has advised clients on Accounting issues under Ind AS / IFRS and has been involved in Ind AS implementation of various companies in manufacturing and service sector. He has also undertaken IFC implementation projects for various multinational companies and Startups.

Armaan Patkar

Partner, Argus Partners (Solicitors & Advocates)

Armaan Patkar is a Partner at Argus Partners (Solicitors & Advocates). He is a seasoned Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity attorney with extensive experience advising corporates, private equity funds, and investment firms. He specialises in cross-border and domestic transactions, including public M&A and strategic deals. Armaan's sector expertise spans financial services, technology/technology platforms, and energy. He has also handled securities and financial regulatory matters and authored the book "Insider Trading: Law & Practice." Armaan was previously a principal associate at Algo Legal and has also worked as a senior associate at AZB & Partners, Mumbai. He is enrolled with the Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa.

Balwan Bansal

Co-founder, Acupro Consulting

Balwan Bansal is a rank-holder CA, qualified in May 2007; He is a registered valuer with IBBI, a CFA (from the USA) and an LLB too. He worked with Deloitte and Ernst & Young for 6 years. He is the Co-founder of Acupro Consulting and provides consulting services to multinationals. Now, they are a team of 70+ professionals and have served 500+ clients (including 350+ multinationals and 100+ start-ups and 20+ PE funds and other investors) in the last 10+ years. Balwan has served more than 100 start-ups from incorporation to the IPO. He acted as due diligence partner for Zomato IPO, for Delhivery IPO and for Snapdeal IPO and is working for some other big IPOs of the country. He has advised the clients on cross-border and domestic taxation issues including taxability of foreign companies and expatriates, withholding tax issues and structuring investments etc. He has involved in business valuation exercises and has issued various valuation reports to the clients

Paras Gupta

Vice President, Finvox Analytics

Paras Gupta has 5+ years experience in business valuations, purchase price allocation, complex instruments valuations, impairment testing, equity fund raising, due diligence and other Audit & Assurance engagements. He is a Chartered Accountant, Bachelor of Commerce. His technical skills include financial modelling, due diligence and valuation of complex instruments. Experience across industries such as Tech Startups, Power & Energy, FMCG, Retail, Specialized Manufacturing, Logistics, Media & Entertainment, Real Estate etc.

Sukriti Bhagat

Associate, Trilegal

Sukriti Bhagat is an Associate at Trilegal. She has also worked with Indus Law as an associate before joining Trilegal. She is a corporate lawyer with a focus on private equity, mergers and acquisitions. Her work involves research, drafting, reviewing, and conducting due diligence.

Saloni Sharma

Senior Associate, Apex Group Ltd.

Saloni Sharma is an experienced Company Secretary and Law Graduate with a diverse and rich professional experience of over 10 years in the industry. She has had the opportunity to work in various sectors, including real estate and insurance and additionally has extensive experience working in consultant roles within a company secretarial firm and a boutique law firm. She is currently serving as a Senior Associate at Apex Group, working on international laws. Saloni is committed to community service and has been actively volunteering at the Robin Hood Army for the past 8 years. Balancing her professional and personal life, a devoted mother of a two-year-old, she enjoys travelling, reading and dancing in her free time.

Narendra Joshi

Partner, M. P. Chitale & Co.

Narendra Joshi is a partner of M P Chitale & Co., Chartered Accountants, and a fellow member of the ICAI. He has over 12 years of experience; and has formerly worked for EY and PwC in assurance and tax practices, respectively. His experience and key strengths include accounting services, business setup advisory, international tax, transfer pricing advisory, regulatory/corporate structuring, and valuations. He has also been part of the IBC Committee of ICAI for 2021-22, the ICAI's Direct Tax Committee for FY 23-24 and was also empanelled as a reviewer on the Tax Quality Review Board of ICAI.

Kushank Sindhu

Advocate, Counsel & Partner, Sigma Chambers (Advocates & Solicitors)

Kushank Sindhu is a lawyer licensed to practice in India. He is enrolled with the Bar Council of India, Bar Council of Delhi and the Delhi High Court Bar Association. On account of his experience on the corporate advisory, transactions and litigation sides, he is well qualified to provide a 360 degree view on complex legal issues. He has not only played a pivotal role in assisting various startups by providing them with a holistic view on diverse legal issues but has advised established companies on taxation issues. He has successfully represented various companies as also individuals before the High Court of Delhi in complex tax matters. He also has experience in handling money laundering. His area of practice also includes handling arbitration as also insolvency matters. Apart from his regular legal practice, he engages considerably in academic research and writing.

Tishampati Sen

AOR, Supreme Court

Tishampati Sen did his LL.B. from NLU Jodhpur, then was awarded a Graduate Faculty Scholarship from NUS (Singapore) - wherein he pursued his LL.M. from NUS. He is skilled in Document Drafting, Drafting Agreements, Civil, Corporate - Commercial Litigation, Arbitration, International Arbitration, Company law and Consumer Law. He started his career by working in J Sagar Associates and was one of the few lawyers there to practise in both transactional and litigation side of law. He then joined Mr Gopal Subramanium’s chamber and thereafter set up his own practice. He is now an Advocate on Record of the Supreme Court, and has been involved in a number of key matters. He has successfully argued one of the primary and prominent class action matters involving data privacy, wherein he was representing the whistleblower in one of the first of its kind whistleblower suits in India. He was also a part of the special team formed under the aegis of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, to investigate and report on the management of affairs at the Lord Jagannatha Temple in Puri, Odisha.