AYAN CHAKRABORTY
Ayan is well-known in the insurance industry for his expertise in managing complaints filed with the Insurance Ombudsman, contract management, life insurance-related advisories, and labour laws. In his five-year career, he has had extensive experience in process auditing, writ litigation, criminal complaints, and advising on POSH matters. In addition to his business acumen, he considers his skills pertaining to data management, data analysis, and risk identification to be the most important factors in his development as an in-house legal professional. He completed his graduation from the M.S.Ramaiah College of Law in Bangalore. Ayan began his career with Exide Life Insurance Company Limited before joining Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance Company Limited. He is currently serving Reliance Nippon Life Insurance Company Limited as a Senior Manager in its legal department and wishes to broaden
BARRISTER MIAN BELAL AHMAD
Barrister Mian Belal Ahmad is a third-generation legal practitioner of his family by profession. After attaining an overall 2:1 with a First in Company Law in his undergraduate law degree, at the age of only 21, Belal was one of the youngest Barristers to be called to the Bar of England & Wales by the Honorable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, London, UK. In 2019, at the age of only 30, Belal went on to become one of the youngest Advocates of the Honorable Supreme Court in the history of Pakistan, with a significant number of reported judgments to his credit. Belal has consistently been recognised by the legal directories as one of the leading advocates in commercial litigation, international arbitration, banking, administrative and constitutional law. He is presently the Managing Partner of Mian Nisar Ahmad & Co., a premier law set established in 1956 by his late grandfather, Mr. Justice (R) M
BHAWNA BAKSHI
A legal adviser based in the Singapore office of DFDL, Bhawna Bakshi holds a Master of Laws in International Business Law from National University of Singapore. She has also authored and presented several research papers in international conferences. Bhawna became a part of the DFDL team in 2017 after completing her Masters of Law. She worked in Myanmar for over two years and thereafter in 2020, relocated to Singapore to take a regional role. Her areas of practice are mergers & acquisitions, and banking & finance. Bhawna has worked on some of the most challenging and complex cross border transactions in Myanmar. As a part of the ASEAN Desk in DFDL, she continues to work on Myanmar related transactions and also assists on regional matters involving multi-jurisdictional advice in which DFDL operates or collaborates with local law firms.
AVANTI ANIL POREDI
With an astute mind, dedication and a well-built personality, one can achieve success in life. Avanti Poredi stood by these pillars, which made her enter the field of law, and excel in it. She pursued her legal education from the Rizvi Law College. Her areas of expertise in Law are Criminal, Civil, Family, Property, Corporate, Arbitrations and Securities. Avanti believes her success wouldn’t have been possible, if she didn’t have the guidance of Legal Counsel Ms.Latika Belindage. A kind hearted and extremely talented lady, with diversified practice in Maharashtra, she moulded Avanti with talents and taught her to fight and win any challenge that she comes across. Later, Avanti also worked with Novo Medi Sciences Pvt. Ltd. as the only Legal In-house and Single handed resolved Legal matters. Currently, she is all set for her new journey in 4B Networks Pvt. Ltd. as Assistant Manager-Legal.
ASHISH DEEP VERMA
Mr. Ashish Deep Verma is one of the dynamic, enterprising and prominent lawyers in Indian territory who has converted most of the cases in his favour while defending his clients at different levels of litigation and in different fields of legal arena with expertise in Corporate & commercial laws, International and Arbitration Laws, Civil and Criminal Litigation and in contractual and medical negligence cases as well as that of customs & excise laws. He is enrolled with the Bar at New Delhi with vast experience in the field of litigation and Corporate Law Practice. He is even a regular Speaker at International Events and Conferences and has been attending World IP Forum, Events organized by Indian National Bar Association and Russian Asian Legal Association and different State Law Universities at different National and International level. Mr. Verma has chaired an International Forum cond
ATUL JUVLE
Atul Gopalkrishna Juvle is a qualified lawyer, banker, F.C.S. and C.F.E. & MFM-JBIMS, DPC-certified, cert. Mediator, CFP’CM,MCirb. He has an experience of over 35 years, which includes working with a premier public sector bank (Bank of India), a NBFC & Merchant Banker, the Tata group- manufacturing & export House (TATA International Limited), US MNC- manufacturing & service company, HDFC Life Insurance company, Godrej Agrovet Limited. Atul has been ranked in top 100 GCs-2020, and has also been enlisted in the Forbes India in Top GC list. He is currently employed with Schindler India Private Limited, Swiss MNC, as Counsel- GC, Compliance officer & CS -India & South Asia & DPO.
MFUNDISI MNCUBE
Mfundisi Mncube is the Trade Compliance Director at ZTE Corporation, based in Dubai, UAE. With over 25 years of successful experience, stemming from his background in Logistics, International Trade & Shipping (import/export), he oversees Africa & the Middle East. He currently specialises in Customs & Trade Compliance, Regulatory Compliance, Sanctions Regulations, Export Controls, Risk Assessments & Management, Due Diligence, Audits, Training, Legal Support & Multijurisdictional Compliance as well as Strategic Business Support & Guidance. Mfundisi is a well-travelled convenor and regular Global Industry speaker at conferences organised worldwide, and has worked in over 50 countries across Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Europe. Mfundisi is a trusted strategic business partner who holds several qualifications from various reputable institutions including; a Bachelor of Business Degree in
AMITABH TEWARI
Mr. Amitabh Tewari is fourth generation lawyer practicing at the Punjab and Haryana High Court at Chandigarh. Mr. Amitabh Tewari graduated from Government Law College, Mumbai in 2014 and thereafter completed his Bachelor of Civil Law from University of Oxford. Later, he worked in the dispute resolution department of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Mumbai and Wadia Ghandy & Co. (Delhi) before starting his independent chambers in Chandigarh in 2018. He is also Junior Standing Counsel for the Union Territory of Chandigarh in the Central Administrative Tribunal, Chandigarh. Amitabh has a rich and diverse experience across various sectors of law including but not limited to Civil Law, Criminal Law, Corporate Law, Service Law, Sports Law, Real Estate Law.
ASHISH ANANT GURAV
Ashish Gurav is an Advocate with a Civil Engineering background along with post-graduation in Management with specialization in Finance. Thus, he has a unique combination of techno-commercial-legal expertise in the field of Construction Law. With over 28 years of experience in the field of Construction Law, he has handled over 65 major infrastructure projects in India and abroad till date. With his unique combination of expertise and experience, he has an independent practice and advises major construction companies in India on Risk Analysis, Contracts Drafting, Contracts Administration, Claims Identification and Substantiation as well as Delay Analysis. He also handles Arbitration matters pertaining to Construction Law with an enviable success record till date. He has handled matters pertaining to Transportation, Irrigation, Power, Real Estate, Mining, Medical Facilities and Commercial
KHONG ZHI JIAN
Khong graduated from the University of Waikato, NZ in 2012 with a conjoint Bachelors of Laws (honours) and also a Bachelors of Social Science, majoring in Political Science. In the same year of 2012, he was called to the Bar in the New Zealand High Court as a Barrister & Solicitor. His chambering commenced in Messrs Chew, Das & Jayaraja, where he was exposed to a broad & diverse range of litigation matters. After his admission in the High Court of Malaya as an Advocate & Solicitor in 2014, Khong joined the ranks of Messrs Yip & Co. as an associate, In mid-2017, Khong joined Messrs Jason Ng & Partners and was assigned the role of managing and leading the litigation department. Khong has continued to take the lead in all aspects of litigation in Tan & Khong Chambers. Throughout Khong’s years of experience, he has gain versatility in both civil & criminal matters, amongst which includes dea
