KIAT SENG LEE
Lee Kiat Seng is an experienced compliance & legal professional with a breadth and depth of experience in helping companies and clients navigate the challenging business environment of the Asia Pacific region and beyond. He has spent the past 6 years helping South East Asia tech unicorns in quick succession to establish and scale up the governance, risk and compliance functions. Before this, he was the Senior Compliance Officer, Asia, in Fujitsu. having charge of Fujitsu’s operations in Asia, including China. Prior to taking up the in-house roles, Kiat was a partner of Baker & McKenzie, based in Singapore. He was a member of the Firm’s Asia Pacific Restructuring & Insolvency Steering Committee, the Asia Pacific Compliance Task Force as well as the Asia Pacific Dispute Resolution Steering Committee. Kiat Seng has advised and represented clients in Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia,
JOSEPHINE RAJENDRA
Dr. Josephine Bhavani Rajendra is the Head of Legal, Regulatory & Compliance at Ambani Consultancy & Trading. Her diverse experience in practice includes a broad range of civil, criminal, commercial, maritime, restructuring, and mergers & acquisitions matters. She possesses extensive experience in corporate governance, compliance, law department management and securities regulations. Currently, her key responsibilities include developing risk mitigation strategies, providing proactive, in-depth legal business-focused advice, and implementing initiatives to set and reinforce a culture of integrity, quality, and ethical behaviour. She is acknowledged by peers, subordinates, and senior leadership for her tenacity and the ability to gracefully manage the dynamics of a rapidly transforming environment. Josephine holds a Doctorate degree in Law specializing in the field of Artificial Intelli
KALPANA DIGAMBER SANAP
A lawyer effectively handling versatile positions as that of a Partner at Vidhikarya LLP (a Pan India serving law firm), Kalpana Digambar is a Webster University certified International Business law practitioner, a General Secretary of Women’s Division, India Chapter and Distinguished Member at senior advocate Adish Aggarwala’s International Council of Jurists, London. Her passion to spread awareness of law and implement it to the fullest is born from day to day life experiences which drives her research for legal solutions to exceptional quality. Adv. Kalpana is a trial lawyer advocating for almost every possible category of human development in perspects individually, socially and through businesses
KAPIL S JOSHI
Kapil S. Joshi holds experience of working as a legal counsel for 10 years with a diverse work experience in top-tier law firms and Big4 in the past. He has rich work experience in advisory and litigation in indirect tax and also regularly advises clients on investment, transaction structuring, drafting, and negotiations. Mr. Joshi has also appeared before different quasi-judicial bodies and Tribunals. After his joining as Heads-Operations at The LegalBook and TanRaa Legal, Mr. Joshi has moved from his professional legal career to a Firm Management role. Holding a strong business sense and commitment, he is recognized for providing remarkable legal support and guidance for the conducting of businesses of all volumes.
JYOTI MAHESWARI
Having over 20 years of extensive experience in Mergers & Acquisitions, General Corporate Commercial, Infrastructure, Structured Finance, ECB, FDI, Jyoti Maheshwari’s experience ranges from inbound and outbound investments along with dealing with regulatory authorities to advising a huge number of corporates on their acquisitions. Currently, she is the Senior Vice President, Head Legal, Hitachi Payment Services Private Limited, where she heads the corporate legal department of the organization. Jyoti has been a part of various law firms like Khaitan & Co., Hemant Sahai Associates and others before starting on her own. She has been the recipient of the Star Women Lawyer of the Year – 2022 by Legal Era and has also been ranked as a Notable Practitioner 2020 by ILFR 1000.
JAYDEEPSINH ZALA
Jaydeepsinh Zala is a legal professional with more than 15 years of experience in the areas of Real Estate and Corporate Laws. He has been associated with Kamendu Joshi & Associates as Senior Associate Partner for over 8 years and is currently based out of Ahmedabad. Mr. Zala has gained significant industry expertise across diverse sectors such as Real estate, manufacturing, logistics, media, pharmaceuticals, financial services, shipping, technology, and engineering, infrastructure, and health. Presently, he is catering through Kamendu Joshi & Associates to Listed / Unlisted enterprises, mid-sized firms, and Start-Ups. He advises his clients across a whole gamut of transactions essential for the functioning of any organization in the economic-legal environment. Mr. Zala has also recently advised many Manufacturing, FMCG, and Food processing companies – global and Indian listed entities
JOMOL JOY
omol is a 2014 law graduate from National law Institute University, Bhopal and is qualified to practice law in India. Having started as a full time Disputes lawyer, Jomol Joy is now transitioning into a transactional law specialist with expertise in mergers, private equity, venture capital investments and general corporate advisories. Her practice areas include Cross-Border Mergers & Acquisition, Corporate Financings, Private Equity Transactions, Securities & Commercial Litigation, Dispute Resolution, and more. Jomol’s deals experience cuts across sectors to include information technology, manufacturing, automotive, food and beverage, agriculture and agri-tech and e-commerce. She regularly advises and counsels the senior management on corporate governance, policies and strategy initiatives. As a commercial disputes lawyer, she has represented multinational corporations, educational
DANIEL HO
Daniel is an engineer-turned-lawyer in the Singapore office of Baker McKenzie, one of the world’s largest law firms and named the world’s leading law firm brand for the past 12 years. Daniel specializes in dispute resolution, project advisory and contract drafting services for international construction, infrastructure, engineering and energy projects all around the world – including Singapore, India, China, Korea, Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Dominican Republic, the Maldives, Bahrain, Vietnam, Taiwan, Myanmar, as well as offshore projects such as Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) units and offshore oil and gas platforms. On the dispute resolution front, Daniel has appeared in international and domestic arbitrations administered by various arbitral institutions (e.g., the International Chamber of Commerce, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, the Internati
GOPALAN SURYA N
A Practising advocate in Madras High Court and Supreme Court for nearly 30 years, Gopalan Surya Narayanan is the Founder/Senior Partner “GSJ Legal”. His expertise lies in Civil/Commercial litigation, Arbitration, taxation, Constitutional Law, intellectual property Law, including Commercial documentation, real estate documentation, banking, finance and is advisor to Several Corporates and Banks. He completed his training as Mediator by the Supreme Court of India and Civil/Commercial Mediation and Master Class by ADR ODR International and Member of SIMI. Gopalan Surya Narayanan has also published a book titled “Tamil Nadu Court Fees and Suits Valuation Act”.
JAYESH GAURAV
Dr. Jayesh Gaurav is a practising advocate of the Supreme Court of India. He has a dynamic career with rare combination of educational background of law & software engineering, management and Doctorate in Cyber Law. In a short span of legal practice, he made a mark in the profession and attracted attention of several public sector, private companies, organisations, educational institutions and general litigants for representing them before the Supreme Court and various High Courts, Tribunals etc. To his credit there are approaching 300 reported landmark cases conducted by him. He has been standing counsel of Pollution Control Board, Electricity Board, State Government, Government Undertakings, Railways, University and Various colleges and appeared for various private litigation. He has been resource person of National Judicial Academy, State Judicial Academy imparting training to judges,
