Legal Era hosted mega flagship 12th Annual India conclave on 24th to 26th August 2023 at Hotel Hyatt Regency, New Delhi. The conference saw more than 500+ professional participation from 12+ countries globally and across cities in India. The who’s who participated and deliberated at the India Conclave 2023. Please click here to read more about the India Conclave 2023.
On the day 2 of the India Conclave, 25th August 2023, Legal Era proudly hosted and marked the Global Achievers Awards 2023 “Recognizing Cross-Border (India Desk) Lawyers for their Legal Finesse, Innovation & Accomplishments.” This was an occasion to celebrate legal finesse, innovation, and accomplishments of the top Cross Border (India Desk) Lawyers from Global Firms who lead and assist all the inbound and outbound legal work while working with Indian clients in Indian geographies.
Our Chief Guest for the evening was Honourable Shri R. Venkatramani, Attorney General of India who felicitated finest Cross Border Lawyers
Legal Era Global Legal Media Group, a Think Tank of Global Experts, Lawyers & Law Firms has diversified into a mega global think tank of expert professionals in the field of business and law. It has been anticipating the needs of the legal community and empowering them with tools to succeed in these rapidly-changing times. The brand plays a leading role in thought leadership and policy debates by being the global voice of the legal fraternity.
Legal Era acknowledged the global icons who played a key role in transforming the legal landscape as cross-border lawyers. The cross-border legal professionals seated at the Indian Desk and who are assisting in the inbound and outbound legal work while they work with the Indian clients have been playing a pivotal role.
And Legal Era is conscious of the fast-growing need for both inbound and outbound legal assistance in emerging markets and equally conscious of the need to recognize the faces delivering such unique skill-sets and high-value assistance rendered over multi-jurisdictional matters.
The Legal Era team conducted extensive and exhaustive research that assessed the leading Cross-Border Lawyers from Global Firms and rewarded the deserving ones, rightfully. Based on review & data, the team shared the information with a panel of judges, an accomplished and independent fleet of stalwarts of the legal industry, and multi-jurisdictional matters experts, who thoroughly examined and churned out unbiased ranks. Out of the umpteen nominations received, 90 cross border lawyers were shortlisted and from those, 30 winners were finalized – the most competent and credible Cross-Border Lawyers from Global Law Firms who have been making an exceptional contribution to their firms, the legal industry, and the world of business and law, across continents. The Awards’ Categories included diverse practice areas such as Corporate, law, M&A, Capital market, Dispute resolution, Banking & Technology.
Aakriti Raizada, Founder, Legal Era, well known for her vision to create One Voice One Community for knowledge-sharing across the Global Business – Legal Industry. Driven by unflinching commitment to create opportunities and showcase the stellar talent of the country, Ms. Aakriti epitomized the uniqueness of the awards as she invited a huge round of applause for each one of the finalists for navigating the unchartered waters of the global pandemic and carving a niche for themselves as Cross-Border (India Desk) Lawyers.
Especially noting the significant role these lawyers played in placing India on the global map as a favored nation for investments and galvanizing our economic growth,
Legal Era has set another benchmark at rewarding the Cross-Border (India Desk) Lawyers’ fraternity with global visibility and relationship-building opportunities like no other. This platform, the next Edition of the Global Achievers Awards 2024 and the potential for opportunities are only set to grow in the times to come.
And the Winners are:
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CATEGORY |
WINNER NAME |
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Cross Border Lawyer of the Year – Capital Market |
Amit Singh, Linklaters |
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Cross Border Lawyer of the Year – TMT |
Ashish Chugh, Baker McKenzie |
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Leadership Excellence awards for India Desk |
Ashok Lalwani, Baker McKenzie |
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Cross Border Lawyer of the Year – Corporate Finance |
Biswajit Chatterjee, Hogan Lovells |
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Cross Border Lawyer of the Year – Banking & Finance |
Debopam Dutta, Trowers & Hamlins |
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Cross Border Lawyer of the Year – Dispute Resolution |
Dr. Markus Burgstaller, Hogan Lovells |
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Cross Border Lawyer of the Year – Dispute Resolution |
Gautam Bhattacharyya, Reed Smith |
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Cross Border Lawyer of the Year – Corporate & M&A |
Jacky Scanlan-Dyas, Partner, Hogan Lovells |
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Cross Border Lawyer of the Year – Corporate & M&A |
Jai Pathak, Gibson Dunn |
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Cross Border Lawyer of the Year – Capital Market |
Jamie Benson, Duane Morris & Selvam |
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Cross Border Lawyer of the Year – Green Energy |
Karthik Kumar, Orrick |
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Cross Border Lawyer of the Year – Investigations, Compliance & Ethics |
Mini VandePol, Baker McKenzie |
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Star Women Lawyer of the Year – Leadership & Excellence |
Nipun Gupta, Bird & Bird |
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Cross Border Lawyer of the Year – Dispute Resolution |
Nish Shetty, Clifford Chance |
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Cross Border Lawyer of the Year – Immigrations |
Pat Saini, Pennington |
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Cross Border Lawyer of the Year – Dispute Resolution |
Philip D’Costa, Pennington |
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Cross Border Lawyer of the Year – International Trade |
Philippe Reich, Baker McKenzie |
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Cross Border Lawyer of the Year – Infra & Energy |
Priyank Srivastava, Duane Morris & Selvam |
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Cross Border Lawyer of the Year – Banking & Finance |
Ranajoy Basu, McDermott Will & Emery |
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Cross Border Lawyer of the Year – Dispute Resolution |
Sarosh Zaiwalla, Zaiwalla & Co |
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Cross Border Lawyer of the Year – Capital Market |
Siddhartha Sivaramakrishnan, McDermott Will & Emery |
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Cross Border Lawyer of the Year – Corporate |
Sivanesan Sivagnanaratnam, Dentons Rodyk & Davidson |
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Cross Border Lawyer of the Year – Mergers & Acquisitions |
Stephanie Keen, Hogan Lovells |
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Cross Border Lawyer of the Year – Corporate |
Taeko Suzuki, Nishimura & Asahi |
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Cross Border Lawyer of the Year – Technology |
Ulrich Bäumer, Osborne Clarke |