Conversation with Vijaya Sampath, Chief Advisor to Chairman and Group CEO, Bharti Enterprises 02
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Jan 13, 2012 | Bar & Bench spoke to Vijaya Sampath, Advisor to the Chairman and Group CEO, Bharti Enterprises. She has more than 30 year of legal experience and has worked both as a Partner in a law firm and as in-house Legal Counsel. Vijaya talks about initial years of her career, the differences between working in a law firm and as in-house counsel, her role as GGC, the evolving position of in-house-counsel, work culture at Bharti and her future plans.
Conversation with former Solicitor General and BCI Chairman Gopal Subramanium 09
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Dec 19, 2011 | Bar & Bench spoke to Senior Advocate Gopal Subramanium, the former Solicitor General and BCI Chairman. He talks about his initial years as a lawyer, starting All India Bar Examination and his reasons for resigning from the post of Solicitor General. He also discusses his views on Lokpal as a solution to combat corruption and entry of foreign law firms.
Conversation with Lalit Bhasin, Managing Partner, Bhasin & Co. 06
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Nov 22, 2011 | “Entire Legal Profession in India is completely opposed to the Entry of Foreign Law Firms”: Bar & Bench spoke to Lalit Bhasin on his legal career, vision for his firm, entry of foreign law firms, SILF and lot more.
Conversation with Ganesh Natarajan, President & CEO of Mindcrest 02
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Oct 11, 2011 | Bar & Bench spoke to Ganesh Natarajan, a pioneering figure in LPO sector and the co-founder of one of the first Legal Outsourcing Company Mindcrest. Mindcrest was founded in 2001, when the term LPO was not even known. Prior to Mindcrest, Ganesh was a partner and led the India practice at McGuire Woods LLP, an international law firm of 900 attorneys. Ganesh shares with us the initial years of setting up Mindcrest and the challenges faced. He talks about the various kinds of work undertaken at Mindcrest, technology used in LPO sector, the recent trends in LPO space and the various developments taking place at Mindcrest.
Sep 20, 2011 | Bithika Anand founded Legal League Consulting, first management consulting company for legal industry and has over 20 years of experience in professional service domain. She talks about setting up LLC, decision to leave Amarchand, her vision for the firm, services provided to law firms and challenges she faced as a woman entrepreneur.
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