Lajita Rajesh, formerly Deputy Chief Counsel at AECOM's Asia division, has joined Cairn Oil & Gas as General Counsel.

She will be working out of the company's Gurugram office.

A 1995 law graduate from University of Delhi, Rajesh has close to 27 years of work experience as an in-house counsel and at law firms.

Her key areas of practice and experience include high value commercial contracts, litigation, M&A, project financing, dispute resolution, ethics & compliances etc.

She was with AECOM for over nine-and-a-half years, prior to which she worked with companies like Kuwait Airways Corporation, Xerox, Delhi International Airport, Alstom Power and Elaar Consultancy, among others. As in-house counsel for these companies, Rajesh handled corporate compliance, and major bids and tenders related to the different fields of business within the oil and gas sector.

She has also worked with law firms like Khaitan & Co, OP Khaitan & Co and Kumar and Nanda.