Ajit Sinha has joined Angel One as a General Counsel to lead legal function and provide strategic counsel to the Board and leadership team..Sinha has over 24 years of experience in corporate law, financial services, capital markets, and banking. He joins from the National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE), where he served as Vice President and Head of Corporate Legal team for NSE and its group companies since December 2018. He steered legal strategy, governance, and risk management across domestic and international entities, with expertise in securities laws, M&A, litigation, IP, and enterprise risk frameworks.At NSE, Sinha supported Board and senior management readiness for compliance with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA), structured mergers, acquisitions, and group restructurings, and managed the group’s global intellectual property portfolio across 40 jurisdictions. He provided legal leadership for the establishment of SGX connect at NSE’s international exchange and international bullion exchanges at GIFT City, guided and supported NSE Group subsidiaries across IT solutions, edtech, data and indices, CSR, and international exchange businesses, and handled several high-stakes and complex litigations. Prior to NSE, Sinha spent a decade at HSBC (2008–2018) as Vice President – Legal (Retail Banking) and later Senior Legal Counsel – Corporate Banking, supporting corporate and retail banking businesses, in addition to advising on data protection matters, and managing corporate litigations. Earlier, he served as Regional Legal Counsel – North at Citicorp Finance India Limited (2005–2008), where he led the regional legal function and established in-house arbitration mechanisms..Welcoming Sinha, Amit Majumdar, Group Chief Strategy Officer, Angel One Limited, said, "At Angel One, governance, client protection, and regulatory discipline are foundational to how we operate. Ajit’s experience across exchanges, banking, and capital markets will be invaluable as we scale our businesses and innovate responsibly within a strong regulatory framework. His leadership will further strengthen our in-house legal and compliance capabilities, enabling earlier interpretation and clearer translation of evolving regulations into business practice, and supporting consistent, transparent, and well-governed execution across the organisation.” Commenting on his joining, Sinha shared, “Angel One stands at the dynamic crossroads of cutting-edge technology, vibrant capital markets, and evolving regulations, empowering millions of investors through its pioneering digital platform. It is an immense privilege to join such a forward-thinking organization that prioritizes trust, transparency, and unwavering governance while relentlessly pursuing innovation at scale. I am eager to collaborate closely with the leadership team to reinforce the robust legal, regulatory, and risk management frameworks that will propel Angel One’s extraordinary growth trajectory into the future.”.If you would like your Deals, Columns, Press Releases to be published on Bar & Bench, please fill in the form available here..Follow Bar and Bench channel on WhatsAppDownload the Bar and Bench Mobile app for instant access to the latest legal news.
