Talking Law: Anand Prasad, Co-Founder and Partner, Trilegal, New Delhi

Anand Prasad specializes in investment structuring, establishing joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, private equity deals and cross border and domestic financing. He has good understanding in evolving government policies and advises on developments in a variety of sectors and has advised clients on cross-border transactions, foreign equity restrictions, entry strategies, investment structures, competition law and employment issues.Anand has been consistently recommended for his expertise...

Prashant Bhushan says that the NEET judgment was given to private medical colleges well before it was given to Justice Anil R Dave

Prashant Bhushan began practising as an Advocate in the Supreme Court of India in 1983, specialising in Public Interest Litigation. His main areas of interest have been Human Rights, the Environment and ensuring that public servants are accountable. He is associated with various organisations including the Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL), People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), Committee on Judicial Accountability and Transparency International (India). In 2012, Bhushan was the...

Talking Law: Priti Suri, Founder - Partner, PSA Legal Counsellors

A seasoned lawyer with over twenty-seven  years of experience spread across three continents, Priti has developed PSA  and represented its international and domestic clients in the full range of cross-border M&A transactions, strategic investments, joint-ventures, venture capital financings, structuring private equity deals, leveraged buyouts and divestitures. A business lawyer, known for her pragmatic ability to get the deal done, she has advised clients operating in many different sectors,...

Talking Law: Saikrishna Rajagopal, Managing Partner, Saikrishna & Associates

Saikrishna Rajagopal has worked extensively on an array of Civil and Criminal Intellectual Property litigation in India for distinguished foreign and domestic clients. Over the last few years, he has been associated with some of the leading Intellectual Property cases in India. His litigation expertise aside, Saikrishna is also a renowned expert in the field of software anti-piracy initiatives. He routinely advises various International and Indian clients on complex IP issues ranging from fair...

The Court does not have the power to subject Advocates to AOR exam - Conversation with Advocate Lily Thomas

At the age of 85 when most lawyers call it quits, Advocate Lily Thomas is actively pursuing justice. She is one of the few lawyers who marched along with the Indian Supreme Court. She recently appeared as a petitioner in a PIL that has left political parties in a quandary and media houses hailing her as savior of democracy. She looked ecstatic after SC delivered a judgment having far reaching consequences, it provided for disqualification of MP’s, MLA’s on the date of conviction. She belongs to...

Talking Law: Keshav S Dhakad, Regional Director – Intellectual Property, Asia-Pacific & Japan, Microsoft Singapore

Live Law spoke to Keshav S Dhakad, Regional Director – Intellectual Property, Asia-Pacific & Japan, Microsoft Singapore.  Keshav has 15 years of experience in Intellectual Property Laws and is licensed to practice before the New York State Bar.Keshav is currently also the Chair of Business Software Alliance (BSA) Asia Committee. Prior to joining Microsoft Asia-Pacific in 2012, Keshav was the Director & Head of IP & Anti-Piracy Department as part of Legal & Corporate Affairs (LCA)...

Justice Speaking: Capital punishment in India is “judge centric”, says Justice K T Thomas

'Justice Speaking' will be Live Law’s exclusive series of interviews with eminent Supreme Court and High Court Judges.Justice K. T. Thomas served as Judge of the Supreme Court of India from 29th March, 1996 to 30th January 2002.  Justice Thomas is actively involved with law even post retirement. He has served as Chairman of various Committees including Police Reforms Monitoring Committee constituted by the Supreme Court. He was also the Chairman of the School Review Commission to review the...

Justice Speaking: Justice Katju opposed my elevation says Justice K Chandru

'Justice Speaking' will be Live Law’s exclusive series of interviews with eminent Supreme Court and High Court Judges.Live Law spoke to Justice K Chandru, retired Judge of the Madras High Court. Justice Chandru was first appointed as an Additional Judge of the Madras High Court on 31st July, 2006 and later a Permanent Judge on 9th November, 2009. He retired recently on 8th March 8, 2013. During his tenure at the Madras High Court, Justice Chandru disposed nearly 96,000 cases and was popular as a...

Talking Law: Pallavi Shroff, Senior Partner, Amarchand Mangaldas

Live Law spoke to Pallavi Shroff, Senior Partner at Amarchand Mangaldas who heads the Competition Law practice. Pallavi was named the Best Lawyer in Dispute Resolution at the inaugural Euromoney Legal Media Group Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2011 held in Hong Kong. She was also named Best Woman Lawyer of India at the Legal Era Law Awards 2012. In this conversation, Pallavi talks about her initial years, on being Justice P N Bhagwati’s daughter, her career and many other interesting...

Talking Law: Mysore Prasanna, Former Group General Counsel, Aditya Birla Group

Live Law spoke to Mysore Rangacharya Prasanna, former Group General Counsel of the Aditya Birla Group. After being an independent Counsel for about 7 years Prasanna worked as Head of the Legal function for over 28 years with different organizations like Alfa Laval, Brooke Bond India Limited (now part of Hindustan Unilever). Prasanna was the Chief Legal Officer of Larsen & Toubro Limited, Mumbai for seven years. For about 12 years, Prasanna was the General Counsel of the Aditya Birla Group,...

Talking Law: Alishan Naqvee, Founding Partner, LexCounsel, Law Offices

Live Law spoke to Alishan Naqvee, Founding Partner of LexCounsel Law Offices. Naqvee has consistently been nominated as a leading lawyer in the area of "Venture Capital and Private Equity".  He has extensive practice in the Indian corporate and transactional laws over the last 12 years. During the last couple of years, Naqvee has particularly been active in the litigation area, heading LexCounsel’s litigation practice.Live Law: Structuring Private Equity (PE) funds in India requires special...

Talking Law: Vijaya Sampath, Senior Partner, Lakshmikumaran and Sridharan

Live Law spoke to Vijaya Sampath, Senior Partner heading the corporate law practice of Lakshmikumaran and Sridharan. She has been in the legal profession for over thirty years as in house legal counsel for large Indian groups and multinationals and also a partner with a well known law firm. Until recently, Vijaya was the group General Counsel and Company Secretary of the Bharti group comprising over 100 lawyers in various group companies across multi jurisdictions.Live Law: After the surge...