The General Counsel Summit - Conference & Awards 2025 on 29th May 2025 in Bengaluru is likely to be an event focused on the legal industry, bringing together general counsels, legal professionals, and industry leaders to discuss trends, challenges, and innovations in corporate law. The conference typically includes keynote speakers, panel discussions, and networking opportunities, along with an awards ceremony to recognize outstanding achievements in the legal field.

 

Benefits of Attending:

• Professional Development: Participate in workshops and sessions that enhance skills in areas like risk management, compliance, and legal technology.
• Regulatory Updates: Stay informed about changes in laws and regulations that may impact your organization.
• Resource Access: Discover new tools, technologies, and services that can streamline legal operations and improve efficiency.
• Strategic Insights: Gain perspectives on aligning legal strategies with broader business objectives, enhancing your role as a strategic partner within your organization.

 

Who should attend:

• General Counsels
• Corporate Lawyers
• Legal Operations Professionals
• Compliance Officers
• Legal Technology Experts
• Lawyers
• Head Legal & Compliance

 

Agenda

09.00 AM – 09.30 AM

Registration and Tea/Coffee

 

09.30 AM - 09.45 AM

Welcome Address and Introductions

 

09.45 AM - 10.45 AM

Session 1:

Managing the Increased Complexity and Volume of Legal Work to Deliver Consistent, Quality Legal Experience

• Encouraging autonomy by the business with clearly defined parameters for Legal involvement
• Redesigning workflow to improve efficiency 
• Maintaining balance – Staying cost- and time- efficient while delivering high value work
• Rethinking staffing model and exploring flexible resourcing model – What would work best in the current environment?
• Building World Class Compliance Framework using Technology

 

10.45 AM - 11.45 AM

Session 2:

Mastering Contract Management: Unveiling Unfair Terms, Leveraging Legal Tech, and Negotiating with Finesse

• Contract drafting – Ensuring compliance to new laws (Data privacy, ESG & E-Invoicing)
• Negotiating boilerplate clauses
• Improving contract visibility and risk mitigation with Contract Management Systems
• Breaking down contract data silos to facilitate communication between departments
• Highlighting the critical areas of contract risks
• Leveraging Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) Systems to manage contractual risks
• Strengthening the organisation’s governance processes

 

11.45 AM - 12.15 Noon

Tea/Coffee Break

 

12.15 Noon - 01.45 PM

Session 3:

Fortifying the Organisation’s Existing Legal Framework for Data Protection

• Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 - DPDPA
• Taking a practical approach in implementing organisation’s data privacy policy aligned with new regulations
• Demonstrating transparency and accountability in data use to avoid reputational damage and legal repercussions
• Managing the liability in data breach cases
• Get your house in order and prepare for coming privacy and security regulatory reforms and emerging cyber security threats.
• Equip yourself with non-technical, practical measures to ensure your in-house team and your organisation is resilient.
• Leverage insights from recent class actions to fortify your cyber security response.
• Understand the cyber risks in mergers and acquisitions, hiring and firing.
• Explore what ‘reasonable cyber security measures’ could mean for your organisation from a technical and legal perspective.

 

01.45 PM - 02.30 PM

Lunch Break

 

02.30 PM - 03.45 PM

Session 4:

Disputes and Investigations

• Addressing the potential threats and minimising organisation’s exposure to disputes – Cybersecurity, supply chain and changing technology
• The rise of ESG and climate litigation – Exploring the use cases and reducing the risk for your organisation
• The use Of AI in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) - The opportunities and challenges

 

03.45 PM - 04.30 PM

Session 5:

ESG Risk Management

• Assessing the effectiveness of organisation’s ESG strategies and quantifying its value
• Monitoring ESG risks within third parties and suppliers
• Transparency in reporting ESG metrics – Verifying its validity
• A look into board governance under ESG – Has the board provided oversight?

 

04.30 PM – 04.45 PM

Valedictory Address and Felicitations & Recognitions

 

04.45 PM – 05.00 PM

Closing Remarks

 

 

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Award Categories:

• General Counsel Awards 2025 are introduced to recognize achievement in the domain of Legal in the following categories:
• Outstanding General Counsel Award
• Rising Star General Counsel Award
• Innovation in Legal Leadership Award
• Diversity and Inclusion Champion Award
• Pro Bono and Community Service Award
• Corporate Governance Excellence Award
• Legal Team of the Year Award
• Lifetime Achievement Award
• Crisis Management Award
• Risk Management Excellence Award
• Collaboration and Teamwork Award
• Excellence in Compliance Award
• Sustainable Business Practices Award
• Innovation in ESG Risk Mitigation Award
• Cybersecurity Advocacy Award

You are requested to solicit your nomination by filling in the details in the attached form and send back to us.

Steps we follow post submission of the form:

• We accept only first 4 – 5 Nomination forms for one award category.
• With the nomination form we require the document which shows your achievements and about you.
• We sent the form to the Panel of Jury members, they evaluate, analyses and decides the winner for that category within 10 working days.
• Once we receive the winner against that category, then the winner has to pay Award Nomination Processing Fee in advance.
• We offer two delegate passes to attend entire day seminar along with the winner.

Award Nomination Fees: INR 25,000 + 18% GST

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Thought Leaders:

Promod Nair
Senior Advocate, High Court of Karnataka

Hiranmai Rallabandi
General Counsel
WeWork

 

Deepak Sabharwal
Managing Partner
Deepak Sabharwal & Associates

 

Saloni Agara Dwarakanath
Senior Legal Counsel, India
Hitachi Rail 

 

Smitha Chandrashekar
Legal Director
HARMAN International

 

Abhishek Bharti
General Counsel
GE Aerospace

 

Sathish K R
Legal Head & Company Secretary
Manipal Health Enterprises Private Limited

 

Anu Shrivastava
Advocate on Record · Supreme Court of India

 

Lahar Appaiah
Legal Counsel
IBM India
 

Priyesh Sharma
Assistant Vice President – Legal
Nucleus Office Parks (Blackstone Commercial Portfolio)

Gandhimadhy Varadarajan
General Counsel and Government Relations
Turbostart

 

Awanish Srivastava
Managing Partner
Naks & Partners

Deepalakshmi Vadivelan
General Counsel
Quess Corp Limited

Shujath Bin Ali
Global General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer
Re Sustainability Limited

Debasish Roychowdhury
General Counsel and Head - Legal, Compliance and Secretarial
In-Solutions Global Ltd

Prashanth S Shivadass
Advocate
Shivadass & Shivadass (Law Chambers)

Sachin S. Pujari 
Advocate on Record
Supreme Court of India

Harsh Kumar
Founding & Managing Partner
Kaizen Law

Neeraj Vyas
Partner
Saga Legal

Atul N. Menon
Partner
Saga Legal