In-house counsel

E-commerce player Snapdeal has expanded its in-house legal team by 50% to nine members, after hiring three in recent months, with its in-house team closing a fundraising round from Piramal Group executive director Anand Piramal without external legal advisers.

Trilegal Mumbai-based counsel Arun Joshi has joined Morgan Stanley’s India legal team as vice president legal.

Ramky Enviro Engineers, the KKR-backed environment management services company, has hired Parexel International India senior director legal Shujath Bin Ali as its general counsel (GC) and chief compliance officer in Hyderabad.

Former Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (LKS) London partner Sumesh Sawhney has joined Essar Group in London as its general counsel this month, according to his Linked-in profile.

Trilegal Mumbai counsel Shamin Shah has joined South African media and global investment giant Naspers as M&A legal counsel in India.

Trilegal counsel Tanya Mehta has joined Brookfield Asset Management in its investment team as vice president in a legal role.

NLSIU Bangalore graduate Nandini Navale has joined Singapore-based 2016-founded private equity-backed start-up Ecosystm, as its first in-house lawyer and general counsel (GC) last month.

Technology lawyer Ankit Relan, associate partner at technology firm Mason & Associates Advocates, which counts Google amongst its clients, has joined Facebook India in Gurgaon as lead counsel.

Five in-house lawyers in Tata Sons’ legal team, which is headed by former Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas partner Shuva Mandal, have moved to other companies in in-house positions over the last year, Bar & Bench has reported.

Sujeet Jain, the group general counsel and company secretary of Viacom18, has joined UltraTech Cement as chief legal officer (CLO) in Mumbai in April.

Netflix India director legal Ashish Chandra has joined WhatsApp as associate general counsel (GC) India, making him the messaging giant’s first in-house legal hire in India.

Balaji Telefilms vice president legal Priyanka Chaudhari has joined Netflix Entertainment Services India LLP as its legal director and senior counsel in the regional intellectual property vertical yesterday.

Former (long-time-ago) Amarchand Mangaldas senior associate and 2003 NLSIU Bangalore graduate Gauri Manglik has joined Japanese-headquartered private equity powerhouse Softbank Group International as corporate counsel in San Carlos, in California’s Silicon Valley.

Bangalore-based director legal at top venture capital (VC) fund Sequoia Capital, Sandeep Kapoor, will be leaving the firm, probably by the end of this month, according to authoritative sources.

Maitrayee Sanyal has been promoted to local general counsel (GC) at mobile phone maker OnePlus, India, earlier this year.