Watch the Prestigious 12th Annual Indian Legal Awards 2022-2023: A Celebration of Excellence
Watch the Prestigious 12th Annual Indian Legal Awards 2022-2023: A Celebration of Excellence
The Stars of the Indian Legal Industry Shone Bright at the Legal Era Awards 2022-23 held in New Delhi
In an impactful awards ceremony on 15th April in the grand environs of Hotel ITC Maurya, New Delhi, Legal Era proudly hosted its flagship 12th Annual Legal Era Indian Legal Awards 2023. Attended by law and industry stalwarts across the globe, it was a much-awaited occasion to celebrate Legal Finesse, Innovation, and Accomplishments in the most impactful way - a unique mix of gravitas and gala.
The eminent Legal Era Awards Jury evaluated a staggering volume of entries from Legal Practitioners, In-House Teams, and Law Firms for thoroughness and sensitivity to 2022-23’s diverse circumstances and experiences. They also noted the incredible work by young lawyers.
The ceremony began with the Jury address by Justice B. N. Srikrishna, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India,
“The number of nominations keeps increasing! There were 2,540 nominations from different categories. Judging the nominations in each category for their accomplishments and selecting the best amongst them. I have done a lot of good judging in the Supreme Court, but this was much more difficult I tell you! The value of Legal Era Awards has increased so much in the fraternity that today one can say it is equivalent to Oscars and Grammys abroad.”
Justice Dipak Misra Chairperson of the Jury & selection panel made a heartfelt point to a loud applause, “This function is unforgettable because I don’t recollect any organization covering so many spectrums of categories and conferring awards on young, old, and celebrities. It was great privilege to be a member of the jury. Legal Era Team, and Ashok and Aakriti Raizada have spent quite a lot of time with dedication, emotion, and intellectual passion to cover so many categories. I wish to recognize the organization that is recognizing everyone.”
Ms Aakriti Raizada, Founder, Legal Era dedicated the Legal Era Indian Legal Awards 2023 as a festival to Celebrate the Togetherness of the Legal community worldwide.
Here is the list of these winners in the "Premier League" segment of awards.
CATEGORY | WINNER NAME |
Visionary Leader of the Bar | Shri Nawal Kishore Anand, Founding Partner, Anand and Anand |
Legal Personality of the Year for Outstanding Excellence & Achievement | Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Of India, Supreme Court Of India |
Leadership Excellence Award for Continuous Growth as In-House | Hemant Kumar, Group General Counsel, Larsen & Toubro |
Legal Excellence Award for Outstanding Excellence & Achievement | Sidharth Luthra, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court Of India |
Senior Counsel of the Year | Sudipto Sarkar, Senior Advocate |
Glorious 61 Years at the Bar | Dr Lalit Bhasin, President, Society of Indian Law Firms |
Lifetime Achievement Award | K K Venugopal, Former Attorney General Of India |
Leading IP Lawyer of The Decade | Pravin Anand, Managing Partner, Anand and Anand |
The Award of the Evening was the “Visionary Leader of the Bar” given to Late Shri Nawal Kishore Anand, Founding Partner, Anand and Anand; Senior Counsel of the Year given to Sudipto Sarkar, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India; Legal Personality of the Year for Outstanding Excellence & Achievement given to Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General of India; The Legal Excellence Award for Outstanding Excellence & Achievement was conferred upon Sidharth Luthra, Senior Advocate Supreme Court of India; Hemant Kumar, Group General Counsel, Larsen & Toubro was honoured with the Leadership Excellence Award for Continuous Growth as In-House.
The Glorious 61 Years at the Bar was awarded to Dr. Lalit Bhasin, President Society of Indian Law Firms while K K Venugopal, Former Attorney General of India was felicitated with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Reminiscing his long journey of 61 years and what achievement means to him, Dr. Lalit Bhasin expressed, “Some people get notoriety. Some people get fame. I get the professional satisfaction of giving it back to the society and to the profession.”
Here is the list of all the winners in the "Individual – In House" segment of awards.
CATEGORY | WINNER NAME |
Global General Counsel of the Year | Deepak Acharya, Group General Counsel Chief Legal Officer, Aditya Birla Group |
General Counsel of the Year - APAC | Bharat Mehta, Evp, Regional General Counsel And Ethics & Compliance Officer - India & APAC, Capgemini |
India General Counsel of the Year | Anand Vardhan, President – Legal, Piramal Capital & Housing Finance Limited |
General Counsel of the Year - PHARMA | Dr. Vivek Mittal, Global General Counsel, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories |
General Counsel of the Year-Manufacturing | P Ashok Kumar, General Counsel, Arcelormittal Nippon Steel India Limited |
General Counsel of the Year - Automotives | Anubhav Kapoor, Director, Legal Affairs, Ford India |
Compliance Lawyer of the Year | Shelly Kohli, Chief Legal & Compliance Officer, United Breweries Ltd. |
Sameet Gambhir, Vice President (Corp. Law) & Company Secretary, Dcm Shriram Ltd | |
In-House Lawyer of the Year | Pradipta Chowdhry, Vice President- Legal, Vodafone Idea Limited |
Vandana Seth, Legal Head, Tata 1mg Group | |
Young Achiever Of the Year (42 Yrs & Below) | Shalinee Kulshreshtha, General Counsel, Dentsu India |
And here is the list of all the winners in the "Individual - Law Firms" segment of awards.
CATEGORY | WINNER NAME |
Managing Partner of the Year | Anand Desai, Managing Partner, DSK Legal |
Litigation Lawyer of the Year | Manoj Kumar Singh, S&A Law Offices |
Corporate Lawyer of the Year | Mohit Saraf, Founder & Managing Partner, Saraf And Partners |
Competition & Anti Trust Laws Lawyer of the Year | Anand S Pathak, Managing Partner, P&A Law Offices |
Private Client Lawyer of the Year | Rajesh Narain Gupta, Managing Partner, SNG & Partners |
Insolvency & Bankruptcy Lawyer of the Year | Shardul Shroff, Executive Chairman, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. |
Patent Litigation Lawyer of the Year | Pravin Anand, Managing Partner, Anand and Anand |
Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year | Manisha Singh, Founder Partner, Lexorbis |
Patent Prosecution Lawyer of the Year | Hari Subramaniam, Founding & Managing Partner, Subramaniam & Associates |
Patent Lawyer of the Year | Hemant Singh, Founder And Managing Partner, Inttl Advocare |
TMT Lawyer of the Year | Mamta Rani Jha, Senior Partner, Inttl Advocare |
Banking & Finance Lawyer of the Year | Amey Pathak, Partner, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas |
Fintech Lawyer of the Year | Shilpa Mankar Ahluwalia, Partner, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co |
M&A Lawyer of the Year | Gunjan Shah, Partner, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co |
Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year | Sanjeev Kapoor, Partner, Khaitan & Co |
Trademark Lawyer of the Year | Abhai Pandey, Partner, Lexorbis |
Real Estate & Construction Lawyer of the Year | Harry Chawla, Managing Partner, Atlas Law Partners |
Labour & Employment Lawyer of the Year | Anshul Prakash, Partner, Khaitan & Co |
Media & Entertainment Lawyer of the Year | Chandrima Mitra, Partner, DSK Legal |
Young Achiever of the Year (42years & Below) | Siddharth Srivastava, Partner, Khaitan & Co |
The Compliance Lawyer of the Year was shared by Shelly Kohli, Chief Legal & Compliance Officer, United Breweries Ltd and Sameet Gambhir, Vice President (Corp. Law) & Company Secretary, DCM Shriram Ltd. General Counsel of the Year – Automotives was awarded to Anubhav Kapoor, Director, Legal Affairs Ford India; General Counsel of the Year-Pharma, Dr. Vivek Mittal, Global General Counsel, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories; General Counsel of the Year-Manufacturing, P Ashok Kumar, General Counsel, Arcelormittal Nippon Steel India Limited; India General Counsel of the Year, Anand Vardhan, President – Legal Piramal Capital & Housing Finance Limited; General Counsel of the Year – APAC Region, Bharat Mehta, EVP, Regional General Counsel And Ethics & Compliance Officer - India & APAC, Capgemini; Global General Counsel of the Year, Deepak Acharya, Group General Counsel Chief Legal Officer, Aditya Birla Group.
Here is the list of all the winners in the "In-House" segment of awards.
CATEGORY | WINNER NAME |
Banking & Finance Legal Team of the Year | Piramal Capital & Housing Finance Limited |
Pharma Legal Team of the Year | Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd |
Healthcare Legal Team of The Year | Tata 1MG |
FMCG Legal Team of the Year | Hindustan Unilever Ltd |
Real Estate & Construction Legal Team of the Year | Hindustan Construction Co. Ltd |
IT In-House Legal Team of the Year | Capgemini |
Manufacturing Legal Team of the Year | Arcelormittal Nippon Steel India Ltd |
Fintech Legal Team of the Year | Pine Labs |
E - Commerce Legal Team of the Year | Nykaa |
Media & Entertainment Legal Team of the Year | Dentsu |
ALCO Beverages Legal Team of the Year | United Breweries Ltd |
UNICORN/ STARTUP Legal Team of the Year | CoinDcx |
Coinswitch | |
Compliance and Risk Management Legal Team of the Year | Tata Steel |
Corporate Goverance Team of the Year | ITC Ltd |
In-House Legal Team of the Year for Sustainability And Corporate Social Responsibility | Accenture |
Legal Team of the Year - Small Size | Apraava Energy |
Ingram Micro | |
Legal Team of the Year - Mid Size | HCL Technologies Limited |
India Legal Team of the Year | Larsen & Toubro Ltd |
Here is the list of all the winners in the "Law Firms" segment of awards.
CATEGORY | WINNER NAME |
Best Law Firm of the Year (Overall) | |
International Law Firm of the Year | |
Aviation Law Firm of the Year | Link Legal |
Defence Law Firm of the Year | |
Corporate Law Firm of the Year | AZB & Partners |
Competition & Anti-Trust Law Firm of the Year | |
Private Equity Law Firm of the Year | |
Banking & Finance Law Firm of the Year | |
Insolvency & Restructuring Law Firm of the Year | |
Media & Entertainment Law Firm of the Year | Anand & Naik |
Tax Law Firm of the Year | |
Infrastructure, Energy & Projects Law Firm of the Year | Link Legal |
Litigation Law Firm of the Year | Naik Naik & Co. |
Dispute Resolution Law Firm of the Year | |
White Collar Crime Law Firm of the Year | |
Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year | |
TMT Law Firm of the Year | JSA |
Patent Law Firm of the Year | Lexorbis |
Trademark Law Firm of the Year | |
M&A Law Firm of the Year | |
Data Protection Law Firm Of the Year | |
Real Estate & Construction Law Firm of the Year | |
Fintech Law Firm of the Year | |
Capital Market Law Firm of the Year | |
Labour & Employment Law Firm of the Year | AZB & Partners |
Sports and Gaming Law Firm of the Year | |
International Trade Law Firm of the Year | Economic Laws Practice |
Medical and Healthcare Law Firm of the Year | |
Law Firm of the Year - Mumbai | |
Law Firm of the Year - New Delhi | Saraf & Partners |
Law Firm of the Year - Chennai | |
Law Firm of the Year - Hyderabad | The Law Chambers |
Law Firm of the Year - Bengaluru | Thiru & Thiru |
Boutique Law Firm of the Year | Nitya Tax |
Rising Star & Promising Law Firm of the Year - Mumbai | White & Brief Advocates and Solicitors |
Thinklaw Advocates | |
Rising Star & Promising Law Firm of the Year - New Delhi | Lex Favios |
Mid Size Law Firm of the Year | |
Law Firm of the Year Continuous Growth as a Fastest Growing Law Firm of India |
The awardees applauded Legal Era for organizing such a meaningful event. Legal Era Awards has garnered much love and respect from the legal fraternity. Each trophy has become a mark of progress – progress for the profession, progress for the economy, progress for the society, and progress for India.
While the Legal Era Awards have been held in different countries thus far including the US, UK, Middle East and Africa, it was a delight for the industry to participate in it in our very own capital city of New Delhi. The next edition is set to be even better. The benchmark for rewarding the top talent of the legal industry with global visibility and relationship-building opportunities will only go higher.