Kumar Ankit is the Head–Legal, Policy & Compliance at Hindustan Zinc Limited. As part of the senior management team of the firm, which is India’s largest and world’s second-largest zinc-lead miner, he is at the helm of affairs in the departments dealing with corporate legal matters, litigations, risk mitigation, ethics and compliance and inorganic initiatives.
With over a decade of experience, Ankit has worked on critical litigation, non-litigation transactional matters and advises the stakeholders in areas of mining, environment, natural resources extraction, electricity, and public-private partnership (PPP) in the infrastructure sectors. He is an expert in manufacturing, admiralty and maritime, software and emerging technology, data governance, privacy, consulting, sports, and taxation matters.
He was previously the Deputy Head, Legal at Iron Ore and Steel Sector, Vedanta Limited. Prior to that, he served as Legal Counsel for Thomson Reuters (South-East Asia) and Legal Counsel for the US offices of Deloitte Consulting. A qualified lawyer from the National Law University, Gujarat, Ankit is a fellow member of several bodies including the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and an associate member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. He is also an executive member of SAROD-Ports, a dispute resolution forum under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.
A regular contributor on topics of technology, dispute resolution, natural resource law with a specific focus on the environment, sustainability and governance, his significant experience in policy spheres has brought him immense appreciation from various prestigious forums.
"All amazing works are never done by one person. They are done by a team of people. Enable that team and work followed by success takes care of itself"
Ankit is a business counsel who has led from the front many successful legal battles under his belt. An innovative thinker and resolver, his holistic approach through a strategic lens has facilitated growth for many group companies. Simplification of complex issues, precise articulation and impactful arguments are his hallmark resulting in winning major legal battles
Snr. Adv. Gopal Jain
Kumar Ankit is a firm believer in the harmonious integration of legal knowledge with technology, which has resulted in path-breaking solutions to complex issues. Both professionally and socially, he is well-liked by his seniors and colleagues and endeavours to serve the organisations with immense zeal. In his life's journey, he credits his parents and wife and dotes on his three-year-old son
