Past Speakers

Stephen P. Younger, President, New York State Bar Association

New York attorney Stephen P. Younger took office on June 1, 2010 as the 113th president of the 77,000-member New York State Bar Association. Younger is a partner of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, LLP.

Active in the State Bar since 1983, Younger most recently served as president-elect and chaired the House of Delegates and the President’s Committee on Access to Justice. He served as past chair of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, and is past chair of the section’s Securities Litigation Committee and Pro Bono and Public Interest Committee. He is a fellow of The New York Bar Foundation.

Younger graduated cum laude from Harvard University in 1977, and earned his law degree magna cum laude from Albany Law School in 1982. He is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; District of Colorado; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; and U.S. Tax Court.

Peter Pantaleo, Partner, Joint Global Leader, Employment, Pensions and Benefits Group Chair, US Labor and Employment Group, DLA Piper

Peter Pantaleo represents both domestic and international employers in labor, employment, and civil rights matters. While Mr. Pantaleo has substantial experience litigating cases before courts, administrative agencies, and arbitration panels, the principal focus of his practice is advising employers in complex, politically sensitive labor and employment matters. He has represented employers confronted with traditional union organization as well as corporate campaigns. Mr. Pantaleo is recognized as an authority on European Union social policy, a subject on which he has written and lectured extensively.

Mr. Pantaleo has lectured extensively at health care and hospitality conferences, including the American Federation of Health Systems Annual Conference on the emerging significance of corporate campaigns directed at investor-owned hospitals; American Gaming Congress on Title III of the ADA; and Institute of Directors on the European Union's Directives on Worker Participation Schemes. He is a member of the firm’s US Executive Committee and is the managing partner of the firm’s New York office.

In 2007, Mr. Pantaleo was inducted as a Fellow into the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. The College is an independent organization that recognizes those who, by long and outstanding service, have distinguished themselves as leaders in the field of labor and employment law. Election as a Fellow is the highest recognition by one's colleagues of sustained outstanding performance in the profession, exemplifying integrity, dedication, and excellence. He has also been named a New York Super Lawyer.

In 2008, he began serving a seven-year term as a member of the City University of New York board of trustees. Governor David Paterson nominated him for the post and the New York Senate confirmed the nomination.

Steven C. Bennett, Partner, Jones Day

Steve Bennett's practice at Jones Day focuses on domestic and international commercial litigation and arbitration, including cases involving bankruptcy, construction, corporate, energy, insurance, intellectual property, privacy and data security, and other disputes.

Steve is chair of the Firm's e-Discovery Committee and an active member of the Firm's construction practice team. He co-founded the Sedona Conference Working Group on International E-Discovery. He teaches a course on conflicts of law at Hofstra Law School and co-teaches a course on advanced civil procedure (e-discovery) at New York Law School. He is a qualified arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association and the CPR Institute. Steve serves as hearing officer pursuant to the consent decree in the Civil RICO case of United States v. Local 14-14B, IUOE (E.D.N.Y.) and served two terms as election officer in the case of United States v. District Council of Carpenters (S.D.N.Y.). He taught arbitration law at Brooklyn Law School for nine years.

Steve regularly speaks to a wide array of groups for CLE and other purposes. He has written more than 150 articles on a variety of topics. His book, Arbitration: Essential Concepts (ALM) was published in 2002. His book, A Privacy Primer for Corporate Counsel(Aspatore/West) was published in 2009.

Steve writes a continuing column, "Arbitration," with Professor Samuel Estreicher, which has appeared in the New York Law Journalsince 2004, and his column, "Computer Law," has appeared in the New York State Bar Association Journal since 2009. He blogs occasionally in the "Thinkernet" series at InternetEvolution.com and at NLJ.com.

David Perla, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Pangea3

David is a co-founder and Co-CEO of Pangea3, a world leader in India legal process outsourcing (LPO). In this capacity, David oversees Pangea3's U.S. business operations and manages all sales, marketing, and client relationships for Pangea3 on a global basis.

A business affairs executive and a corporate transactional and operational expert, as well as a seasoned corporate lawyer, David was until July 2004 the Vice President - Business & Legal Affairs for Monster, the leading global online careers property, with over 1,000 employees and over $500 million in annual revenue. At Monster, David oversaw all corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, partnerships and investments. David also built and managed Monster's business affairs/legal department. As head of business and legal affairs at Monster, David oversaw Monster's facilities department, served as a member of Monster's senior management team, reporting to the COO of Monster Worldwide, Inc., and oversaw a $6+ million P&L.

Prior to joining Monster Worldwide, David had a 4-1/2 year career at Katten Muchin Zavis & Rosenman, a prestigious national law firm. At KMZR, David specialized in mergers & acquisitions, corporate financing and media and internet-related corporate and international transactions, including financings, joint ventures, strategic alliances and partnerships. His major clients included Sony Music, Sony Pictures, Sony Online Ventures and SFX Entertainment.

David graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania and later earned his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was the winner of the school's Keedy Cup Moot Court Competition.

David lectures and is quoted frequently on legal and internet related issues, and was profiled in a July 2002 cover story in the National Law Journal entitled "Riding the Wave." David is a Member of the New York and Massachusetts Bars.

David Talley, Global Counsel, Panasonic Electric Works Co. Ltd.

David works as a Global Counsel for Panasonic Electric Works Co. Ltd. and is an expert of Strategic Planning, Development, and Implementation of Legal Services for Global Enterprise. He follows proactive and creative approach to identifying and meeting objectives, focusing on solutions that effectively balance time, quality and cost. He is expert in leveraging technologies to improve communications and deliver consistent solutions across the group. He had Advised and Counseled to the Board, Executive, and Operational Levels of the Enterprise. His goal is to develop and support the truly global enterprise.

David specializes in Group and Global Governance, Compliance and Networking; M&A; Corporate Restructuring; International Joint Ventures, Alliances, Strategic OEM Relationships; Global Agreements; Complex Negotiation.

David L. Stanton, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Mr. Stanton is a member of the firm's Information Law and Electronic Discovery team. He is recognized as a leading lawyer in the category of "Litigation: E-Discovery Nationwide" by Chambers USA, a legal guide that ranks law firms and lawyers throughout the world based on independent reviews from clients and peers. He has significant experience in all aspects of information management law and e-discovery, and is well-versed in the latest technologies needed to implement effective and comprehensive enterprise-wide programs. He serves as national e-discovery counsel for clients, working closely with in-house counsel and IT professionals, service providers and outside trial teams, to ensure e-discovery process is cost-effective and complies with the rules of civil procedure. He also regularly advises clients on information governance, records retention and disposition, as well as litigation readiness programs and litigation hold procedures.

Mr. Stanton is a partner in Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman's national Litigation Practice section. Through Mr. Stanton's efforts, the firm has launched PEARL, Pillsbury's E-Discovery Alliance of Resource Leaders, a collaboration of lawyers and e-discovery service providers whose mission is to replace the typical ad hoc approach to e-discovery with a reliable, single source solution that improves quality and dramatically reduces overall costs and risks. Mr. Stanton also oversees the firm's nationwide Litigation Support Department, and facilitates Pillsbury's electronic discovery activities across all offices.

Jill Vacchina Dobbs, Director of Membership Services, Sourcing Interests Group

Jill Vacchina Dobbs is Director of Membership Services at Sourcing Interests Group (SIG), has over 15 years of diverse financial, sales, management and legal experience. She is an attorney licensed in California and Nevada (inactive) and prior to joining SIG her private law practice focused on transactional and business law. As a business attorney, Jill focused on bringing high-quality legal services to her clients in the most cost-effective manner possible, which is the very promise at the heart of the LPO movement. Jill defines it as a movement because LPO is innovation changing the legal industry status quo for the better. SIG is a global leader in providing an ongoing forum for networking, and sharing thought leadership, innovation and “next” practices in the sourcing industry. Jill is proud to help bring the latest developments in sourcing and outsourcing to SIG members, including LPO best practices.

Jill also has over 10 years of experience sitting on non-profit boards and is Board President of the Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe. Jill studied international law in Florence, Italy, holds a B.A. from UC-Santa Barbara and graduated cum laude from Gonzaga University School of Law.

Michael F. Corbett, Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer, International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP)

Michael F. Corbett is one of the best-known experts in the field of outsourcing and Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer of The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP). IAOP is the global, standard-setting organization and advocate for the outsourcing profession, with over 110,000 members and affiliates worldwide.

Mr. Corbett is also author of The Outsourcing Revolution, which John Sculley, former CEO Apple Computer calls a “clear and compelling roadmap (that) leads the reader through the systemic reinvention of work.”

Mr. Corbett speaks regularly on outsourcing as a management practice and on its impact on the global economy and global employment. In 1996, he was an expert witness on outsourcing at hearings called by Pres. Bill Clinton and, in 2002, was invited to testify before the Office of Management and Budget’s Commercial Activities Panel.

Abhi Shah, CEO & Managing Director, Clutch Group

Abhi Shah is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Clutch Group. In this role, Mr. Shah is responsible for overseeing all business operations and the overall strategic direction of the company.

Prior to Clutch Group, Mr. Shah worked with Mphasis, a global IT and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services company with over 12,000 employees. He led the sale of the company for $800 million to a leading U.S. technology services provider. Prior to MphasiS, Mr. Shah was a senior consultant at Accenture where he led multiple client engagements with Fortune 100 companies in the telecommunications and pharmaceutical industries.

In addition to his responsibilities for Clutch Group, Mr. Shah serves as the Non-Executive Chairman of Yuva Unstoppable, a 60,000-volunteer youth movement across 30 cities in India impacting over 100,000 underprivileged children in the municipal schools and slums of India. He is also the co-founder of two non-profit organizations, promoting investment and trade between the U.S. and India, and leading bi-partisan advocacy on Capitol Hill and the White House on issues of concern to the Indian American community. As part of this work, Mr. Shah helped launch the Congressional Task Force on U.S.-India Investment and Trade Relations and has led Congressional, Gubernatorial, and CEO delegations to India for talks with the Prime Minister and India's leading government and business leaders.

Mr. Shah received a BBA in Marketing with honors from Texas A&M University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He also completed the Eisenhower Leadership Development Program led by former U.S. President George H. Bush.

Mr. Shah was born and raised in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India and currently spends most of his time in New York, although he considers his residence “on a flight between New York, Washington, DC, Chicago, Bangalore and Delhi” due to his persistent business travel obligations. Outside of his work with Clutch Group, he enjoys Hollywood and Bollywood movies, jet skiing, promoting political and trade relations between the U.S. and India.

Kunoor Chopra, Senior Vice President, Global Legal Services, UnitedLex Corporation

Kunoor Chopra is a highly experienced, U.S. attorney licensed in California and a graduate of Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. She was born in Los Angeles, California and admitted to practice in California in 1998. Kunoor started LawScribe in 2004, one of the pioneer legal process outsourcing companies which was acquired by UnitedLex in November, 2010. The acquisition added global and technological capabilities to LawScribe’s litigation, corporate and intellectual property services.

Kunoor was an associate attorney with the international law firm of Fulbright and Jaworski L.L.P. and with Nossaman. Kunoor has litigated numerous multimillion dollar cases. While she was preparing these cases for trial she realized the importance of having reliable and cost effective legal support available to law firms and their clients. It was with this in mind that she formed LawScribe in 2004 with the vision of changing the way legal services would be provided.

Kunoor is a member of the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals, and involved in their Legal Process Outsourcing and Delhi Chapters. She is a founding member of the editorial board of the Legal Process Outsourcing Network and is on the editorial board of The Outsourcer. She is on the Board of Governors for the Organization of Legal Professionals. She is on the Board of Directors for the Library Foundation of Los Angeles. She is also a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, The Indus Entrepreneurs, Women in E-Discovery, Asian Women Entrepreneurs, International Association of Outsourcing Professionals, International Legal Technology Association, Minority Corporate Counsel Association, California Minority Counsel Program, Association of Corporate Counsel, the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association and the South Asian Bar Association. She has had a variety of articles published on Outsourcing and the Legal Profession and has been interviewed by the press as an authority in the field of Offshore Legal Process Outsourcing. Kunoor is also a recognized speaker both in the United States and abroad in the field of Legal Process Outsourcing and has been invited to speak at conferences including NASABA, NAPABA, the State Bar of California, Legal Tech in Los Angeles and New York, International Association of Outsourcing Professionals, University of California Berkley School of Law, ALM Legal Outsourcing Conferences and Association of Legal Administrators.

Dev Ganesan, President & CEO, Aptara Inc

Under Dev Ganesan’s leadership, Aptara is playing a pivotal role in helping the world’s leading companies navigate and profit from today’s digital/mobile age. With innovative content technologies that deliver significant cost, quality and speed advantages, Aptara gives organizations the agility they need to adapt to a rapidly changing marketplace. As the former head of both private and publically held companies (Intelliworks, TRADOS, Advanced Communications Systems) Dev’s entrepreneurial drive and long track-record of operational and financial success has resulted in Aptara’s expansion and evolution − from a technology vendor to a solutions partner with unique expertise in the legal arena. With relationships spanning the entire production and distribution supply-chain, Aptara provides simultaneous content distribution via any device, outlet or platform.

Jim Boeckman, President – Right Tasking Consulting

Jim Boeckman is the President of Right-Tasking Consulting Services. He partners with General Counsels and other law department leaders to help them optimize the sourcing, management and cost of their legal resources. He also works with law firm partners to help them design innovative models for delivering legal services.

From 2002 through 2005, Boeckman was Executive Vice President and General Counsel of DuPont Photomasks, Inc., a public company with manufacturing operations in seven countries. In 2004-2005, Boeckman led the legal team in negotiations with Toppan Printing Co., Ltd., a $14 billion printing company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, for the acquisition of DPMI. Boeckman left Toppan Photomasks in 2008 to found Right-Tasking Consulting Services.

Previously Boeckman was a partner at Vinson & Elkins LLP from 1997 to 2002. His practice focused on technology-related projects. Prior to V&E, Boeckman spent over seven years as in-house counsel at Electronic Data Systems (EDS) in increasingly senior positions. He served for several years as Senior Regional Counsel for EDS Asia-Pacific, based in Australia. Prior to joining EDS, he was an associate at Locke Purnell in Dallas.

William B. Bierce, Co – Founder, Bierce & Kenerson P.C.

Bill Bierce practices outsourcing, corporate and international business law as a founding principal of Bierce & Kenerson, P.C., an award-winning law firm in outsourcing, human capital management and international business. He advises on legal and tax issues in strategic business alliances, intercompany services among affiliates, business process management, captives, the regulation of sourcing of global services and the contingent workforce. He has advised international law firms on partnership structure and strategy, in the face of the opportunities and challenges posed by global sourcing and global services.

Bill is recognized as a thought leader, innovative transactional lawyer and prolific author in legal and regulatory issues in global services. Bill is Editor-in-Chief of the e-newsletter, Outsourcing Law & Business Journal™ and the Google #1-rated website www.outsourcing-law.com.

He serves as a Board Member of The Global Sourcing Council, a non-profit that promotes sustainability practices in global sourcing, and the American Foreign Law Association. As an adjunct professor, he has taught legal and tax aspects of international business to MBA students.

Bi-lingual in English and French and conversant in legal Spanish, he holds law diplomas from NYU School of Law and University of Grenoble.

Mark Ross, Vice President – Legal Solutions, Integreon Managed Solutions

Mark Ross is an experienced UK litigation solicitor and former partner at high profile UK law firm Underwoods Solicitors.

Mark’s involvement in legal outsourcing dates back to January 2004 when Underwoods became the first UK law firm to outsource legal work to a lower cost common law jurisdiction. Chambers Guide refers to Underwoods as “a pioneer of legal offshoring”.

Mark moved to Los Angeles in 2006 as Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing at a niche LPO before joining Integreon in November 2009. He is a recognized authority and thought leader in the field of legal outsourcing. He has been published by, and interviewed for, numerous mainstream and legal publications, including the New York Times, TIME magazine, the UK Law Society Gazette, and the ABA’s Law Practice Management. He is the former Chair of the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals’ Legal Outsourcing Chapter.

He is a recognized expert on the Ethics of Legal Outsourcing, and has written numerous articles and widely acclaimed White Papers dealing with the subject. He developed the first State Bar approved MCLE Ethics course, provided by a legal outsourcing company, on the ethical implications of outsourcing legal work.

Mark’s experience in the field of legal outsourcing is such that he has been invited to address the American Bar Association, UK Law Society, the Solicitor’s Regulation Authority and the International Bar Association.

He has also been invited to speak as a leading authority on legal outsourcing at conferences run by prestigious organizations including: Financial Times, U.C. Berkeley School of Law, Stanford Center for the Legal Profession, Practicing Law Institute, and American Lawyer.

David Holme, Founder, Exigent LPO

David is a ACA who had a 14 year career in the City of London with global financial institutions. He is a founder of Exigent and a main board director. Exigent was founded in 2003 and is a leading provider of LSO and LPO to leading global law firms. The business has 5 offices globally and employs some 300 staff principally in South Africa and Australia.

Gary Hanley, Senior Vice President, Invest Northern Ireland

Gary is the head of North American operations for Invest Northern Ireland, a branch of the UK government responsible for growing the economy of Northern Ireland.

Under Gary’s leadership, Northern Ireland has seen recent investments from dynamic and fast growing North American companies including CyberSource, 3Par, ByteMobile, BTI Systems, NaviNet and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

In May 2008, Gary was instrumental in the success of the historic US:Northern Ireland Economic Conference which took place in Belfast. The conference, supported by the Bush administration, was attended by Fortune 500 executives to meet with senior political figures including Gordon Brown and Brian Cowan (UK and Irish Prime Ministers). Keynote speakers included representatives from companies such as Allstate, Citi and Bombardier who are major investors in the region.

With over fifteen years experience in the ICT industry in the US, Gary has held positions of leadership in software development, IT, sales and marketing for companies such as Sun Microsystems, GTE (now Verizon) and EMC.

David Kinnear, Co-Founder & Partner, GSSOCX

David is a frequent contributor, thought-leader on the role and growth of global sourcing & outsourcing methods & its emerging interaction with the corporate disciplines of Sustainability. In a voluntary capacity, David is Chair Elect and a co-Founder of The Global Sourcing Council.

Increasingly David works with companies seeking to leverage Sustainability as a means to achieve not only a "green agenda" but also a "way of doing business" that drives material cost savings, measurable process efficiencies and a sharper competitive edge.

In addition, David works closely with a portfolio of high-growth technology and services companies - helping to architect management strategy and support growth, leveraging BK's presence in New York and London.

An attorney by trade (a qualified UK Barrister), David has worked for leading law firms Masons and Linklaters in London, specializing in major construction & engineering contract management & litigation. In 1995, he relocated Credit Suisse's Banking & Support Operations into its new global headquarters, and then managed significant global outsourcing, shared sourcing and process efficiency initiatives during his subsequent tenure. Afterward, he moved to the provider side, working extensively with the UK, US, Philippines and China during his time with the Black Mountain Group and subsequently.

Jerome Kowalski, Founder, Kowalski & Associates

Jerome Kowalski, a nationally recognized consultant and adviser to law firms, advises law firms on a variety of matters, including strategic planning and growth, trends in the profession, partner compensation, associate hiring, compensation systems, training and retention, alternative fee arrangements, project management, law firm mergers, opening branch offices, acquiring practice groups, merger integration, marketing and related matters.

In 1995, after thirty years of practicing law in New York with some of the nation’s largest firms Jerry Kowalski formed Kowalski & Associates in Cedarhurst, New York. Jerry Kowalski’s extensive resume includes extinguish legal work, and serving as counsel for the Government of Israel’s Departments of Defense, Department of Finance, The Bank of Israel (Israel’s Central Bank), the Government of Israel’s Bureau of Engraving and Printing, El Al Israel Airlines and Clal, the second largest corporation in Israel. Jerry Kowalski also served as an adviser to Prime Ministers Yitzhak Shamir, Yitzhak Rabin and Benjamin Netanyahu; as well as Minister of Finance Ya’acov Ne’eman.

Andrew Goodman, Executive Director of Litigation Services, QuisLex, Inc

Andrew has over fourteen years of experience actively managing and supervising large, complex document reviews on antitrust, securities, commercial litigation, intellectual property and construction law matters in industries such as telecommunications, financial services, pharmaceuticals, oil/gas, healthcare, consumer products and semiconductors. He has trained multiple large teams on document review, creating privilege logs, and deposition digesting and is currently responsible for spearheading QuisLex’s litigation training programs. He also manages key substantive and administrative aspects of QuisLex’s client and vendor relationships. Andrew began his career in the LPO industry with QuisLex's subsidiary, SQ Global Solutions. Andrew received his J.D. and M.B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis and earned a B.A. with honors from the University of Michigan.

James P. Duffy, Managing Partner, Berg and Duffy LLP

Mr. Duffy is the current managing partner of the Firm, its Senior Partner, and the partner in charge of the Firm's Monaco Office that he founded in 1986. He primarily focuses on international corporate and financial transactions. He is also very active in bar association matters, currently serving as Chair of the International Law and Practice Section of the New York State Bar Association. Mr. Duffy is a frequent author and lecturer on international legal topics.

He has been a member of the New York Bar since 1968. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from Fordham University School of Law, New York City. He is also admitted to a number of Federal Courts, including the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Duffy’s early legal experience included an appointment by US Senator Jacob K. Javits, who was then the Senior Senator for New York, as Counsel and Staff Director to the Republican members of the United States Senate Committee on Small Business, Washington, DC, and service as an associate at the Wall Street law firm of Cravath Swaine & Moore in New York City. Mr. Duffy is a founding member and a past Chair of the International Section of the New York State Bar Association and a permanent member of the Section’s Executive Committee. Mr. Duffy was a founding member of Berg and Duffy, a small multi-office law firm that specialized in international business, banking, and financial transactions. He is currently engaged in private practice in New York specializing in those same areas. Mr. Duffy is active in New York State Bar Association activities and is a frequent speaker on international legal topics. He is based in New York, but, during his legal career, he has founded a number of foreign branch offices for his law firm and has lived for periods of time in Europe and Latin America in connection with the management of those offices.

Sanjay Kamlani, Co-CEO, Pangea3

Sanjay is a co-founder and Co-CEO of Pangea3, the leader in India legal outsourcing. In this capacity, Sanjay oversees Pangea3's India legal outsourcing business operations and manages all delivery, quality control and administrative services for Pangea3 on a global basis.

Prior to forming Pangea3, Sanjay was the CFO & General Counsel of OfficeTiger B.V., a multinational professional support services outsourcing company. In 2003, Sanjay lived in Chennai, India managing OfficeTiger's India facility. Prior to becoming a member of the founding management team at OfficeTiger in 2000, Sanjay was a Senior Manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York where he developed and managed the US firm's India International Business Network advising U.S. and India- based multinationals on structuring and implementing cross-border business investments, acquisitions and operations in India and the U.S. His major clients included AT&T, Ford Motor Company, Hughes Electronics, Lucent, Cognizant, NASDAQ-Software Solutions International, Softbank and Syntel. Sanjay's experience at OfficeTiger coupled with his experience at PwC working with that firm's 2,000 plus professionals to deliver cross border business solutions and advisory services to U.S. clients amounts to more than 15 years of experience in professional services outsourcing from India, this is one of the factors that makes Pangea3 a leader in India legal outsourcing.

Sanjay holds a B.A. (Cum Laude) from Duke University, a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and an LL.M. from the New York University Law School. Sanjay is admitted to the New York Bar.

Orijit Das, Board Member, Association of Corporate Counsel; UK and Senior Legal Counsel & Vice President (Europe) Genpact, London, United Kingdom

Orijit Das works for Genpact as their European General Counsel and is responsible for Genpact's legal affairs and Offshoring transactions out of Europe. Genpact is a leading provider of Business Services and is listed on the NYSE.

In the past Mr Das has worked as the EMEA & India - General Counsel for a large technology company and for leading international law firms like Bird & Bird, K&L Gates, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Arthur Andersen.

Board member of ACC (which is the largest body of Corporate Counsels with over 25,000 members across the globe); In his capacity as the UK country rep he is involved in its activities in Europe.

Peter Brudenall, Partner, Lawrence Graham

Peter is a specialist in technology and outsourcing law. He has over 15 years' experience in advising companies on technology procurement, the outsourcing of services, contract disputes, software development and the licensing and exploitation of intellectual property. He also advises companies on data protection, IT security, research and development agreements and distribution agreements.

He acts for both customers and suppliers, and has significant experience in acting for Indian-based outsourcing vendors.

Peter is ranked as a leading lawyer for both outsourcing and technology law in all major legal directories. Peter is recommended by Chambers UK 2011 as "knowledgeable and accommodating" for his outsourcing work and, for his IT work, is "widely respected by the market and has particular expertise in offshore transactions".

Peter is a frequent speaker on technology law and outsourcing issues, and has been widely published in legal journals in the UK and internationally.

John Wotton, Vice President - The Law Society, England and Wales

John Wotton has represented the EU Matters constituency on the Law Society's Council since 2007. He is also an ex officio member of the Legal Affairs and Policy Board, the Management Board, the Membership Board and the Regulatory Affairs Board of the Law Society, and chaired the Support Services Resolution Board and the Society's EU Committee.

John is a consultant to the Antitrust Practice at Allen & Overy. He was a partner from 1984 to 2007 and has advised clients on many important cases before the UK competition authorities and the European Commission. He is closely involved in the media sector, with a focus on regulation and judicial review. In utilities, energy and transport, his work has focused mainly on the water, oil, gas and rail industries.

John became a member of the Co-operation and Competition Panel for NHS-funded Services, on its establishment by the Department of Health in 2009. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Competition Law Forum of BIICL.

John has been on the Law Society’s Council since September 2007 and became Vice-President at the AGM on 15 July 2010. He is due to become President in July 2011.

Nigel Kissack, Head, Pinsent Masons' Dispute Resolution and Litigation team

Specialising in resolving disputes for listed and institutional businesses – in the UK and internationally – he has significant experience of complex M&A disputes / warranty claims, trade and investor disputes, as well as FSA regulatory issues.

A qualified Mediator, Nigel is an expert in injunctions and emergency orders and acts as a Court appointed Supervisor of Search and Seize Orders.

He has led the development of Pinsent Masons' award winning ‘Reaching Solutions’ approach to dispute resolution. The communication, through decision trees, of quantum and strategic options adds value and optimises our service.

Richard Reade, UK General Counsel, ISS World

Richard joined ISS, from Pinsent Masons, in 2007. As UK General Counsel he established and built the UK legal function and set up the first UK legal team. Richard has influenced global ISS legal policies - particularly in contractual risk management.

ISS is a global support services company whose work includes facility management; security; cleaning; catering; landscaping and construction. Forbes lists ISS as the world's 5th largest private employer. In the UK alone, it has 43,000 employees. ISS was published in the American Fortune Magazine, as the world’s 6th best outsourcing company (data complied and assessed by the IAOP).

Richard oversees most corporate legal issues in the UK but with particular emphasis on risk management in commercial contracts. He is a passionate believer in the benefits of sending legal work offshore and has spoken, and written, on the subject. ISS was amongst the first major companies to engage an LPO service provider.

Alison Hook, Director, Global Legal Market Consulting

Alison joined the Law Society in January 2002. Prior to this she worked for the European Commission as Deputy Head of the European Commission Representation in the UK (1997-2001), in the Cabinet of European Commissioner Sir Leon Brittan covering a variety of trade, economic and legal issues (1993-1997) and for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (1987-93). She is an economist by training and joined the Government Economic Service after studying at Edinburgh and Warwick Universities.

Deepak Malhotra, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Constellation Brands (Europe and Australia)

Deepak Malhotra is Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Constellation Europe and Australia. He is acknowledged as a leader in the global legal community, and his team won Global Legal Team of the Year 2006 at the Legal Week Awards. He has presented at several conferences and written papers for journals on issues facing General Counsel, and relationship with law firms. Deepak has worked in industry for over 12 years, for Constellation, AB Inbev and Gillette, prior to which he worked for two international law firms.

Deepak also serves on the Advisory Board of Global Leaders in Law, which is the leading global General Counsel forum with over 2,000 GCs as members.

Bruce Macmillan, General Counsel, Legal Services Board (England and Wales)

Bruce Macmillan is General Counsel to the Legal Services Board – the new oversight regulator for the English and Welsh legal profession. Prior to joining the Legal Services Board, Bruce was Dell EMEA Senior Counsel for the Consumer, Retail and business distribution divisions. Prior to Dell Bruce was UK Head of Legal for telecoms groups Tele2, and Alpha Telecom and was in house counsel at ONdigital/ITV Digital and Cable & Wireless. Bruce started his legal career at Gouldens (now Jones Day) and also worked for SJ Berwin before moving in house. Bruce has been an active member of legal trade associations including the Commerce & Industry Group (where he was chair of the Corporate Governance Committee) and the Cisco IT lawyers forum.

Mark Ford, Director, Knowledge Centre, Clifford Chance LLP

Mark Ford began his career in 1994 as a trainee and then a solicitor in Clifford Chance's Communications, Media & Technology Group. Since then, he has spent more than 10 years at the cutting edge of innovation in legal practice. In 1999, he was part of the team that set up the firm's online services group, before establishing an R&D unit to research new technologies and their impact on the practice of law. This work led to the introduction of document assembly technology to the firm and his team spearheaded the roll-out of the tool which now encompasses more than 200 legal templates and has users in all the firm's offices. This is thought to be the most extensive implementation by any law firm of document assembly technology.

Mark is currently the Director of the Clifford Chance Knowledge Centre and has led the project since planning began four years ago. Based in the firm's Global Shared Service Centre in Delhi, the Knowledge Centre is a group of 40 offshore staff, that is expected to grow to around 60 over the next 12 months, established as a "captive LPO" operation to provide legal support services to Clifford Chance on a global basis. Last year, the Knowledge Centre worked on nearly 500 projects and handled tasks for over 20 of Clifford Chance's offices across all major practice areas.

Matt Meyer, Chief Executive, Taylor Vinters

Matt is Taylor Vinters' chief executive and a specialist in IT projects and outsourcing. Clients quoted in Legal 500 say that he is "exceptional" and praise him for "an intuitive ability to demonstrate an appropriate level of business and technological knowledge."

Matt's first experience in IT projects came while working in Auckland for New Zealand heavyweight Bell Gully. Matt returned to the UK to join the Eversheds IT projects team. He moved to Taylor Vinters in 2005 keen to build an IT projects powerhouse outside London.

With experience in system acquisition and integration, Matt also advises on software licensing, outsourcing and business process reengineering around new technologies. He recently supported Premier Foods plc with a business critical SAP implementation.

Matt prides himself on knowing which fights to pick and working closely with clients to focus on principles before getting locked into drafting documents.

Manu Kanwar, Legal Director, Head of Commercial and Corporate Affairs, Yahoo! EMEA

Manu heads up legal support for Yahoo!'s commercial groups across EMEA. Prior to joining Yahoo!, where he has been for nearly 7 years, he was a senior lawyer in Osborne Clarke's London Technology and Media team. Manu is well known for his energy, entrepreneurial spirit and his proactive commercial approach. He sits on the Legal and Commercial leadership teams for Yahoo!'s EMEA's business, providing strategic and technical support to both. He has worked hard to ensure that his team members are well integrated within the Business and provide a meaningful and relevant legal service.

Manu was shortlisted for the General Counsel of the Year at the British Legal Awards 2009. He chairs the Lawyers' Forum within the IAB UK, as well advising IAB Europe and the European Interactive Advertising Association.

David Kemp, Executive Director of Legal Policy, Autonomy

David provides business development for Autonomy outside the USA, since March 2010. Autonomy is the US$7 billion market cap software company listed in the FTSE100, specialising in technology for corporate governance, business efficiency and corporate expansion. He works with Corporate Boards, General Counsel and Risk Managers to meet the key challenges they face in terms of empowering their institutions, protecting them and enabling them to promote their corporate business.

By profession he is a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales, having obtained a Masters Degree in Law from Oxford University. He has worked for 11 years as a Corporate Banker at ABN AMRO before becoming a Legal & Compliance Business Manager at ABN AMRO / RBS in 2001.

In the last decade he has created a number of influential cross-industry market groups for setting self-help regulatory bench-marks in areas such as Fraud, Anti-Money Laundering, Legal Intelligence, Records Management and other areas of Investment Banking.

Chris Dale, Director, e-Disclosure Information Project

Chris Dale qualified as an English solicitor in 1980 after reading History at Oxford. He was a litigation partner in London and then a litigation software developer and litigation support consultant before turning to commentary on electronic disclosure / discovery. He runs the e-Disclosure Information Project which disseminates information about the court rules, the problems, and the technology to lawyers and their clients, to judges, and to suppliers. He is a member of Senior Master Whitaker's Working Party which drafted the new Practice Direction and Electronic Documents Questionnaire. He writes the UK’s only authoritative and objective web site and blog on the subject and is a well-known speaker and commentator in the UK, the US and other common law jurisdictions.

Vince Neicho, Litigation Support Manager, Allen & Overy LLP

Vince is Litigation Support Manager at Allen & Overy and is a recognised expert in the field of e-disclosure and document management. He has 35 years of experience at Allen & Overy and is responsible for document management across the litigation department globally.

He also manages the department's paralegals and Litigation Support team and is an Administrator of the firm's Litigation Support system, Ringtail Caseroom. On a global basis, he is actively involved in advising clients on disclosure obligations, preservation, retrieval and organisation of their documents and data to facilitate reviews for disclosure and investigatory purposes. He also has vast experience on the execution of search and seize orders. Vince is a founder member of LiST (Litigation Support Technology) Group and has a particular interest in the development of e-disclosure, the use of electronic documents and the consequent challenges posed to the litigator, both in England and Wales and globally.

Vince is recognised in the market and he is actively shaping the future law on e-disclosure. By way of example, he is a member, by invitation, of the Working Group assembled by Senior Master and Queen's Remembrancer, Master Whitaker, that has drafted an e-disclosure Questionnaire to form part of the disclosure process and also a new Practice Direction governing the e-disclosure process. In addition, Vince's paragraph on e-disclosure was included as a quote in the Preliminary Report of Lord Justice Jackson's Review on Costs and he assisted Lord Justice Jackson with aspects of the chapter on disclosure in the Final Report. He has also addressed judges at one of their conferences on the practicalities of e-disclosure and is a regular speaker on the subject, addressing audiences in London, Brussels, New York, Singapore and Hong Kong.

Mark Ross, Vice President – Legal Services, Integreon Managed Solutions

Mark Ross is an experienced UK litigation solicitor and former partner at high profile UK law firm Underwoods Solicitors.Mark’s involvement in legal outsourcing dates back to January 2004 when Underwoods became the first UK law firm to outsource legal work to a lower cost common law jurisdiction. Chambers Guide refers to Underwoods as “a pioneer of legal offshoring”. Mark was responsible for the development of the workflow system for outsourcing to the firm's South Africa office.

Mark moved to Los Angeles in 2006 as Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing at a niche LPO before joining Integreon in November 2009. He is a recognized authority and thought leader in the field of legal outsourcing. He has been published by, and interviewed for, numerous mainstream and legal publications, including TIME magazine, the UK Law Society Gazette, and the ABA’s Law Practice Management. He is the former Chair of the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals’ Legal Outsourcing Chapter. He is a recognized expert on the Ethics of Legal Outsourcing, and has written numerous articles and a widely acclaimed White Paper dealing with the subject. He developed the first State Bar approved MCLE Ethics course, provided by a legal outsourcing company, on the ethical implications of outsourcing legal work.

Mark’s experience in the field of legal outsourcing is such that he has been invited to address the American Bar Association, UK Law Society and the International Bar Association.He has also been invited to speak as a leading authority on legal outsourcing at conferences run by prestigious organizations including: Financial Times, U.C. Berkeley School of Law, Stanford Center for the Legal Profession, Practicing Law Institute, and American Lawyer.

Paul O'Hare, Commercial Technology Partner, Kemp Little LLP & Representative for National Outsourcing Association UK

Paul is a partner in the commercial technology department, and head of the outsourcing practice, at Kemp Little, one of the UK's leading technology-focused law firms. Paul has specialised in outsourcing since qualification in 1998, and has over 10 years experience in the area. He is recognised for his outsourcing expertise by leading legal directories, including Chambers, Legal 500, and PLC Which Lawyer.

Paul regularly acts for suppliers and customers on IT, business process, HR and knowledge process outsourcing transactions, across a range of industry sectors including consumer electronics, consumer goods, engineering, financial services, communications and professional services.

Paul has acted for a number of leading outsourcing service providers, and together with his team, he advises 1 in 10 of the FTSE 100 companies on their sourcing and outsourcing transactions. He has been instructed by several of the UK's top ten law firms on their outsourcing transactions, including their IT, BP and (more recently) legal process outsourcing projects. Having acted for a range of suppliers and customers over the past 10 years, Paul has strong links with representatives from all parts of the outsourcing industry, including suppliers, customers, and sourcing advisors.

Reina D'costa, In House Solicitor, Corporate and Legal Compliance Department, Zee UK

Reina D’costa has 9 years of UK PQE and over 3 years of initial overseas experience as a dual qualified solicitor now based in the UK . Her ties are with one of the top emerging markets (India) while she specialises in managing all aspects of commercial , business, IP/entertainment/media, advertising, marketing, employment, immigration and company secretarial work for the European Head office of a Multinational South Asian Media Group as Sole General Counsel.

As Ofcom Compliance officer for a multinational media Group she has successfully developed effective links of communication with regulatory bodies and acquired licences in television and radio. She has also been responsible for entry into the radio sector and the launch on the Greater London multiplex, Sky, analogue and the internet platforms and advised and guided the group through their successful launch into Russia and the CIS.

Launched in 1995, Zee Network, UK was the first South Asian Entertainment Network of its kind. Since then it has grown in popularity and become synonymous with South Asian entertainment. Zee has continually entertained and engages audiences with a unique blend of high-quality, localised and innovative programming. It also offers the world’s largest Hindi film library, with an option of English and French subtitles. Worldwide Zee reaches 71 million households across 168 countries and 500 million viewers through a global entertainment network

Fredrik Motzfeldt, CPCU, Senior Vice President, EMEA Practice Leader, Marsh Global Communications, Media & Technology Practice

In his current role as the Mash EMEA CMT Practice Leader, Fredrik is responsible for technical advice and new business development within the Communications, Media & Technology sector in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Based in London, UK, Fredrik oversees the development of insurance products, risk management consulting and financing solutions for the communications, media & technology industry exposures in EMEA. He acts as an adviser to and liaison with clients and Marsh offices worldwide on a broad range of communications, media & technology industry-related issues, including specialty subjects such as cloud computing, intellectual property, open source, and non-material damage business interruption.

Richard Given, Legal Director, Cisco's Emerging Markets Theatre

Richard is Legal Director for Cisco’s Emerging Markets Theatre whose turnover is ~$4Billion p.a.. Richard drives effective decision-making in the theatre - a key role is approving complex business opportunities alongside other key stakeholders within Cisco. Richard leads a legal team of 15 across 10 locations and 10 time zones advising, guiding and protecting CISCO’s business, often in challenging environments. He is expected to deliver this at a lower expense/bookings ratio each year. Consequently he regularly re-works the way legal services are provided, challenging all pre-conceptions.

Richard is an alumni of Freshfields Bruckhaus Derringer and Cambridge University (spending far more time playing rugby than in the lecture halls!). He is married to a fabulous garden designer (shameless plug: www.bellagardens.co.uk) and is blessed with 2 young (boisterous) children as well as a 1965 Type 2 Split Screen campervan, the last of which reminds him regularly that faster is not always better!

Steven C. Bennett, Partner, Jones Day

Steve Bennett's practice at Jones Day focuses on domestic and international commercial litigation and arbitration, including cases involving bankruptcy, construction, corporate, energy, insurance, intellectual property, privacy and data security, and other disputes.

Steve is chair of the Firm's e-Discovery Committee and an active member of the Firm's construction practice team. He co-founded the Sedona Conference Working Group on International E-Discovery. He teaches a course on conflicts of law at Hofstra Law School and co-teaches a course on advanced civil procedure (e-discovery) at New York Law School. He is a qualified arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association and the CPR Institute. Steve serves as hearing officer pursuant to the consent decree in the Civil RICO case of United States v. Local 14-14B, IUOE (E.D.N.Y.) and served two terms as election officer in the case of United States v. District Council of Carpenters (S.D.N.Y.). He taught arbitration law at Brooklyn Law School for nine years.

Steve regularly speaks to a wide array of groups for CLE and other purposes. He has written more than 150 articles on a variety of topics. His book, Arbitration: Essential Concepts (ALM) was published in 2002. His book, A Privacy Primer for Corporate Counsel(Aspatore/West) was published in 2009.

Steve writes a continuing column, "Arbitration," with Professor Samuel Estreicher, which has appeared in the New York Law Journalsince 2004, and his column, "Computer Law," has appeared in the New York State Bar Association Journal since 2009. He blogs occasionally in the "Thinkernet" series at InternetEvolution.com and at NLJ.com.

David Whitney – Relationship Manager, Solicitors Regulation Authority

David Whitney is a Relationship Manager in the Regulation Directorate at the SRA. With a team of 4 other managers, David is currently developing and piloting relationship management as one of a range of new supervisory techniques which the SRA may use from October 2011 following the introduction of outcomes-focused regulation.

David leads the SRA outsourcing group and is currently considering a range of outsourcing issues with a number of global and international law firms in connection with the relationship management pilot.

David is a solicitor. He trained, qualified and practised at Simmons & Simmons and subsequently at Barlow, Lyde & Gilbert specialising in commercial litigation, professional indemnity and disciplinary matters. Following a period of consulting and training work for UK Top 100 firms focusing on professional standards and compliance issues, David worked as Risk Manager at Bircham Dyson Bell LLP. He joined the SRA in May 2010.

Alex Holt, Director, Legal & Business Services, Steria

Alex heads the Legal & Business Services team in Steria, a major European provider of business services and technology. Steria has consistently ranked in the top tier of outsourcing providers, a position that was recognised most recently in their being awarded the "BPO Project of the Year" and retain the UK No. 1 (and European No. 3) ranking for multi-process financial BPO.

After many years as an Insurance Partner in a top 50 law firm, Alex found the escape tunnel and, having cleared the woods, ran a successful consultancy providing strategic and operational guidance to law firms. The experience gained in advising the industry on strategic growth, business innovation and efficiency initiatives led to his joining Steria in 2009. Alex’s unusual mix of both vertical and horizontal expertise brings a unique and valuable perspective to the table when discussing and assessing opportunities for law firms, chambers and in-house legal teams to outsource services.

Sanjay Kamlani, Co-CEO, Pangea3

Sanjay is a co-founder and Co-CEO of Pangea3, the leader in India legal outsourcing. In this capacity, Sanjay oversees Pangea3's India legal outsourcing business operations and manages all delivery, quality control and administrative services for Pangea3 on a global basis.

Prior to forming Pangea3, Sanjay was the CFO & General Counsel of OfficeTiger B.V., a multinational professional support services outsourcing company. In 2003, Sanjay lived in Chennai, India managing OfficeTiger's India facility. Prior to becoming a member of the founding management team at OfficeTiger in 2000, Sanjay was a Senior Manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York where he developed and managed the US firm's India International Business Network advising U.S. and India- based multinationals on structuring and implementing cross-border business investments, acquisitions and operations in India and the U.S. His major clients included AT&T, Ford Motor Company, Hughes Electronics, Lucent, Cognizant, NASDAQ-Software Solutions International, Softbank and Syntel. Sanjay's experience at OfficeTiger coupled with his experience at PwC working with that firm's 2,000 plus professionals to deliver cross border business solutions and advisory services to U.S. clients amounts to more than 15 years of experience in professional services outsourcing from India, this is one of the factors that makes Pangea3 a leader in India legal outsourcing.

Sanjay holds a B.A. (Cum Laude) from Duke University, a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and an LL.M. from the New York University Law School. Sanjay is admitted to the New York Bar.

Arihant Patni - Chief Executive Officer, Bodhi Global

Arihant Patni is an entrepreneur, corporate executive and financial advisor who has extensive experience in computer software, business development/marketing and IT infrastructure. He has worked in India, the United States and throughout Europe.

Arihant began his career at Patni Computer Systems, where he had a broad exposure to the business of the company, including consulting positions in the computer software and human resources departments, as well as being a business development and marketing executive. In the latter capacity, Arihant was part of a team dedicated to the European market and worked to increase global brand awareness for the Patni companies and products. Subsequently, Arihant worked as a Business Strategy Consultant for Fidelity Investments in Boston, where he led a finance systems strategy project for one of Fidelity's companies, involving business process analyses, systems re-design and solutions recommendations. He then worked as a Management Consultant for Booz, Allen & Hamilton, where he brought his computer expertise to bear on projects relating to the enhancement the firm's electronic security tools and protocols. Arihant was Vice-President for Business Development for Raay Software, Inc., where he started the U.S. office for a European software product company operating in the healthcare space, developed the marketing campaign for the United States and conducted strategic market analysis to build brand awareness.

Rahul Shah, AVP & Head – LPO Practice, Infosys

Rahul has over 16 years of outsourcing, consulting and business management experience across wide variety of domains including energy and commodity trading and risk management, Knowledge process outsourcing and Legal Process Outsourcing. He currently heads the LPO Practice in Infosys. Prior to handling the LPO Practice, Rahul has played multiple roles within Infosys in the last decade that he has spent with Infosys. Rahul has written and published widely in international journals and publications and has spoken in international forums across wide variety of topics relating to outsourcing. Rahul is an MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and an Electronics Engineer from IT-BHU, Benares.

Abhi Shah, CEO, Clutch Group

Abhi Shah is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Clutch Group. In this role, Abhi is responsible for overseeing all business operations and the overall strategic direction of the company.

Prior to Clutch Group, he worked with Mphasis, a global IT and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services company with over 12,000 employees. He led the sale of the company for $800 million to a leading U.S. healthcare solutions provider and spearheaded the strategy for integrating the companies post-acquisition. Prior to MphasiS, he was a senior consultant at Accenture where he led multiple client engagements with Fortune 100 companies in the telecommunications and pharmaceutical industries.

Abhi received a BBA in Marketing with honors from Texas A&M University and a MBA from Harvard Business School. He also completed the Eisenhower Leadership Development Program led by former U.S. President George H. Bush.

Desh R. Urs, Managing Partner, iBridge LLC & MD, DOAR Litigation Consulting

As Vice President & Managing Director of DOAR's Business Development Group, Desh R. Urs is responsible for overseeing the company's marketing and sales initiatives.

He joined DOAR as part of a strategic partnership between DOAR and iBridge, LLC, a leader in legal process outsourcing and document review services. The partnership combines DOAR's expertise in managing document review in complex litigation with iBridge's operations and legal staff to offer respective clients with high quality managed review services along with unparalleled scalability and cost-effectiveness.

Desh brings over 20 years of leadership, general management, sales and marketing experience to DOAR. Prior to joining DOAR and establishing iBridge, he led sales organizations as SVP at Qsent, Inc and VP at Acxiom Corporation, where he focused on usage of data in data distribution, direct marketing, fraud prevention and law enforcement. As a VP of Global Sales, Services and Marketing at Silicon Graphics, Inc., he managed engineering and non-engineering functions developing solutions in sciences, telecommunications, manufacturing, media, business and defense intelligence to support several billion dollars of revenue. During his tenure as VP at Think Tools AG and Brio Technology, he ran business development and alliances providing solutions in Business Intelligence and Decisions Cycle management to global 100 corporations worldwide.

Hemant K Batra, Lead Partner-Kaden Boriss Legal LLP & Vice President, SAARCLAW

Hemant Batra is a Corporate, Business & Strategist Commercial Lawyer, whose practice is concentrated across the Globe in general, specifically in India/South Asia. He is the Managing Head-Legal, Kaden Boriss Consulting [affiliate of Kaden Boriss (UK) Ltd.], a legal/knowledge process outsourcing & legal services company engaged in undertaking assignments for both Indian and overseas clients seeking to outsource their legal, para-legal documentation & documentation management, regulatory and compliance work.

He is the elected Vice President of SAARCLAW (South Asian Association For Regional Co-operation In Law) and enjoys a quasi-diplomatic status. He has written as well as edited and published various publications and papers on various topics of commercial significance. He is a visiting Guest Speaker to various international universities and institutions. He has been associated with various literary projects undertaken by Nova Southeastern University, Florida. Until 2006, he has spoken as a Speaker at about 90 international conferences/seminars/workshops on varied topics of commercial importance. He has traveled extensively around the world.

Lalit Bhasin, President, Society of Indian Law Firms & Partner, Bhasin & Company

Lalit Bhasin - Born on 19th January, 1939, started Law Practice in September, 1962. He was the Chairman, Bar Council of Delhi from 1973 to 1977. At present he is the General Secretary, Bar Association of India and President, Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF). He is also the Partner of Bhasin & Company - leading law firm in India. The various awards/honours received by him include Indira Gandhi National Unity Award, 1990 Award for Excellence in Professionalism-1991, Institute of Marketing Management 1991 Intellectuals Award - "The Great Son of the Soil" Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award, 1992 Award for Distiction by International Bar Association, October 1994 at Melboune Awarded Honorary Membership of International Bar Association (only second Asian to get this honour) in 1999 National Award for Excellence -2001 by All India Lawyers Forum for Civil Liberties Award of Honour from the Prime Minister of India for Services to the Legal Profession and Commitment to the Rule of Law - December 2001. He is the author of Congress Centenary Celebrations Lawyers in the Freedom Struggle of India, Issues before the Afro Asian World, World beyond Nuclear Weapons.

Michael D. Bell, Managing Principal, Fronterion LLC

Michael D. Bell is the founder and managing principal of Fronterion LLC. His expertise covers the full spectrum of legal outsourcing advisory services including solution development, onsite vendor due diligence/selection, risk management/ethical compliance, solution implementation, and ongoing vendor relationship management. Bell was instrumental in Fronterion’s pioneering undertaking as the first firm to take a highly structured approach to the evaluation of the legal outsourcing vendor marketplace. Through his work, Bell has personally conducted more than 40 onsite assessments of offshore legal services vendors.

Patrick Burke, Senior Director and Assistant General Counsel, Guidance Software, Inc

Patrick Burke is a Senior Director and Assistant General Counsel at Guidance Software, Inc., where he works with legal departments at major US, Canadian and European companies implementing in-house eDiscovery processes. He writes and speaks regularly on the intersection between eDiscovery law and technology, international eDiscovery and privacy/data protection.

Prior to joining Guidance, Patrick was an associate in the commercial litigation department of Linkaters, the London-based Magic Circle law firm, where he was co-head of Linklaters’ global eDiscovery working group. He has also practiced as a commercial litigator at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. He is a participant in the Sedona Conference on eDiscovery, including Working Group 6 on international electronic discovery practice. He regularly presents at -- and sometimes chairs -- the major eDiscovery conferences.

Patrick obtained his law degree from the New York University School of Law, where he was recognized for the best article or comment of the year for his article on corporate speech rights under the First Amendment to the US Constitution. He interned at the U.S. Justice Department and served as a Law Clerk to U.S. District Court Judge Glenn E. Mencer. He pursued his undergraduate studies at SUNY Binghamton and the University of Copenhagen in Denmark.

Richard Reade, UK General Counsel, ISS World

Richard joined ISS, from Pinsent Masons, in 2007. As UK General Counsel he established and built the UK legal function and set up the first UK legal team. Richard has influenced global ISS legal policies - particularly in contractual risk management.

ISS is a global support services company whose work includes facility management; security; cleaning; catering; landscaping and construction. Forbes lists ISS as the world's 5th largest private employer. In the UK alone, it has 43,000 employees. ISS was published in the American Fortune Magazine, as the world’s 6th best outsourcing company (data complied and assessed by the IAOP).

Richard oversees most corporate legal issues in the UK but with particular emphasis on risk management in commercial contracts. He is a passionate believer in the benefits of sending legal work offshore and has spoken, and written, on the subject. ISS was amongst the first major companies to engage an LPO service provider.

Nigel Kissack, Head, Pinsent Masons' Dispute Resolution and Litigation team

Specialising in resolving disputes for listed and institutional businesses – in the UK and internationally – he has significant experience of complex M&A disputes / warranty claims, trade and investor disputes, as well as FSA regulatory issues.

A qualified Mediator, Nigel is an expert in injunctions and emergency orders and acts as a Court appointed Supervisor of Search and Seize Orders.

He has led the development of Pinsent Masons' award winning ‘Reaching Solutions’ approach to dispute resolution. The communication, through decision trees, of quantum and strategic options adds value and optimises our service.

Deepak Malhotra is Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Constellation Europe and Australia. He is acknowledged as a leader in the global legal community, and his team won Global Legal Team of the Year 2006 at the Legal Week Awards. He has presented at several conferences and written papers for journals on issues facing General Counsel, and relationship with law firms. Deepak has worked in industry for over 12 years, for Constellation, AB Inbev and Gillette, prior to which he worked for two international law firms.

Deepak also serves on the Advisory Board of Global Leaders in Law, which is the leading global General Counsel forum with over 2,000 GCs as members.

Sakthivel Venkatraman, Managing Director of Operations, Cobra Legal Solutions Pvt Ltd

Sakthivel Venkatraman, as Managing Director of Operations, India, is primarily responsible for managing the day-to-day operations and support services of Cobra in India. He was formerly the head of operations for the Legal and Transaction processing unit of OfficeTiger, a large professional outsourcing company in India. Sakthivel oversaw the department since its inception and was responsible for building and managing a team of 500 over four years. He was one of the few subject matter experts in India for Securities litigation, consumer litigation and mass tort litigations. Prior to OfficeTiger, Sakthivel worked at NIIT, one of India's leading software training companies, and at Tata Consultancy Services.

Sakthivel is experienced in a number of areas, including operations management, client relationship, and corporate sales account management, implementation of service deliverables, and creation and oversight of quality control processes. He also serves on the Board of Directors for Rising Star Outreach of India. He is a graduate in science from the University of Madras, with masters' degree in business administration(SSM) and business law from NLSIU. He is recognized and certified by the Forum of Free Enterprise (FFE) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

Mark Ross, Vice President – Legal Services, Integreon Managed Solutions

Mark Ross is an experienced UK litigation solicitor and former partner at high profile UK law firm Underwoods Solicitors. Mark moved to Los Angeles in 2006 and joined LawScribe where he was responsible for Global Sales and Marketing, before moving to Integreon in November 2009. He is a recognized authority and thought leader in the field of legal outsourcing. He has been published by, and interviewed for, numerous mainstream and legal publications, including TIME magazine, the UK Law Society Gazette, and the ABA’s Law Practice Management. He is the former Chair of the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals’ Legal Outsourcing Chapter.

He is a recognized expert on the Ethics of Legal Outsourcing, and has written numerous articles and a widely acclaimed White Paper dealing with the subject. He developed the first State Bar approved MCLE Ethics course, provided by a legal outsourcing company, on the ethical implications of outsourcing legal work. He subsequently created two further State Bar accredited courses dealing with patent support outsourcing and offshore document review. He is committed to the implementation of legal outsourcing industry standards of accreditation and has spearheaded industry initiatives aimed at creating such standards.

He has been invited to speak as a leading authority on legal outsourcing at conferences run by prestigious organizations including: Financial Times, U.C. Berkeley School of Law, Stanford Center for the Legal Profession, ABA Center for Professional Responsibility, ABA Ethics 20/20 Commission, UK Law Society, Practicing Law Institute, and American Lawyer.

Ganesh Natarajan – President and CEO, Mindcrest

Ganesh, co-founder of the world’s first legal outsourcing company, has ensured Mindcrest’s position as industry leader since its inception in 2001. Under his leadership, Mindcrest has become synonymous with quality and value to lawyers in the U.S., Europe and Australia.

Throughout his career, Ganesh has acted as an advisor to several Fortune 500 companies in areas, such as market-entry strategies, capital raising activities, joint venture arrangements, strategic alliances and various commercial arrangements, including mergers and acquisitions. His vast cross-border experience and deep insight into international investment issues enabled him to guide U.S. and U.K. clients on investment propositions in India. His keen global legal acumen was instrumental in guiding several multinationals in making their India entry.

With his vast and varied experience, Ganesh has become a leading authority in the international legal industry, and has addressed many industry forums, bar associations and law schools internationally. Ganesh has an MBA from Brigham Young University in Utah and a JD from Washington University in St. Louis. He holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Bombay and a graduate degree in management from the Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune. Ganesh brings close to 20 years of legal experience to Mindcrest.

Dr. Akhil Prasad, Director and Head-Legal & Company Secretary, Fidelity International – India

Dr. Akhil Prasad is Director and Head of Legal at Fidelity International India (FIL India Business Services) and is based at Gurgaon. In past he has held offices as Director India Legal Affairs & Company Secretary of The Walt Disney Company India (2005 to 2007); as Senior Attorney & Company Secretary of General Motors India (2003 to 2005); and as Assistant General Manager Legal with Electrolux Kelvinator (2000 to 2002). Prior to these assignments, he has also worked with the legal teams in Modicorp Group (including Modi Xerox and Graphtech India from 1995 to 2000). Akhil has about over 15 years’ experience as an In-house Counsel.

Akhil holds a Doctorate in Commerce, is a post graduate in Law, is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, UK. He is also a non-practicing Solicitor of England & Wales and is a member of the Law Society, UK. Akhil has been very recently nominated as the Vice – Chairman and an Advisory Board member to the Corporate Counsel Committee of the International Bar Association.

Peter Brudenall, Partner, Global Technology, Outsourcing & Privacy, Hunton & Williams LLP, UK

Peter Brudenall is a partner in the firm's Global Technology and Outsourcing Group. Peter has extensive experience in advising companies on technology procurement, the outsourcing of services, contract disputes, software development and the licensing and exploitation of intellectual property. He also advises companies on agency agreements, research and development agreements, distribution agreements and franchise agreements. He acts for both customers and suppliers, and has significant experience in acting for Indian-based IT and outsourcing vendors.

Peter is ranked as a leading lawyer for both outsourcing and technology law in all major legal directories. It is stated in the 2008 edition of Chambers that he "knows how the market is developing and its key issues, so he knows how to add value in terms of constructing the contract." He is also described in the 2009 edition as having "deep technical knowledge."

Dr Sanjeev Gemawat, Vice President – Legal & Secretarial, DLF Rentco Group and DLF Holdings

Sanjeev joined DLF Group in August 2007 as Vice President – Legal & Secretarial and currently looks after legal, secretarial & regulatory affairs of DLF Rentco Group and DLF Holdings. He also heads the Compliance Task Force, which is responsible for ensuring legal & regulatory compliances for all projects of the Group. Besides, he is the Director on the Board of various DLF Group companies including Joint Venture companies.

DLF Rentco Group is a part of DLF Group and is responsible for the development and construction of commercial complexes, offices, utilities, services, malls and retail businesses pan India. The Group has a distinction of developing commercial projects, retail/malls and office spaces that are at par with the best in the world.

DLF Holdings Group (DLF Holdings) is the DLF’s arm for non real-estate investments which include inter alia integrated hospitality development, clubs, recreational facilities, golf resorts, convention centres, metro project, insurance, fit-out projects and so on.

Barry Clarke, Senior Vice President, India at Invest Northern Ireland

Barry works with companies seeking to be near shore to their customers in the UK and Europe, through locating delivery or development centers in the UK region of Northern Ireland. His focus is primarily the ICT sector and promoting the strength in depth of Northern Ireland's innovative domain and process knowledge in the BFSI and Mobile telephony verticals and its highly educated talent pool and world class university research to companies in the Software, ITES, BPO and KPO sectors. In KPO, his team is specifically focusing on the depth of the talent pool and graduate population in Finance and Accounts, Equity Research and Legal Services and the opportunity for a hybrid off shore/near shore proposition for global companies.

Percis Anklesaria – Head Quality and Training, Bodhi Global

Percis joins Bodhi with over a decade of valuable experience. She received her master's in law from Columbia University (New York) in the year 2003. She is a law graduate from Symbiosis Law College, Pune, India and a registered solicitor with the Law Society of England and Wales.

Percis has worked with a few of India’s leading law firms where she was advising and assisting clients on all aspects of international and domestic commercial transactions and on various Indian commercial laws, including foreign exchange regulations, structured "entry" routes, and negotiated joint ventures. She has headed due diligence work on potential target companies as well as companies engaged in a public issue. She has drafted/reviewed various types of transactional documentation, conveyance/lease agreements and other related documentation and has been involved in alternative dispute resolution, including international commercial arbitration, and the pre- and post-arbitral processes.

Percis has also assisted with the setting up of the Indian operations of an international law firm, including recruitment, office administration and all other corporate formalities associated with the business of the firm. She has been published in a few legal magazines in Hong Kong and Singapore.

Fredrik Motzfeldt, CPCU, Senior Vice President, EMEA Practice Leader, Marsh Global Communications, Media & Technology Practice

In his current role as the Mash EMEA CMT Practice Leader, Fredrik is responsible for technical advice and new business development within the Communications, Media & Technology sector in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Based in London, UK, Fredrik oversees the development of insurance products, risk management consulting and financing solutions for the communications, media & technology industry exposures in EMEA. He acts as an adviser to and liaison with clients and Marsh offices worldwide on a broad range of communications, media & technology industry-related issues, including specialty subjects such as cloud computing, intellectual property, open source, and non-material damage business interruption.

Alison Hook, Head of the International Department of the Law Society, England and Wales

Alison joined the Law Society in January 2002. Prior to this she worked for the European Commission as Deputy Head of the European Commission Representation in the UK (1997-2001), in the Cabinet of European Commissioner Sir Leon Brittan covering a variety of trade, economic and legal issues (1993-1997) and for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (1987-93). She is an economist by training and joined the Government Economic Service after studying at Edinburgh and Warwick Universities.

Mark Wyatt, CEO, Futurelex Group

Mark is one of Europe's most experienced legal information publishers. Prior to becoming publisher of The European Lawyer, Mark was publisher of The Lawyer where he launched one of the first legal search engines – thelawyer.com. Mark founded multi-award winning Legal Week and launched the Legal IT magazine and the associated Legal IT Forum at Gleneagles. Mark is CEO of the Futurelex group who in addition to publishing The European Lawyer and European Lawyer reference series of comparative law books, have just launched Procurelaw.com - the first global tendering platform for legal services.

Antony Alex, Managing Director, Legal Services (India), Pangea3

Prior to joining Pangea3, Antony was a Partner at Kochhar & Co. He is a general corporate and commercial lawyer with a focus on banking and financing transactions. Antony has considerable expertise in restructuring, bankruptcy and insolvency matters as well as in sale and purchase of stressed assets. He has worked on financing transactions ranging from plain vanilla lending to structured finance and securitization. Financing and security documentation pertaining to corporate financing is his forte. He also has experience in advising private equity/venture capital funds in their investments in India. He has handled project finance transactions in the power sector that are based on conventional and non-conventional sources of energy. Further, he has extensive general corporate law experience that includes M&A, foreign investment, incorporation of companies, drafting and negotiating agreements including joint ventures, technology transfers, etc. He has also served as a legal counsel for a life insurance company.

Antony speaks regularly at international conferences and recently presented a paper on "Payment systems in e-commerce - India" at an international conference in Seattle. He is an active member of the Finance & Taxation sub-committee of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). He is also a member of the British Business Group, Inter Pacific Bar Association and the Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa. Antony holds an Honors Degree in Arts and Law from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, India.