Fifty heads of in-house legal teams participated in a retreat from 30 April to 3 May organized by the Indian Corporate Counsel Association (ICCA). They included Nasser Kabir, general counsel of ReNew Power, Sormistha Ghosh, general counsel of Schneider Electric India, and Rajesh Jha, general counsel of Reckitt Benckiser Group.
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“It was a unique combination of high profile attendees, an interesting agenda for three days with relevant topics for the corporate legal sector with a chance of knowledge sharing with fellow GCs and Indian and international law firm partners,” said Ashok Sharma, the founder president of the ICCA.
Dubbed the Great Indian GC Retreat 2015, the event was held at a seaside resort in Kovalam, Kerala. Technical discussions were interspersed with recreational activities, such as beach games and a tour of the backwaters of Kerala. Topics discussed included investment treaty arbitration; mergers and acquisitions in India; the anti-corruption environment in India; and sexual harassment at the workplace.
Ministry of Law and Justice Secretary PK Malhotra attended and spelled out the government’s vision and steps being taken to make India an attractive investment destination.
Farokh Engineer, a former Indian test cricketer, also attended. Engineer, who is currently associated with UK-based law firm Zaiwalla & Co, shared insights from his cricketing career with the participants.
The ICCA organized a similar retreat in 2014 in Goa.
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