Amar Sundram

Background

About Amar Sundram

In House Senior Corporate Legal Professional having wide experience in Strategic thinking, formulation of operational guidelines & a business enabler to complex legal issues. Worked with the best of the Indian and Multinational business houses like DCM Shriram, Birla, TATA, AT & T, Reliance, Citi, EY and RBS (Natwest Group). A multifaceted professional with more than 25 years of corporate experience, am currently the General Counsel - Sr. VP (Legal) and Chief Compliance Officer for NEC Corporation India. Earlier worked as “Head Of Legal, Regulatory Affairs & Governance” for RBS India, RBS Foundation with overview of NatWest Markets and was a member of India Ex-co and Risk Committee. Prior to RBS, worked with EY India advising employees including 470+Partners across all service lines-Advisory, Transaction, Assurance, TAX, FIDS etc Led from the front on Corporate Governance, Compliances, Anti-bribery / corruption, Fraud, global investigations, cross-border contracts involving multi-jurisdictional complex legal issues. Handled high stake international & domestic arbitration, critical litigation in different high courts, Supreme Court of India and US courts. University Topper in LL.M from University of Delhi, dealt with complex legal issues in the business arena including Regulatory, Compliance, Taxation, Arbitration, Insurance, Financial laws, employment laws, cross-border transactions, Government contracts, Power, Fraud Management, Criminal law having active interactions with leading legal luminaries & top law firms of the country. Interacts with Government and regulatory bodies on involved legal /operational issues. Published articles in law journals, represented in the Industry Forums, speaker at national & international conferences & a founding member of ICCA, GCAI. Declared amongst top 100 General Counsels thrice (2016,2017 & 2018) by Legal500 & ICCA. Honoured as "Shinning Star of Indian Legal Fraternity" in 2019 by CCAI and as "Best General Counsel (Banking) 2019" by INBA. Was amongst top 100 General Counsel (2020-21) in India by the leading business magazine BUSINESS WORLD. In Forbes India Legal Powerlist 2021 amongst 40 TOP GCs. Legal team EY declared amongst top in-house legal team by Legal500 in 2017 and amongst top 5 in-house legal team in Asia as per Asia Legal Awards 2019. My Legal team in RBS (India) was declared the best in-house legal team for India – 2019 by Legal 500. Was a Jury for selection of BW Legal World 40 under 40 Awards (2021) Amity University conferred the title of “Honorary Professor” in 2019 for corporate leadership.