Ms. Gopika Pant

Non-executive & Independent Director

Ms. Gopika Pant has more than 37 years of legal experience and is dual qualified in India and New York, USA. She completed her BA Hons from St Stephens College 1982, LLB from Campus Law Centre, Delhi University 1985, was admitted to the Bar Council of Delhi 1985 and the New York State Bar Association, USA 1987 after completing her LLM from Columbia University in 1986 and is also a member of the ABA and The Supreme Court Bar Association. She worked in New York City during 1986-1990, returned to India and was named Partner in India’s leading law firm prior to setting up Indian Law Partners-ILP in 1999, which has offices in New Delhi and Mumbai. Ms. Gopika has significant experience in Indian corporate and commercial laws and is a specialist in cross border commercial transactions, inbound and outbound, including restructurings, acquisitions, JVs, business alliances, foreign portfolio investments, PE investments and exits, insolvency and bankruptcy, banking and finance, infrastructure and project finance and real property transactions. Apart from being an advisory to major brands across multiple industries, Ms Pant was also advising Times Bank in India’s first private banking merger with HDFC Bank and Japan Bank for International Cooperation in various equity and debt transactions, including in the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), Takshasila Hospitals and TechnoTrends Auto Parks and KIA Motors (Korea)..

Ms. Gopika is a keen environmentalist and has also completed a Diploma in Environmental Law with the World Wide Fund for Nature. She is an enthusiastic public speaker and has addressed various conferences in India, London, Singapore, Japan and the USA. She has also authored articles in various Indian and international publications. Appointed as a Director on the Board of Colgate-Palmolive (India) Limited in May 2020.

LIST OF OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS

ABB India Limited
Ranjit Nanda and Associates Private Limited
Strategic Safe Management Private Limited
Ranjit Nanda Design LLP
Major League Baseball India LLP
PayU Private Limited