Anand Vardhan
Group General Counsel
Anand Vardhan, Group General Counsel at the Piramal Group, is responsible for overseeing the legal function across the Piramal Group. He has more than 23 years of experience heading the legal function and extensive hands-on experience in all areas of legal documentation, litigations & legal policies/procedures/strategies/training in financial services, private equity/NBFC/HFC/investment management to funds, general banking & infrastructure, mortgage finance, real estate, recoveries & consumer protection, insolvency & bankruptcy proceedings, stressed accounts management and dispute resolution.
Anand joined Piramal Group in 2013 and has helped set up and organised the legal function across the financial services vertical, presently heading a team of 25+ multi-disciplinary lawyers. At Piramal, he plays a critical role in identifying, mitigating and managing legal risk across the group companies including as a member of the deal clearance committee, executive credit committee and fraud & risk management committee. He also plays an important role in executing corporate transactions, acquisitions, mergers, sale and transitions in the Company. He has worked on diverse deals through his tenure with the Group.
Anand is a graduate from Hans Raj College, Delhi University and holds a degree in Law from the Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, Delhi University. He is also a member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
