Damini Bhalla — CEO

Damini has extensive experience of over 20+ years, specialising in Private Equity, Mergers-Acquisitions & Joint Ventures, and Corporate Advisory. She also has expertise in advising on corporate commercial arrangements and employment laws. Currently, she is the General Counsel at Eternal Group ( Zomato , Blinkit, Hyperpure, District and Nugget) and leads a robust team of lawyers and company secretaries. Her versatility is underscored by the wide range of commitments she leads. She has helped Zomato navigate its ~$7.4 billion IPO and assisted in successfully closing investment transactions. Her work at Zomato involves driving day-to-day commercial contracts, strategizing litigation, working on new lines of business, strategizing business friendly solutions to ensure compliance while driving innovations, and steering public policy initiatives in an evolving legal and regulatory landscape. Under her leadership, the team has been recognised as ‘Asia’s Top 15 In-House Teams 2022’ by ALB Asia and as the ‘Compliance & Risk Management In-House Team of the Year 2022’ by ALB India. At at individual level, she has been awarded ALB India In-House Lawyer of the Year (India) 2023; ALB India Woman Lawyer of the Year (In-House) 2023; BW Legal World’s Most Influential Women 2023; BW Legal World Top 100 General Counsel Power List 2021; BW Legal World Top 100 General Counsel Power List 2023; Legal 500’s GC Powerlist 2022; FLR 1000's Notable Practitioner from 2017 to 2020, among various other recognitions. Prior to joining Zomato, Damini was a partner in the corporate practice at Luthra & Luthra Law offices. A NALSAR graduate, she is dual qualified and is a solicitor of England and Wales.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Corporate Law expert with extensive experience in Private Equity and M&A.

Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India

Experience: 20 yrs 3 mos