Sumit Saha — CEO
Accomplished legal and investment management professional with over a decade of legal advisory and corporate leadership experience at premier global organizations across four countries in three continents. Consistently successful in managing cross-cultural relationships, coordinating and delivering high quality and cost effective legal and compliance services against aggressive schedules and budgets, working closely with fast moving business teams, and developing high performing legal teams. Possesses remarkable academic credentials; studied at some of the premier educational institutions in India before being awarded a Harvard Law School Grant in 2001. At Harvard Law School, he finished close to the top his class which comprised of 150 law students from over 60 countries across the globe. KEY STRENGTHS: - Strong finance experience in leading firms and financial institutions across three continents - Team player with strong leadership qualities - Able to work well in multicultural environments; enjoys working with and learning from people with diverse backgrounds - Critical thinker with strong analytical skills and high levels of common sense - Divergent thinking style; thinks outside the box and delivers creative solutions to complex business problems - Comfortably zooms in and out between big picture issues and intricate details - Exceptional communication skills; able to convey complicated concepts with simplicity, precision, economy, and elegance - High levels of personal and professional integrity - Self-motivated and driven; accustomed to working independently with minimal or no supervision
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned legal and investment management professional in the Finance sector.
Location: Delhi, India
Experience: 14 yrs 8 mos
Skills
- Corporate Law
- Investment Management
Career Highlights
- Over a decade of legal and investment management experience.
- Successfully managed cross-cultural legal teams.
- Achieved respectable exits in challenging market conditions.
Work Experience
D. E. Shaw & Co.
Senior Vice President and General Counsel (10 yrs 8 mos)
Linklaters LLP
Associate (1 yr)
Dechert LLP
Associate (1 yr)
Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Solicitor (2 yrs)
Education
Master of Laws - LLM at Harvard Law School