Dev Agrawal

• Support the company’s legal operations across multiple business sectors by assisting in the drafting, reviewing, and negotiation of commercial and corporate contracts, while ensuring compliance with applicable UK legal and regulatory requirements, and coordinating inputs from internal stakeholders and external advisers. • Maintain accurate corporate records and statutory registers, prepare documentation for regulatory and compliance filings and conduct focused legal research to support ongoing corporate and commercial business activities. • Contribute to due diligence exercises for transactions and corporate matters, including sector-specific reviews for hospitality-related projects, with an emphasis on risk identification, contractual alignment, and regulatory compliance. • Provide day-to-day legal support to the management team through strong organisational and multitasking capabilities, adopting a proactive, detail-oriented approach grounded in a sound understanding of corporate and commercial law, to support effective decision-making and operational efficiency.

• Compiled, Learned and conducted complain drafting to "Financial Ombudsman Service, United Kingdom (U.K.)” under Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulator for Company Law Disclosure Norms & for Independent third-party enquiry; for company’s code of conduct (CoC) violation. • Documentation process for reviewing a “Request for Proposal” (RFP) of Mumbai Port Authority; which aided in understanding Design, Built, Finance, Operate and Transfer of Mumbai Marina at Prince’s Dock, Mumbai on PPP mode; for ‘Draft Concession Agreement’ comparisons. • Dealt with draft correspondence on House of Lords (HoL) Nomination: ‘Nominations for Non-Party Political Membership of the House of Lords’ and evaluation of Nomination of Individuals for an honour or award; under the UK Honours System. • Learned about the procedure involved in Cross-Jurisdiction Bidding Procedure for UK Companies governing ‘Acceptance of Foreign Hospitality’ under Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 (“FCRA”).

• Compiled, Learned and continuing Research under the guidance of Prof. (Dr.) Vesselin Popovski, Professor & Vice Dean and Executive Director, Jindal Society of International Law [JSIL], Jindal Global Law School, in the field of International Law and Public Law . The research focuses on the subjects of transient nature of Sovereignty, Globalization of Justice and Equality. • Debated Law enforcement at the international stage, and its effectiveness being something that has been debated by scholars time and again. Due to confusions about the same, people are often vary of approaching these international courts and judicial bodies, wondering whether it will give them adequate relief or not, even more so in private international law matters. • Identifying knowledge gaps and undertake individual and since this field of research is relatively new and is still developing, it is something that this dispute settlement vertical at the Jindal Society for International Law aims to focus on. The purpose of launching this vertical is to engage with this topic in a creative, and intellectually stimulating way and to bring to the attention of all those interested, all the new information we uncover on this journey. • Engaging with partner universities, think-tanks and other academic bodies in India and abroad to analyze, brainstorm and issue recommendations as to how to reform and strengthen the International Human Rights Legal system: https://www.jindalsocietyofinternationallaw.com/about

• Compiled, Learned and continuing Research under the guidance of the society's experienced faculty i.e. Dr. Anindita Jaiswal Jaishiv, Ms. Julie Roy, Ms. Ashwathy Nair Suresh, in the field of corporate law and social responsibility. The research focuses on the subjects of organizing 'Moot Court' initiatives, apart from the Global Business Law Review Blog (GBLR) and the Pre-Placement Symposium Series. • The Student Chapter For Corporate Law and Practice [SCCLP] inculcates a robust learning environment for corporate law amongst students and provide a platform for aspiring corporate lawyers to showcase their analytical proficiency through research and other activities. • Identifying knowledge gaps and undertake individual and collaborative research relating to corporate, commercial law and allied subject areas with the aim to encourage the discussion on contemporary corporate and commercial legal issues. • Engaging with partner universities, think-tanks and other academic bodies in India and abroad to analyze, brainstorm and issue recommendations as to how to avail and explore corporate law work opportunities.

• Compiled, Learned and continuing Research under the guidance of Prof. (Dr.) Vesselin Popovski, Professor & Vice Dean and Executive Director, Centre for the Study of United Nations, Jindal Global Law School, in the field of International Law and Public Law . The research focuses on the subjects of transient nature of Sovereignty, Globalization of Justice and Equality. • The Centre for the Study of United Nations aims to develop a learning platform on opportunities and limits of the UN by enhancing research and building knowledge on how the UN system works both in terms of institutional development and in terms of promotion and implementation of various multilateral policies. • Identifying knowledge gaps and undertake individual and collaborative research related to the UN institutional developments and its role in international peace and security, human rights, sustainable development, climate change etc. and publish the outcomes of this research. • Engaging with partner universities, think-tanks and other academic bodies in India and abroad to analyse, brainstorm and issue recommendations as to how to reform and strengthen the UN system.

• Compiled, Learned and conducted analyses of “Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation” (MOSPI) construction project’s data, for determining time and cost overrun’s trend analysis in "Project Implementation Status 2021-22”. • Documentation process for reviewing “Company Law Committee Report 2022”; which aided in understanding Class Action Lawsuit’s comparative analysis in United Kingdom versus Singapore and Director Disqualification statutes in United Kingdom versus India. • Dealt with interpreting judicial approach to insolvency in the telecom sector: ‘List of Telecom Sector Corporate Debtors (CD)’s evaluation from Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India’s (IBBI) online database and category of exemptions available for Sector-Specific Insolvencies. • Conducted online filling of Right to Information (RTI) for SEBI’s procedure involved in Appointment of Women as Board of Directors (BoD) in Indian Companies; as governed by ‘Section 149. Company to have Board of Directors’ under Companies Act, 2013.

• Compiled, Learned and conducted the drafting of "Corporate Due Diligence" for understanding the takeover pattern of a target business and updating the 'Contract Clauses' under the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre [HKIAC] Rules, 2018. • Documentation process for reviewing "Arbitral proceedings" in case of presenting a 'witness evidence report' through an affidavit; which aided in understanding the respective acts. • Dealt with draft correspondence on 'Arbitration and Arbitral Institutions' to the lawyers of another party in Arbitral proceedings; alongside advising a client responsible for the 'cost of remediating' a non-compliant provision in the signed agreement. • Learned about the procedure involved in amending the relevant "Alternate Dispute Resolution [ADR]" clauses of a building contract; in accordance with the 'ICC Rules of Arbitration'; when drafting a letter to a client for the incorporation of a 'variation notice' to the concerned acquiring company.

• Compiled, Learned and conducted drafting of "Zomato-Blinkit Share Purchase Agreement [SPA]” for Company Law Disclosure Norms & ‘PIT Regulation 2015’ for Independent action on Employee; for company’s code of conduct (CoC) violation. • Documentation process for reviewing a “Subscriber Service Agreement” (SSA) of M/s Innoven Capital Singapore; which aided in understanding Info Edge (India) Ltd - Sunrise Mentors Pvt. Ltd. Contract for ‘Tax Warranties Disclosure’ comparisons. • Dealt with draft correspondence on Gaming Laws: ‘Games of Skill’ v. ‘Wagering or betting’ evaluation of recent High Court judgements and Evaluation of Documents: Form MGT-7, Memorandum of Association (MoA) and Articles of Association (AoA) of Zomato Hyperpure Pvt. Ltd. • Learned about the procedure involved in Enforcement mechanisms governing ‘Acceptance of Foreign Hospitality’ under Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 (“FCRA”).

• Compiled, Learned and conducted the drafting of "Corporate Structure Charts" for understanding the ownership pattern of a target business and updating the 'due diligence report' under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (PGPA Act) 1986. • Documentation process for reviewing a "Share Purchase Agreement" in case of presenting a 'witness evidence report' through an affidavit; which aided in understanding the respective acts. • Dealt with draft correspondence on 'Settlement Offers' to the lawyers of another party in court proceedings; alongside advising a client responsible for the 'cost of remediating' a contaminated construction site. • Learned about the procedure involved in amending the relevant "Alternate Dispute Resolution [ADR]" clauses of a building contract; in accordance with the 'ICC Rules of Arbitration'; when drafting a letter to a client for the incorporation of a 'variation notice' to the concerned building contractor.

• Attended the ITA-ALARB Americas Workshop on Environmental vs Investment Protection: Are They Mutually Exclusive? The Workshop provided an overview of the tension between the protections provided in investment treaties and restrictions to those protections in the interests of achieving environmental objectives and protecting States’ right to regulate: 1. ITA Chair [Tom Sikora, Senior Counsel, Exxon Mobil Corporation] 2. ALARB President [Claus Von Wobeser, Partner, Von Wobeser Sierra] 3. ITA Americas Initiative Chair [Elina Mereminskaya] • The panelists addressed the recent LATAM investment arbitration cases in the environmental field and highlighted how tribunals have balanced the protections granted to investors under investment treaties against environmental policies of States. • Identifying knowledge gaps and undertake individual and collaborative research, the panelists addressed the challenges that both States and investors face in light of the environmental policies that are being implemented. In particular, in-house counsel can provide insight as to how companies are facing environmental regulation in the host State when planning their investments, while policy makers can discuss regulatory policies that are being implemented in this field.

International Financial Law LL.M: Professor Ravi Tennekoon [Pathway Director] 7FFLL012 Banking Law 7FFLL016 Law of International Finance 1 7FFLL024 Regulation of the Conduct of Mergers & Acquisitions 7FFLL520 Law of International Finance 3 - Securitisations, Derivatives & CDOS 7FFLL552 The Law & Policy of Financial Technologies (Fintech) 7FFLL567 Law of International Finance 2: International Project Finance & Loan Sales 7FFLL907 Law of International Finance (Practice Project)