Leading a global firm’s India practice in a time of change

With India looking to be the world’s third-largest economy by 2030, and with significant shifts occurring in its legal landscape and how it sees foreign investment, there are boundless opportunities not just for firms with an Australian presence but also for Australia-based practitioners.

In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with Baker McKenzie’s Asia-Pacific investigations, compliance, and ethics group head Mini Menon vandePol, who also chair’s the global firm’s India practice, about how she utilises her name in the course of practice, her reflections on three decades with Bakers, what’s happening with the firm’s India practice, and how she is leading at a time of significant change for India.

She also delves into the challenges that global firms like Bakers face in gaining stronger footholds in India, as well as the inherent opportunities, what such changes to the landscape mean for Australia and its practitioners, how Australians should view the evolving legal landscape in India, and why she’s so excited by such change.