Arcelor Mittal Mumbai-based vice president legal and effective regional general counsel Sapan Gupta, who had joined in January 2020 from Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, has been promoted to group general counsel based in London, moneycontrol and others reported yesterday.

He will be based in London and heading up a large global legal team, with responsibilities for legal, compliance and secretarial for the global footprint of around 60 countries, in which it produces natural resources in 20.

We understand he will be reporting to the global CFO of the London-listed Arcelor Mittal and working with its CEO.

At Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas he was national practice head of banking and finance since 2015, after several years of growing and heading up legal at Bajaj Finserv and Standard Chartered.

Sapan GuptaWork history From: Apr 2020: General Counsel, AMNS & Vice President, ArcelorMittal Group, ArcelorMittalFull-time (Mumbai) Dec 2015 - Apr 2020: National Practice Head - Banking and Finance, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (Mumbai Area) Aug 2014 - Dec 2015: Chief Legal Officer, Bajaj Finserv (Mumbai Area) Apr 2008 - Jul 2014: Head Legal, Corporate Banking, Transaction Banking/ Deputy Head, Wholesale Banking-Legal, South Asia, Standard Chartered Bank (Mumbai) Oct 2006 - 2008: Associate, Sidley, Austin (New York) Apr 2004 - Jul 2005: Assistant Vice President-Legal, HSBC India Sep 2001 - Apr 2004: Manager-Legal, ICICI Bank (Mumbai) Jun 2000 - Aug 2001: Assistant Manager, TATA Housing and Development Co.in (Mumbai)Education 1994 - 1997: Delhi University, B.Com (H), Accountancy 1997 - 2000: Delhi University, LL.B., Law 2013 - 2013: London School of Economics and Political Science, Gurukul Chevening, Leadership Program 2005 - 2006: Harvard Law School, Master of Laws (LLM), Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law