StanChart legal deputy Sapan Gupta creates first GC role at Bajaj Finance

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Thursday, 4 September 2014 By Legally India In-house counsel

Standard Chartered deputy head of legal Sapan Gupta has moved to Bajaj Finance as its first chief legal officer.

At Bajaj Finance he will be responsible for setting up the formal legal function, reporting directly to the non-banking financial company’s (NBFC) CEO.

His work will include finance and corporate work, as well as overseeing legal disputes.

Gupta confirmed his new role when contacted.

At Standard Chartered he was most recently legal head of the transactional banking, corporate finance and capital markets division in Mumbai, where he had been for six years.

Before joining Standard Chartered in 2008, he was at Sidley Austin in New York for two years after roughly two years each in the legal departments of HSBC India and ICICI Bank, and a year at Tata Housing and Development.

He graduated from Delhi University in 2000 and completed a Masters in Laws at Harvard Law School in 2006.

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concerned 4 Sept 2014, 19:04
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Any ballpark on how much these general counsels/ cheif legal officers make?
Coconut from South 5 Sept 2014, 07:52
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I think a GC for this kind of company must be making around 50 Lakhs to 1 Cr per annum. Off course the salary is dependent on a lot of factors, such as your experience and potential.
Grammar Nazi 6 Sept 2014, 10:57
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@Coconut from South: It is spelt "of course"...easy word to misspell, so don't feel bad about it
green lantern 4 Sept 2014, 20:43
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Speak to a recruiter. Threads can entangle.
@ Kian 5 Sept 2014, 12:26
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GC = Chief legal officer?

All the best to Mr. Gupta.
kianganz 5 Sept 2014, 12:30
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As far as I'm aware, there's no real difference between GC, legal head, or chief legal officer, other than nomenclature, as long as they are the top legal person in a company's legal department.

At least I thought that was the case and the terms are pretty interchangeable - maybe someone can shed some light on whether GC has some special meaning apart from the other two?
Bappi da 8 Sept 2014, 06:48
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General Counsel is the fashionable designation adopted from the western companies. It all means the same - GC, CLO, Head of Legal, Baap of Legal Department
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