Sunila Awasthi
Senior Partner
DelhiPractice Area
Sectors
I am passionate about the rapidly developing area of gender related issues at the workplace. It started in 2003 with my first participation in an internal enquiry for a client under the Vishakha guidelines prescribed by the Supreme Court of India. I developed a keen interest in the subject and trained myself to conduct balanced, objective enquiries and provide unbiased legal advise. This gathered momentum after the POSH Act came into effect in 2013. I have come to believe that this specific area of advisory requires extra sensitivity, maturity, balanced approach as well as strictest confidentiality and would like to see more lawyers working in this area, gain practical experience and use that perspective to give realistic advice to clients.
The team benefits from a dedicated compliance and investigation desk which is deployed on senior–level misconduct and workplace harassment investigations, with co–head Sunila Awasthi being a key name on this front.
Legal 500 Asia–Pacific (2021)Sunila Awasthi brings to bear over 28 years of experience in Employment and Corporate matters to domestic and international clients. Sunila’s expertise extends to advice on a variety of commercial contracts and general advisory, specifically in the areas of e–commerce, information technology, data privacy and employment laws. She is deeply involved in advising clients on ongoing HR issues, investigating complaints under laws related to sexual harassment, employee related internal investigations including compliance training and handling senior management level exits. Sunila holds an LL.M. from T.C. Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland, Australia.
WORK HIGHLIGHTS
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On its high value IT outsourcing contract with one of the largest multinational IT service providers
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With respect to its subsidiaries in India, on structuring, regulatory issues, commercial contracts, employment laws and transactional matters, such as operating online marketplaces, new businesses such as logistics, web services and IT enabled services
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In relation to its Indian subsidiaries, on (i) Indian law issues, including all commercial contracts (ii) The Information Technology Act, copyright laws, data protection and privacy laws (iii) An IPTV transaction
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On (i) Internal investigations relating to different types of employee misconduct (ii) Training material for employees, vendors, service providers and (iii) Conducting training sessions on compliance with Indian bribery laws
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On (i) Employment related issues, training for HR and compliances under various Indian labour laws (ii) Sexual harassment at the workplace, training committees to conduct enquiries and awareness training for employees
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On its high value IT outsourcing contract with one of the largest multinational IT service providers
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With respect to its subsidiaries in India, on structuring, regulatory issues, commercial contracts, employment laws and transactional matters, such as operating online marketplaces, new businesses such as logistics, web services and IT enabled services
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In relation to its Indian subsidiaries, on (i) Indian law issues, including all commercial contracts (ii) The Information Technology Act, copyright laws, data protection and privacy laws (iii) An IPTV transaction
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On (i) Internal investigations relating to different types of employee misconduct (ii) Training material for employees, vendors, service providers and (iii) Conducting training sessions on compliance with Indian bribery laws
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On (i) Employment related issues, training for HR and compliances under various Indian labour laws (ii) Sexual harassment at the workplace, training committees to conduct enquiries and awareness training for employees
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On its high value IT outsourcing contract with one of the largest multinational IT service providers
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With respect to its subsidiaries in India, on structuring, regulatory issues, commercial contracts, employment laws and transactional matters, such as operating online marketplaces, new businesses such as logistics, web services and IT enabled services
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In relation to its Indian subsidiaries, on (i) Indian law issues, including all commercial contracts (ii) The Information Technology Act, copyright laws, data protection and privacy laws (iii) An IPTV transaction
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On (i) Internal investigations relating to different types of employee misconduct (ii) Training material for employees, vendors, service providers and (iii) Conducting training sessions on compliance with Indian bribery laws
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On (i) Employment related issues, training for HR and compliances under various Indian labour laws (ii) Sexual harassment at the workplace, training committees to conduct enquiries and awareness training for employees
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On its high value IT outsourcing contract with one of the largest multinational IT service providers
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With respect to its subsidiaries in India, on structuring, regulatory issues, commercial contracts, employment laws and transactional matters, such as operating online marketplaces, new businesses such as logistics, web services and IT enabled services
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In relation to its Indian subsidiaries, on (i) Indian law issues, including all commercial contracts (ii) The Information Technology Act, copyright laws, data protection and privacy laws (iii) An IPTV transaction
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On (i) Internal investigations relating to different types of employee misconduct (ii) Training material for employees, vendors, service providers and (iii) Conducting training sessions on compliance with Indian bribery laws
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On (i) Employment related issues, training for HR and compliances under various Indian labour laws (ii) Sexual harassment at the workplace, training committees to conduct enquiries and awareness training for employees
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On its high value IT outsourcing contract with one of the largest multinational IT service providers
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With respect to its subsidiaries in India, on structuring, regulatory issues, commercial contracts, employment laws and transactional matters, such as operating online marketplaces, new businesses such as logistics, web services and IT enabled services
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In relation to its Indian subsidiaries, on (i) Indian law issues, including all commercial contracts (ii) The Information Technology Act, copyright laws, data protection and privacy laws (iii) An IPTV transaction
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On (i) Internal investigations relating to different types of employee misconduct (ii) Training material for employees, vendors, service providers and (iii) Conducting training sessions on compliance with Indian bribery laws
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On (i) Employment related issues, training for HR and compliances under various Indian labour laws (ii) Sexual harassment at the workplace, training committees to conduct enquiries and awareness training for employees
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On its high value IT outsourcing contract with one of the largest multinational IT service providers
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With respect to its subsidiaries in India, on structuring, regulatory issues, commercial contracts, employment laws and transactional matters, such as operating online marketplaces, new businesses such as logistics, web services and IT enabled services
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In relation to its Indian subsidiaries, on (i) Indian law issues, including all commercial contracts (ii) The Information Technology Act, copyright laws, data protection and privacy laws (iii) An IPTV transaction
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On (i) Internal investigations relating to different types of employee misconduct (ii) Training material for employees, vendors, service providers and (iii) Conducting training sessions on compliance with Indian bribery laws
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On (i) Employment related issues, training for HR and compliances under various Indian labour laws (ii) Sexual harassment at the workplace, training committees to conduct enquiries and awareness training for employees
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On its high value IT outsourcing contract with one of the largest multinational IT service providers
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With respect to its subsidiaries in India, on structuring, regulatory issues, commercial contracts, employment laws and transactional matters, such as operating online marketplaces, new businesses such as logistics, web services and IT enabled services
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In relation to its Indian subsidiaries, on (i) Indian law issues, including all commercial contracts (ii) The Information Technology Act, copyright laws, data protection and privacy laws (iii) An IPTV transaction
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On (i) Internal investigations relating to different types of employee misconduct (ii) Training material for employees, vendors, service providers and (iii) Conducting training sessions on compliance with Indian bribery laws
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On (i) Employment related issues, training for HR and compliances under various Indian labour laws (ii) Sexual harassment at the workplace, training committees to conduct enquiries and awareness training for employees
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On its high value IT outsourcing contract with one of the largest multinational IT service providers
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With respect to its subsidiaries in India, on structuring, regulatory issues, commercial contracts, employment laws and transactional matters, such as operating online marketplaces, new businesses such as logistics, web services and IT enabled services
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In relation to its Indian subsidiaries, on (i) Indian law issues, including all commercial contracts (ii) The Information Technology Act, copyright laws, data protection and privacy laws (iii) An IPTV transaction
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On (i) Internal investigations relating to different types of employee misconduct (ii) Training material for employees, vendors, service providers and (iii) Conducting training sessions on compliance with Indian bribery laws
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On (i) Employment related issues, training for HR and compliances under various Indian labour laws (ii) Sexual harassment at the workplace, training committees to conduct enquiries and awareness training for employees
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On its high value IT outsourcing contract with one of the largest multinational IT service providers
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With respect to its subsidiaries in India, on structuring, regulatory issues, commercial contracts, employment laws and transactional matters, such as operating online marketplaces, new businesses such as logistics, web services and IT enabled services
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In relation to its Indian subsidiaries, on (i) Indian law issues, including all commercial contracts (ii) The Information Technology Act, copyright laws, data protection and privacy laws (iii) An IPTV transaction
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On (i) Internal investigations relating to different types of employee misconduct (ii) Training material for employees, vendors, service providers and (iii) Conducting training sessions on compliance with Indian bribery laws
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On (i) Employment related issues, training for HR and compliances under various Indian labour laws (ii) Sexual harassment at the workplace, training committees to conduct enquiries and awareness training for employees
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On its high value IT outsourcing contract with one of the largest multinational IT service providers
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With respect to its subsidiaries in India, on structuring, regulatory issues, commercial contracts, employment laws and transactional matters, such as operating online marketplaces, new businesses such as logistics, web services and IT enabled services
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In relation to its Indian subsidiaries, on (i) Indian law issues, including all commercial contracts (ii) The Information Technology Act, copyright laws, data protection and privacy laws (iii) An IPTV transaction
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On (i) Internal investigations relating to different types of employee misconduct (ii) Training material for employees, vendors, service providers and (iii) Conducting training sessions on compliance with Indian bribery laws
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On (i) Employment related issues, training for HR and compliances under various Indian labour laws (ii) Sexual harassment at the workplace, training committees to conduct enquiries and awareness training for employees
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On its high value IT outsourcing contract with one of the largest multinational IT service providers
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With respect to its subsidiaries in India, on structuring, regulatory issues, commercial contracts, employment laws and transactional matters, such as operating online marketplaces, new businesses such as logistics, web services and IT enabled services
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In relation to its Indian subsidiaries, on (i) Indian law issues, including all commercial contracts (ii) The Information Technology Act, copyright laws, data protection and privacy laws (iii) An IPTV transaction
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On (i) Internal investigations relating to different types of employee misconduct (ii) Training material for employees, vendors, service providers and (iii) Conducting training sessions on compliance with Indian bribery laws
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On (i) Employment related issues, training for HR and compliances under various Indian labour laws (ii) Sexual harassment at the workplace, training committees to conduct enquiries and awareness training for employees
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