Danaher's Dr. Vivek Mittal joins Dr. Reddy's Laboratories as Global General Counsel

Danaher's Dr. Vivek Mittal joins Dr. Reddy's Laboratories as Global General Counsel

Dr. Vivek Mittal has joined Dr. Reddy's Laboratories as their Global General Counsel from Danaher Corporation where he was working as their Regional Counsel - METAI Region (Diagnostics Platform).

He has more than 21 years of experience working in-house in the legal departments of various companies across sectors such as diagnostics, pharmaceuticals, retail, NBFC and manufacturing.

In his last assignment at Danaher, Dr. Vivek Mittal was responsible for providing "leadership, guidance, direction and assistance in connection with various legal, regulatory, compliance and business matters" for Danaher's diagnostics business.

Before joining Danaher Corporation in September 2017, he was associated with Lupin Limited heading their legal function which has operations globally and managed across 20 geographical locations. He spearheaded the company's legal affairs and related process framework process globally. His activities included M&A, strategic alliances, in-licensing and partnerships, contracts, litigation, risk mitigation and intellectual property rights management. He is also credited with having successfully reorganized and bolstered the legal services group by setting up and centralizing legal affairs for the company.

Dr. Vivek holds a Doctorate in Philosophy (Ph.D. 2011), is a law graduate (LL.B.) and post graduation in commerce (M. Com). He is also a member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI).

He has been listed under Elite BW Legal World Top 100 General Counsel of India 2020 by BW Legal Group.