Tata Sons General Counsel quits for greener pastures

Tata Sons General Counsel quits for greener pastures

Shuva Mandal to take up private practice for career progression and better remunerations riding on his success in Cyrus Mistry case

Shuva Mandal, the celebrated General Counsel of one of India's top corporate houses Tata Sons has tendered his resignation.

Mandal, who had joined the corporate house from Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas four years back, will pursue private practice for career progression and better remunerations.

Mandal is the third senior official of the group to quit under chairman N Chandrasekaran following Shane Fitzsimons and S Jaishankar. While Fitzsimons was the group synergy officer Jaishankar headed corporate affairs of the group.

Mandal had replaced Bharat Vasani as the General Counsel in 2017 to become one of the youngest general counsel of corporate India.

Mandal was brought in to specially take care of all legal aspects following the unceremonious removal of Tata Sons then Chairman Cyrus Mistry after his fallout with his mentor and predecessor Ratan Tata.

The Supreme Court had recently ruled in favour of the Tata Sons putting its seal of approval on Mistry's removal, enhancing the National Law School-Bengaluru graduate Mandal's reputation in the legal circles.

Mandal also represented Tata Sons' interests on the boards of the direct-to-home company Tata Sky and budget airlines AirAsia (India) in which Tatas hold the majority stake.

His decision to quit may temporarily hamper both Tata Sky and Air Asia (India) since Tata Sky is exploring exit options for partner Walt Disney while AirAsia (India) is evaluating a financial bid for India's national carrier Air India that the government has identified for disinvestment.