Hemant Kumar is the Group General Counsel at Larsen & Toubro Limited. Skilled in strategic advisory, board management, enterprise risk and compliance, complex transactions and litigation, cross functional leadership, change management, public policy and government relations. Bring a global mindset and strong execution to grow businesses in challenging regulatory environments. Hemant is also a prolific writer and has written several articles on various aspects of corporate law and Industrial laws, Mr Kumar has given several presentations at international & National forums on Arbitrations, ADR, cross-border acquisitions, negotiation of JVs etc. He has strong domain knowledge of various corporate laws of India and also has sound working knowledge of laws of different jurisdictions including USA, England, Australia, Africa France, and European & Middle East. He has extensively travelled abroad for various assignments and has sound understanding of the laws and practices in different jurisdictions of the world. Kumar has considerable expertise in foreign investment and FEMA regulations for both in-bound and out-bound investments.

He is a gold medalist in LLB and started his journey as an advocate by conducting many high-profile cases, especially related to the Members of Parliament and Members of the Legislative Assemblies. He was the defence counsel in the Bhagalpur Blinding Case. Earlier, he held senior positions at the State Bank of India; the Steel Authority of India; JSW Steel (formerly, Ispat Industries); President - Legal – Reliance ADAG; and Group General Counsel - Essar Group. He was also empanelled as a faculty with distinguished MBA and engineering colleges and was also a paper-setter and examiner for the diploma course in Safety Engineering Examinations. Hemant has been awarded as Chambers GC Influencers Award, India by Chambers and Partners, London, UK (2019); Legal Icon of India by Legal Era (2020); and BW Legal World Top 100 General Counsel Award (2020), a recipient of several prestigious awards including the Jawahar Award (BSP-SAIL’s highest individual honors); Business Excellence Award by Legal League Counsel; General Counsel of the Year by Legal Era (2013); and Corporate Counsel India (2013). Under his leadership, the Corporate Legal Department of Larsen & Toubro, was awarded the Best Legal Department in India by RSG London (2019).

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Late former Chief Justice of India Mr R C Lahoti, while appreciating Mr Kumar’s book on “Ready Reckoner on Departmental Enquiry” said “The author has well understood the subject of disciplinary proceeding and procedure - the basic principles seen as playing in practice, and set them out with commendable brevity. I am sure that the author's efforts would be amply rewarded by the width of readership to which the handbook is sure to commend itself. Also another former Chief Justice Of India Mr V N Khare commended “Mr Kumar has over three decades of experience in the field, and he has obviously spent the years accumulating a vast body of knowledge and gaining a great deal of practical insight into the application of the laws he talks about. Much of the wisdom gained from that experience has been distilled into this Ready Reckoner, making it an indispensable in addition to the libraries of Larsen & Toubro Ltd.