Legal Era 8th Annual 40 Under 40 Rising Star Awards 2023

“When I was coming here, I looked at this 40 under 40 and I felt a little jealous! It’s such a wonderful occasion that you’re being recognized by your peers! And I also felt a bit of an imposter syndrome – every day I get biodatas and CVs of people. I look at them and I see myself 20 years ago – and I wonder if I had even got an interview at my Chamber. Everybody seems to be so bright and so motivated!”

- An extract from Gourab Banerji, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India’s address at Legal Era’s 7th Annual 40 Under 40 Rising Star Awards 2022.

An eye on what you could do next to catalyse your path to success?

Well, Your Moment is Here! Legal Era Magazine is proud to announce the 8th Edition of Legal Era - Legal Media Group’s Annual “40 Under 40 Rising Star Awards 2023” identifying and honouring young, up-and-coming talent under the age of 40 years that exemplify vision, leadership, innovation, and accomplishment in the legal fraternity.

Yes, the legal fraternity is buzzing with excitement once again! Eminent legal experts, young achievers, business lawyers, respected members of the judiciary, global thought leaders, corporate honchos, and all the distinguished members of the legal fraternity and India Inc. will witness a stunning demonstration of the entrepreneurial spirit of young lawyers to diversify and provide innovative legal solutions.

After two years of being held in New Delhi, Rising Star Awards 2023 will take place in Mumbai with the Legal Era Young Lawyers Community.

After the stellar success of the 7th Edition, which recognized 40 young achievers for leveraging new opportunities and providing strategic and fresh legal solutions, the 8th Edition promises all that and more.

This year, we are presenting:

- Young Achiever Awards in the category of under 32 years & below, and

- Rising Star Awards in the category of under 40 years & below.

As always, a distinguished Jury will choose the 40 Rising Star Awardees of the Year via a meticulous selection. Last year, the nominations came from legal counsels from MNCs, the best young lawyers working in Law Firms, in-house teams, young companies, startups, and some extremely promising GCs under 40 handling challenging global and pan-India roles.

This year too, we expect the nominations to be plentiful and rich, keeping our Jury busy!

Our Jury members include Justice Deepak Verma, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India; Gourab Banerjee, Senior Counsel, Supreme Court of India; Vineet Vij, Group GC, Tech Mahindra; Neera Sharma, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Legal Officer, Sistema Smart Technologies Ltd.; Vivek Mittal, Global General Counsel, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Limited; Abhishek Kanoi, Head of Legal and Group Company Secretary, PDS Limited; and Pooja Mehtani, General Counsel, Sun Life Global Solutions.

Eight years back, Legal Era - Legal Media Group became the first Think Tank and Global Platform to institute the 40 Under 40 Rising Star Awards as a celebration of young achievers for their outstanding contribution to law, their courage to carve new career journeys, and their burning desire to take on challenges head-on!

The enthralling moments of awards acceptance, the desire to win more and more accolades in the coming years, and the increasing number of nominations every year are a testament to young lawyers looking to make the most of this global platform for their strides and attempts to redefine legacy methods of the legal industry.

Legal Era has always stood for Legal Education, Research, and Advocacy, duly empowering the legal community worldwide since 2009. In this stellar period of 13+ years, Legal Era has been working relentlessly on Creating Opportunities and empowering the legal community to stay ahead of the curve. The Legal Era Community has become a Mega Global Think Tank of Expert Professionals in Business and Law.

A big round of applause for each under 40 lawyers looking to nominate themselves and cheer for India’s most competent young millennial lawyers!