Samir Bhatnagar Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

Financial Crime Advisory and Reporting with extensive experience in Branch-Wide Risk Assessments, Product & Channel Risk Assessments, Enterprise-Wide Risk Assessments and Anti-Bribery & Corruption Risk Assessment.Financial Crime control assurance and testing including design and operational effectiveness testing, issues and incident management.Transaction Monitoring oversight and delegation for UK branch. SME on system infrastructure and rule designing.Thematic reviews on regulatory publications and intelligence and horizon scanning for regulatory developments.Financial Crime Line 2 advisory to Line 1, senior management reporting and regulatory reporting.

London, United Kingdom

Regulatory Consulting

London, United Kingdom

Compliance & Risk Lawyer

London, United Kingdom

Liaising with the Practice’s COLP and COFA on reviewing, developing and maintaining the Practice’s Quality and Risk Management Manual up to the Lexcel standards.Responsible for undertaking CDD and KYC to comply with AML regulations.Liaising with fee earners regarding conflicts, confidentiality and AML issues arising from mainly conveyancing, litigation and corporate transactions.Assisting in the file review process from a compliance perspective.Active role in providing in house training for staff on risk management, CDD, conflict and AML as well as arranging external training on compliance for the senior staff.Provide induction and training for new joiners on mandatory risk and compliance modules.

London, United Kingdom

Conducted and managed litigation including debt recovery, property/housing/landlord & tenant litigation, contractual and commercial disputes, building disputes, insolvency and PI.Confidently lead and administered Multi-Track and Fast-Track civil litigation matters before County Courts and High Courts.Confident in advocacy and in drafting documents such as statements of case, application notices, witness statements, disclosure of evidence, court and counsel bundles, etc.Lead acquisition of 5 international restaurant chain stores as well as a large foreign investment commercial transactions.Assertive in drafting commercial agreements such as Partnership Agreements, SPA, SHA, International Supply Agreements, Commercial Leases, etc.Supervised and delegated tasks to paralegals and legal assistants as appropriate.

India

Participated and achieved a number of successful negotiations of JVs, acquisition of companies and administered subsequent integration of systems and management.Conducted DD in accordance with regulatory requirements and project geographical status in various international target locations.Reviewed and advised the CEO/CFO on legal, financial and tax due diligence reports, term loan agreements, external commercial borrowings, inter-creditor agreements, security documents, escrow agreements, technology transfer agreements, offtake agreements and other commercial agreements.Developed and implemented the creation of IP tracking software for the collation and management of IP applications in multiple international jurisdictions.Supervised and managed trademark registrations and renewals of company brands in 110 countries including global trademark registration prosecutions and brand disputes.

CORPORATEParticipated in two Debt-Equity transaction Provided comprehensive opinions to foreign clients regarding Foreign Direct Investment in India in the sectors of Real Estate, Gems & Jewelry, Education and modes of acquiring immovable property in India.Drafted and vetted Confidentiality Agreements, Memorandum of Understandings, Lease Finance Agreements, Short Term Loan Agreements, Bank Guarantees, Articles of Associations and various other commercial contracts and conveyance deeds.Engaged in corporate practice involving legal documentations, opinions, strategy and mediation, projects, Due diligence, Corporate compliance, company incorporation.Researched in subjects of Capital Markets, FDI, FII, ECB, Stamp Duty, Competition Laws etc.LITIGATIONRegularly appeared before Delhi High Court and District and Sessions Court and various other tribunals in New Delhi Drafted Legal Petitions, Responses, Evidences and ArgumentsProvided Legal Retainer services to Clients

Appeared before Delhi High Court and District and Sessions court and various other tribunals in New DelhiParticipated in Arbitration relating to specific performance of contract, recovery of money, compensation for breach of contract Performed Due Diligence for clients.Drafted Legal Petitions, Responses, Evidences and Arguments and performed legal research on various subjects

Gained insight on general practice of corporate law, more particularly External Commercial Borrowings, Aircraft Finance, Sale of Goods, Intellectual Property Law.Gained insight on procedures and matters relating to registrations and infringement of Copyright, Trademark and Patents.Conducted legal research and assisted in preparation of matters related to above.

Bachelor Of Laws (Ll.B.), Law, 2:1

Qlts, Legal Cross Qualification For Solicitors

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