Samuel Mani is a founding partner of Mani Chengappa & Mathur, a boutique business law firm. Samuel specialises in advising clients on reputation risk, technology, privacy, telecoms, early stage capital, general commercial transactions, insurance and dispute resolution. He focuses on providing clients with the most contextually appropriate advice for their questions, drawing heavily on his many years of experience as a business leader. Samuel has extensive experience in running complex high stakes matters but is equally comfortable assisting an entrepreneur in putting a business together. Prior to founding the firm, Samuel was the global Head of Legal for Infosys Limited where he had overall responsibility for all legal affairs of the Infosys group with additional responsibility for Infosys’ privacy office and its liability insurance program. He was the primary lawyer at Infosys for a large part of its growth from 700 million dollars per annum to 7 billion dollars per annum. Samuel has also served as a legal advisor to Reliance Industries Limited where he worked primarily in the telecommunications space.In September 2010, Lex Witness Magazine named Samuel to its Hall of Fame as one of the top 50 people who are shaping the legal landscape of modern India. He is also a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars on a variety of topics including technology and the law, insurance, and dispute resolution. Most notably Samuel delivered the Annual Lecture to the Society for Computers and Law in 2010 in London, England.