Helping Businesses build good governance practices

Governance, Compliance, Regulation, and Policy

Good corporate governance is becoming increasingly important for growing businesses. Well governed businesses are exposed to fewer regulatory risks, and attract better employees and more capital. Good corporate governance is built on sound compliance, and businesses need to develop suitable mechanisms to navigate the landscape of emerging regulations not just to ensure compliance but also to sustain growth in a competitive marketplace. When businesses engage with policy and lawmakers on emerging regulations in a considered, informed, and transparent manner, they help in formulating and developing informed regulation and policy. Collaborating with the right advisor is key to proper engagement in this space.

  • HB Law assists clients in developing or refining their compliance and governance practices to mitigate regulatory risks.
  • We assist clients in navigating emerging regulations to facilitate compliance or seize opportunities for growth.
  • We also enable transparent stakeholder engagement in policy making – assist businesses and industry bodies in evaluating policies and engaging in dialogue with or through regulatory bodies.

Our approach

Our regulatory practice is informed by our founding partner’s experience of developing or refining governance practices at large multinational companies, in multiple jurisdictions.

  • Our founding partner’s experience of two distinct regulatory landscapes – India and Europe – enables us to understand the broad set of principles that regulators are guided by and see the broad direction that regulations take. This helps us assess how regulations might evolve and advise on tackling known regulatory risks as well as on building governance frameworks to future-proof businesses from a regulatory perspective.
  • Our founding partner’s in-house experience becomes valuable as we understand and articulate regulatory impact from a business perspective, understand governance and compliance challenges, design business policies for compliance, and guide their implementation by bridging the gaps between the operations, legal, and management teams.

Selected examples of our founding partner’s recent work experience

  • Assisted a global financial services leader (at their London operations) in establishing firm-wide governance structures to comply with new European regulatory norms. This included collectively analysing the impact of regulatory change on the firm’s multiple business lines across jurisdictions, regularly briefing the Global Chief Compliance Officer and internal business forums on relevant matters, delivering training sessions for the firm’s compliance and legal teams, and working with cross-functional teams to develop governance structures.
  • Advised on a range of contemporary and emerging regulatory questions in sectors such as healthcare, media, and telecom at a leading international law firm in London and at a reputed law firm in India.
  • Led varied policy and compliance initiatives while managing the compliance, employment, and litigation functions at a globally reputed, publicly-listed IT firm in India.
    • Presented to regulators on varied matters ranging from trade to data protection either directly or through industry bodies, to inform discussion and debate on the creation of relevant policies. Notable among them are the recommendations made about the need for data protection laws recorded in the report of the Standing Committee of Parliament, when presenting to the Indian Parliamentary Standing Committee on IT regarding the IT (Amendment) Bill 2006.
    • Ensured the company’s compliance with its legal obligations to the US Security and Exchange Committee as a foreign private issuer; was responsible for preparation and review of the company’s annual, quarterly, and current filings while working closely with the leadership team.
    • Jointly administered (with the Head of Legal Department) the company’s whistle blower mechanism; monitored the whistle blower inbox and investigated complaints in consultation with the CEO, external board, and external counsel where necessary.
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