About

Aditya Birla is a US$44.3bn multinational Indian corporation operating in 35 countries with over 120,000 employees worldwide. Amongst its workforce is the highly respected general counsel Ashok Gupta. Having led legal affairs at the company since 2009, Gupta has an in-depth knowledge of the company and plays a key role on the Group’s M&A extensive work. Since being recognised in the GC Powerlist: India 2018 for, among other things, working on Aditya Birla’s landmark deals, Gupta has continued to impress peers and has added to his credentials as one of India’s best in-house counsel. Most recently he worked on the acquisition of Aleris by Hindalco Industries, the metals flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group, for US$2.58bn in July 2018 as well as the merger of Vodafone India and Idea Cellular, India’s leading telecom service provider and an Aditya Birla Group and Vodafone Group partnership, in August 2018. Gupta is commended and recognised for overseeing these high profile deals as well as many more throughout his in-house career.