About

Sadhana Kaul has operated in Singapore for the last three years, where she handles all corporate, commercial and compliance matters across the Southeast Asia region. Leading a team that is spread out in different subsidiaries in the region, Kaul is faced with many regulatory nuances between developing countries and new territories. It is to this end that Kaul and her team work closely with business teams to counsel them about potential areas of risk when going into new jurisdictions. Working in an industry where technological change is a driver of growth has been advantageous to Kaul when it comes to introducing new ways of working within the legal team. ‘Use of technology has increased the use of self-services tools and client-facing tools so that you can provide more efficient service; self-service tools where I cover a vast geography with skeletal legal support to be able to effectively cover the region and provide timely advice’. Kaul encourages legal counsel to embrace change in an ever-evolving legal region. ‘My advice [to general counsel] would be to be open to change and adapting to changes within the business, changes in how you provide legal services to changes in the organisation, because change in the business world is constant’. Before joining 3M Singapore, Kaul led the planning, development and execution of strategic legal and compliance initiatives for 3M India for eight years. She boasts a wide range of experience which extends to eight years in private practice dual membership of the bar in India and the US.