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Bindu Janardhanan
Partner
Bindu Janardhanan is internationally recognised as a leading product liability lawyer in the Asia Pacific region. She has more than 12 years of experience in the defence of product liability claims in the region. While leading the Asia Pacific team on product liability matters, Bindu has advised clients on how to prevent product liability claims and defend high-risk cases. Bindu primarily focuses on automotive product liability, advising manufacturing companies, particularly in the automotive sector, on regulatory requirements, international expert witnesses, advertising issues, product recalls and hazards alerts, data compliance, intellectual property, and litigation and non-litigation mandates. She has a wealth of negotiating experience and skills, especially in product liability. Bindu participates in various seminars and publishes materials on different international platforms in product liability matters.
Apart from product liability, Bindu is involved in complex commercial disputes, whether in litigation, arbitration or other forms of dispute resolution. She also advises and acts for clients in insolvency proceedings, global product liability litigations, constitutional and administrative law litigations, proceedings related to penal laws, white collar crimes and corporate and forensic investigations. In addition, Bindu has significant experience in banking, finance and intellectual property matters in Hong Kong and India. She has advised financial institutions and other companies on their documentation in various sectors in Asia. She has extensive knowledge of the Asian markets and has built an excellent network with leading overseas law firms, banks and investment houses.
Bindu is an active member of the Asian legal and business communities. Her international background, knowledge of many Indian languages, impeccable interpersonal skills and understanding of foreign cultures and business practices combined with hands-on litigation acumen uniquely qualifies her to advise and defend multinational companies. Bindu recently acquired a master's degree in financial law from a prestigious global university. In addition to her legal qualifications, she holds a master's degree in business administration (with honours) from a prestigious business school in India. Bindu also teaches product liability law and alternative dispute resolution on the guest faculty in a leading law school in India.
Education
- Jindal Global University, LL.M.
- University of Pune, India, M.B.A., honours
- Symbiosis International University, LL.B.
Admissions
- India
Memberships & Affiliations
- Bar Council of Maharashtra
- Law Society of Hong Kong (2010-2022)
- The Law Society of Singapore (2022-current)
- The International Bar Association
- The IBA Women Lawyers Committee
Languages
- English
- Hindi
- Malayalam
- Marathi
- Tamil
- Bengali
- Recognised as Women Lawyer of the Year by Legal Era in 2022
Publications
- Contributor, “India”, Product Liability & Safety 2023, Chambers Global Practice Guides, 2023.
- Revising editor, Sarkar’s Civil Court Practice and Procedure Manual, LexisNexis, 14th edition, 2022.
- Author, “Product Liability Under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019: Let the Manufacturer/Seller Beware!”, Bar and Bench, 24 July 2020.
- Author, “Manufacturing Risks Associated With the Nascent Indian EV Industry”, Legal Era Global Edition, 2022.
- Contributor, Chapters on product liability, Lexis Nexis, 2019 and 2020.
- Contributor, Getting the Deal Through, Law Business Research, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019.
- Contributor, The Practical Law, Thomson Reuters, 2017, 2018, 2019.
- Contributor, The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Product Liability 2018 (16th edition) Chapters 6, 15, 17, 18 and 19, Global Legal Group, 2018.
- Contributor, The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Product Liability 2017 (15th edition) Chapters 6, 15, 17, 18 and 19, Global Legal Group, 2017.
- Contributor, The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Product Liability 2016 (14th edition), Chapters 6, 15, 17, 18 and 19, Global Legal Group, 2016.
Speaking Engagements
- Panellist, “Dispute Resolution or Mediation: Understanding Challenges, Approaches and Opportunities in India”, ILS Law School, Training and Research, May 2022.
- Panellist, “Future of Product Liability and Class Actions in India”, Legal Era’s 10th Annual GENNEXT Business & Law Congress, 2021.
- Discussion participant, “Introducing Mediation as a New Framework for Dispute Resolution Mechanism”, organised by the Indian Diaspora, Government of India, 2022.