New Delhi: The Legal Era – Legal Media Group organised its 6th edition of awards event recently to recognize and honour the most competent young lawyers of the country.
Titled ’40 Under-40 Rising Star awards 2021’, the event brought together who is who of legal business, judiciary and the business leaders under one roof where 40 young legal eagles were awarded for their achievement and continuous enriching of the legal space by leveraging new opportunities amid a fast-changing landscape.
A distinguished Jury chose the 40 Rising Star Awardees of the Year via a meticulous and herculean selection process. The awards were open to the under 40 age group of lawyers through both routes – self-nomination and peer-nomination.
The Jury saw over 340 nominations, many extremely promising from trailblazing GCs under the age of 40 handling challenging global and pan-India roles.
About Mumtaz Bhalla
Mumtaz Bhalla is a Partner with Economics Law Practice and has over 13 years of experience in the field of litigation and dispute resolution. Mumtaz specializes in Domestic and International Arbitrations. She has a considerable amount of experience in the aviation sector, medical sector, real estate, construction, and civil-commercial sector, with her being the preferred choice for several domestic and international clients. She possesses a wide range of experience in civil trial, criminal trial, appeals, consumer disputes, domestic and international arbitration. She specializes in conducting compliance workshops for companies and is a Speaker at various conferences and events.
She has advised and represented several multi-national companies and organizations regarding appropriate strategies to be adopted at various stages of litigation and arbitration. Mumtaz usually argues her own matters and regularly appears before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, various Hon’ble High Courts across the country, District Courts and quasi-judicial forums. She also appears before various Consumer Protection bodies such as National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi (NCDRC), State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (SCDRC).
Mumtaz started out in June 2008 as a Junior to Late Shri. Arun Jaitley, Senior Advocate and Former Finance Minister of India, then moving on to L&L Partners Law Offices (formerly known as Luthra & Luthra Law Offices) where she handled Dispute Resolution and Litigation. She became a Partner Designate in 2016 and became a partner in 2017, being one of the youngest partners during her time.
About 40 Under-40 Rising Star Awards 2021
The search for India’s young and upcoming legal talent under the age of 40 years officially began 6 years back! Legal Era was the first organization to institute these young achievers’ awards to recognize their outstanding achievements and professional excellence industrywide. Sixth edition of ‘40 Under 40 Rising Star Awards 2021’ was yet another step for emboldening a generation of young lawyers.
