Ketaki Doshi Shah

In-house legal professional with about a decade of experience across manufacturing, luxury retail and pharmaceuticals with MNCs, working on contract management, regulatory compliance, litigation strategy and corporate governance. Worked across a wide range of matters – from structuring cross-border deals, overseeing litigation, managing company secretarial role, to building a legal tech platform – garnering exposure well beyond typical mid-level scope. Conducted trainings and workshops across functions on topics including anti-trust compliance, legal tech tools and design thinking initiative.

I believe in taking on legal work as a partnership with business: balancing risk with commercial priorities, communicating clearly without jargon, and finding practical solutions that people can actually execute. Ready to step into a senior role where I can apply this experience, build, and lead a team.

Corporate Counsel at BSH Household Appliances Manufacturing Pvt. Ltd. (Bosch & Siemens Home Appliances Group) (April, 2021 – Present)

• Own end-to-end contract lifecycle across Sales (domestic, e-commerce, export), Marketing, Customer Service, Logistics, Procurement (direct and indirect), IT and Real Estate – negotiating commercially viable, risk-optimised outcomes with internal and external stakeholders.
• Advise business teams on regulatory matters including advertising law, Legal Metrology, competition law, data protection and EPR – delivering practical, solution-oriented guidance balanced against commercial priorities.
• Oversee litigation portfolio and external counsel, formulating dispute resolution strategies and risk mitigation approaches to protect business interests.
• Handled foreign contracts and cross-border engagements for Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand.
• Conceptualised and led development of an internal legal tech platform (in collaboration with IT) covering legal request intake, automated contract generation and a litigation management module – creating structured, scalable legal operations from the ground up.
• Designed and developed AI-enabled compliance training modules, enabling scalable, web-based learning across the organisation.
• Standardised contract templates and consultant engagement processes, reducing turnaround time and improving risk coverage across the function.
• Stepped into an interim Company Secretary role – managing Board and committee meetings, resolutions, statutory filings and equity infusion compliance – ensuring zero governance gaps during critical period.
• Conducted and assisted in ethics compliance investigations.
• Core team member in a multi-country global restructuring project involving collaboration with senior stakeholders across Europe; facilitated workshops with department heads to drive alignment and implementation.
• Conducted Design Thinking workshops to embed innovation and cross-functional problem-solving across the organisation.
• Spearheaded organisation-wide DocuSign rollout, digitising contract execution and materially improving turnaround time and compliance rigour.

Legal Counsel at Reliance Brands Limited (Jan 2019 – April 2021)

• Managed commercial contracts across luxury and premium brand portfolio – including cross-border distribution and trademark licensing, sourcing and manufacturing agreements, franchise and joint venture agreements with international brands, and e-commerce platform listing agreements.
• Worked directly with CFO and Business Heads on legal matters; provided cross-functional support on FEMA, GDPR, Legal Metrology and competition law.
• Drafted and negotiated service agreements with architects, design agencies, media agencies and celebrity talent.
• Recognised for Instant Gratification – Reliance Brands' monthly acknowledgement for employees who go the extra mile – on two separate occasions.

Secretarial Trainee at Cipla Limited (Oct 2017 – Sept 2018)

• Assisted in structuring and compliance for rights issue and private placement in an Indian subsidiary.
• Benchmarked and drafted Investor Grievance Redressal Policy, AGM Notice and Corporate Governance Report for Cipla's Annual Report; handled stock exchange and ROC filings.
• Contributed to the application that won Cipla the Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Governance.

Legal Associate at Agama Law Associates (Jul 2015 – Sept 2016)

• Drafted transactional documents including service agreements, leave and license agreements and lease deeds; key matters included acquisition of an IT start-up by a US-based MNC and management-shareholder dispute in a private business group.
• Drafted policy documents and legal notices for corporate clients; conducted research on corporate and labour law.

Intern at Bhave & Co. (Jul 2014)

Law firm practicing in civil and family matters

Intern at Abhay Ahuja (Jun 2013)

Senior Standing Counsel for Income Tax Dept (Bombay High Court)

CS Professional – Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) (2016)

B.L.S. LL.B. – Government Law College, Mumbai (Mumbai University) (2016)

HSC (12th) – R. A. Podar College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai (2011)

ICSE (10th) – Hiranandani Foundation School, Thane (2009)