Bhubaneswar: Eastern Media Limited's Director Avnish Sharma has made it to the list of India's top 40 legal leaders.

As per list released by the BW Legal World, a platform for lawyers, general counsels, law firms and other stakeholders, Sharma has been placed among 40 young legal talents under the age of 40.

The BW Legal World recognised Delhi-based Avnish Sharma as country's one of the finest lawyers and legal influencers. He is one of the directors of Eastern Media Ltd in Odisha and partner of Khaitan & Co.

The BW Legal World conferred awards on the selected legal professionals during the programme titled Top 40 Under 40, “The Legal Eagles” of the Indian Legal Ecosystem, on Sunday following a strict process.

As many as 62 nominations were shortlisted out of 104 participants. The grand jury including P.S Narasimha, Former Additional Solicitor General of India; Shradul Shroff, Executive Chairman & National Practice Head, Insolvency & Bankruptcy, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co (Jury Chair) and Siddharth Luthra, Senior Advocate - Supreme Court of India selected 40 young legal leaders for the awards.

Sharma and 39 others were awarded during the ceremony on virtual mode in presence of jury chair, jury members, Thyrocare MD Dr Velumani and BW Businessworld and exchange4media group Chairman and Editor in Chief Dr Annurag Batra.

Here's the list of BW Legal World 40 under 40 achievers 2020:

S.No Name Designation Company 
1Abhishek DadooPartnerKhaitan & Co
2Anshul PrakashPartnerKhaitan & Co
3Anuj BerryPartnerShardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
4Anupam AlokSenior Legal CounselSberbank
5Apar GuptaCo-Founder and Executive DirectorInternet Freedom Foundation
6Ashwarya SinhaAdvocate on Record
7Avnish SharmaPartnerKhaitan & Co
8Bharat ChughAdvocate
9Divyakant LahotiLahoti Advocates
10Faisal SherwaniPartnerL&L Partners, Law Offices
11Harsh WaliaPartnerKhaitan & Co
12Ishani ChandraManaging PartnerSagar Chandra & Associates
13Kanika Atul PremnarayenPartnerIndian Law Partners
14Kritika KrishnamurthyPartnerAK and Partners
15Manisha ChaudharyManaging PartnerUKCA and Partners
16Manisha ShroffPartnerKhaitan & Co
17Mini GautamPartnerAquilaw
18Mishi ChoudharyManaging PartnerMishi Choudhary & Associates; Moglen & Associates; Software Freedom Law Center, India
19Mohit GogiaPartner S&R Associates
20Natashaa S. ShroffPartnerShardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
21Naval Satarawala ChopraPartnerShardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
22Nawneet VibhawPartnerShardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
23Nitesh JainPartnerShardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
24Pallavi PratapManaging PartnerPratap & Co.
25Petal ChandhokPartnerTrust Legal
26Poonam VermaPartnerJ. Sagar Associates, Advocates & Solicitors
27Rishab GuptaPartnerShardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
28Roshan ThomasPartnerShardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
29S. Sai SushanthCEOSushanth IT Law Associates
30Sagar ChandraFounding PartnerSagar Chandra & Associates
31Sheetal KapurDirector LegalNetflix
32Shivli KatyayanAssociate Director, Head of Legal & IRDA CompliancePolicybazaar Group (Etechaces Marketing and Consulting)
33Shubhangi GargPartnerShardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
34Shweta BansalIndian Foreign Service Officer, Batch of 2013
35Siddharth SrivastavaPartnerKhaitan & Co
36Sidharth SethiPartnerJ. Sagar Associates, Advocates & Solicitors
37Sudipta BhattacharjeePartnerAdvaita Legal
38Siddharth BatraAdvocate-On-Record, Supreme Court of India & PartnerSatram Dass B & Co
39Tariq KhanPrincipal AssociateAdvani & Co
40Tarun NangiaHost & Producer- Legally Speaking & Associate Editor- Special ProjectsNewsX