Membership Directory - Individual

Mohanty Disha

Partner at Gnwlegal

Member Since: 2024

About

: LAWPRA

streetAddress: G&W Legal, C-9 / 9624, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi – 110070, India

cityName: New Delhi

province: Delhi

zipCode: 110070

Email: dishamohanty@gnwlegal.com

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/disha-mohanty-a0a44143/

Phone: Available to Members

Mobile Phone: Available to Members

Race: Continental Indian

Languages (Fluent): English, Hindustani

Primary Areas of Practice: Business Restructuring and M&A, Employee Benefits, International Employment and Labor Law, Wrongful Discharge, Whistleblowing Compliance and Investigation, Employment Litigation

Description of Member's Practice: Our employment law practice group has been recognized as one of the leading practices in the country in the Legal 500-Asia Pacific guide. We advise on the applicability of legislations governing social security, long-term benefits, employee insurance, disability benefits, payment of bonuses, engaging of apprentices, maternity benefits and implementation of DEI mandates. Additionally, we provide advice on issues such as compensation structure and employees stock options schemes, secondment of foreign employees in India, termination and workforce reduction, disciplinary proceedings, retrenchment, and restructuring pursuant to mergers, acquisitions, and transfer of business. We support our client’s business teams in post-transaction integration of the workforce, including the transfer of employees seamlessly from one entity to the other. We also advise on disputes with employees and former employees, including in mediation proceedings, and representation before Labour Tribunals, and other civil and criminal courts. The firm supports and conducts investigations into allegations of misconduct, fraud, corruption, embezzlement, leakage of sensitive information, kickbacks from vendors to employees; policy violations, and related issues. Further, the firm regularly assists in inquiries relating to workplace harassment and conducts anti-sexual harassment workshops for its clients. We also conduct an assessment of compliance and training programs for Indian subsidiaries and joint ventures of multinational companies, to ensure that the employees are sensitized about compliance with local as well as foreign anti-bribery legislations such as FCPA, UK Bribery Act, and Sapin-II law.

Member Type: Outside Counsel

Member Profile: Disha is a Partner at G&W Legal and Chair of the Labour & Employment practice. She has 15 years of experience advising clients on a broad spectrum of employment law matters, which includes advising on statutory compliance, employment audits, large scale restructuring and retrenchments, data privacy issues , formulation of HR policies and drafting of employment related documentation as well as supporting HR investigations. She regularly advises clients on issues such as compensation structure and employees stock options schemes, secondment of foreign employees to India, termination and work force reduction, disciplinary proceedings, retrenchment and restructuring pursuant to mergers, acquisition and transfer of business. Internal investigations and diligence exercises led by her often deal with issues of employee misconduct, allegations of corporate fraud, embezzlement, leakage of sensitive data, kickbacks from vendors to employees and related issues.

Firm/Company Size: 25-50

Firm/Company Profile: Combining the experience of big-law with the expertise of a boutique, G&W Legal is a full-service business law firm that assists its clients at the intersection of law and pragmatism. Our team spans diverse subject matters and industries, using its robust skill-set to become greater than the sum of its parts. As comfortable working with in-house legal teams and white shoe law firms as it is acting directly for small businesses and individuals, G&W has developed a stellar reputation for its work in diverse sectors and practice areas. The firm’s attorneys, based out of multiple Indian cities, including Delhi, Gurugram, Bengaluru and Mumbai, bring unmatched legal prowess across intersecting areas such as corporate law, intellectual property, franchising and distribution, employment law, advertising and marketing, privacy and data protection, product liability and consumer protection, international trade, foreign investment, employment, government contracts, corporate restructuring, corporate governance, anti-corruption and internal investigations, anti-trust/competition, regulatory affairs, real estate and dispute resolution.

Firm/Company Website: https://www.gnwlegal.com

Bar Admissions (up to 10): Other

Former Member of the Bench: No

Percent of Members Time Spent on Employment Law Matters: 51 - 74

Percent of Member's Practice Spent on Plaintiff's Employment Matters: 1 - 25

Referred By: Darrell S. Gay