Archit Sehgal

Archit, is a practicing white collar defence lawyer focusing on conducting corporate internal investigations and defending corporate clients facing enforcement actions. His experience majorly surrounds white collar crimes in India and related issues involving internal investigations, risk mitigation and data protection / privacy advisory.

 

Memberships

  • Bar Council of Delhi
  • Bar Council of India
  • Delhi High Court Bar Association
  • International Council of Jurists, UK

 

Publications

 

Education

  • BBA.LLB(H) – GGSIP University, Delhi
  • Delhi Public School, Noida
  • Harvard Law School – Contract Law: From Trust to Promise to Contract – Certificate Course
  • West Virginia University of Law – Financial Accounting and Fraud Examination – Certificate Course
  • Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) – Certificate Module on IPR and Competition Law

 

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi
  • German

In particular, Archit has assisted various domestic and cross border internal investigations into the Indian operations of several private and publicly traded MNC’s (including S&P 500 and DAX 30 companies) surrounding allegations of bribery and violations of Indian securities regulations.  Additionally, he has been involved in supervising forensic reviews of electronic data hosted on e-Discovery platforms and undertaking staff accountability analysis to curate client / industry specific remediation measures with a view to prepare the businesses for future misconducts and ensuring fool proof compliance mechanisms are put in place to mitigate the potential risks for an organisation.

 

Some relevant key assignments:

  • Assisted a Germany based public listed company (DAX 30) engaged in Railway manufacturing industry to conduct an internal investigation into the operations of their Indian subsidiary involving allegations of bribery, gross misconduct by the senior management employees.
  • Assisted one of the largest asset / investment management fund, a US based public listed company (S&P 500) to conduct an internal investigation into the operations of their Indian subsidiary involving violations of the Indian securities regulations, gross misconduct by the senior management employees.
  • Carried out internal investigation into the Indian operations of a MNC engaged in Food and Beverages (F&B) industry involving allegations of fraud againstCompany, embezzlement of Company funds and third party vendor frauds.
  • Assisted internal investigation into the operations of an Indian MNC engaged in E – Commerce industry involving allegations of gross misconduct by senior management employees, fraud againstCompany, Embezzlement of Company funds and third party vendor frauds.
  • Assisted internal investigations into the Indian operations of a Swiss Multi-National Company engaged in Mechatronics industry involving allegations of gross misconduct by senior management employees, fraud againstCompany and embezzlement of Company funds.
  • Advised on and Anti-Bribery & Anti-Corruption (including compliancesrequirements for reporting entities under the PMLA).

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