Sidharth Sharma
General Counsel
Sidharth was appointed as the General Counsel at Tata Sons in September 2021. In this role, he advises the group’s leadership and senior management on legal matters, and guides legal strategy and collaboration for the in-house lawyers across Tata companies to support their business goals.
Sidharth oversees the legal function across a wide range of legal and regulatory matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate law advisory, litigation & arbitration, commercial contracts, brand protection, advocacy on legal issues, and partnerships & collaborations for the group’s new businesses.
Before taking on his current role as the GC, Sidharth had a long professional association with the Tata group since 2005, beginning as a legal trainee in the group legal team which he now leads. He had transitioned to pursue law practice in New Delhi where he was retained by Tata Sons as its resident counsel. He acted for the group in some of the very important and high stakes court cases and arbitration. Sidharth was also retained by the Tata Trusts as their Legal Advisor and has assisted them extensively, both in litigation and on other important matters.
Sidharth holds LL.B. (Honors) degree from The National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata. In his student years and later as law practitioner, Sidharth has published articles and commentaries on topical issues of law, some of which have been cited in scholarly works. Beyond the law, he is an Indian classical music enthusiast and has, as a hobby, received training as a Tabla player.