The ALB In-house Legal Summit road show grew even stronger in February, when the Oberoi Hotel in New Delhi played host to the latest meeting of in-house minds.

Following the success of last October's ALB In-house Legal Summit in Mumbai, the two-day ALB New Delhi Summit, held on 10 and 11 February, attracted some 102 attendees including 88 in-house delegates who attended four cutting-edge workshops presented by some of India's leading firms.

Day one of the summit started with a plenary session presented by senior advocate and president of the Bar Association of India Fali Nariman. Nariman discussed how in-house counsel in India must learn to fit their compliance function with the strategic business plans of their respective companies.

The first workshop of the day was on M&A activity, presented by Indian firm Mulla and Mulla, which later reported no fewer than 25 separate delegate presentation requests. Advani & Co presented the afternoon workshop, discussing the relevance and importance of international arbitration to India and the region as a whole.

On day two delegates attended workshops by Titus & Co (on the management of relationships with firms that are outsourced work) and Kachwaha & Partners (how to avoid the pitfalls in complex litigation).  Attendees also got the chance to network through gourmet lunches and gala dinners.

Secretary and leval manager Manoj Bhargav represented Indo-Japanese joint-venture company Capital Cars at the summit.

Capital Cars' managing director CK Thampy said he thought the summit was "well-organised and very useful".

Praveen Shetty, assistant manager of the legal department at Tata Chemicals said the two-day workshop was a great way to update her knowledge. "I am sure there will be more such events in future," she said.

Event organiser Key Media confirmed further Legal Summits will be arranged this year in Hong Kong (1-2 April), Shanghai (22-23 April), Singapore (13-14 May) and Beijing (30 Nov - 1 Dec).