Ankita Ray

She advises international and domestic clients on day to day employment issues such as disciplinary matters, assisting in handling of complaints of sexual harassment, advising on employee exits as well as matters relating to employee benefits such as gratuity, provident fund and superannuation. She has also been advising clients on transitioning to the Labour Code regime.

Some of the key sectors that Ankita has been working in are IT/ITES, financial institutions, manufacturing, power project, banking and financial institutions.

Ankita has also been on with the India offices of global investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts for 6 months and with A.O. Smith India Water Products Private Limited for 3 months.

• • • Ankita has experience in advising/strategizing on workforce reduction and severance of employment of senior management persons, advising on transfer or acquisition of workforce, closure of units under various corporate structures.
    • Notably, Ankita advised the Pfizer group on employee restructuring in certain of its businesses, as well as on the cessation of operations of certain units which had a large, unionised workforce (approximately 1300 employees).
    • She also advised The Proctor & Gamble Company in relation to employment issues on the acquisition of the consumer health business of Merck Limited, a listed Indian company having approximately 1500 employees and 700 contract workers). She has also advised on various contentious issues of sexual harassment, keeping in mind reputational risk of the clients.
    • She has been guiding companies on issues pertaining restructuring under the Labour Codes, as well as on issues pertaining to contract labour and fixed term employees.

• • • “Recommended lawyer” for Labour & employment, Legal 500 2022-2023

• • • Bar Council of Karnataka, India