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    Shelly Kohli of Unilever set to join United Breweries to head its legal and compliance

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    “Shelly Kohli is a seasoned legal professional who has extensively worked on leadership positions in the private practice space and across sectors such as Energy, FMCG and Textiles,” said Shweta Vora, Vice President - Corporate Practice Group. “She is an expert business lawyer who has worked in both industrial and retail setups. With her diverse and strategic experience of working on building and maintaining brands, she will be a great value addition to the UBL leadership team.”

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    Shelly Kohli, Head Legal Counsel for the Beauty & Personal care and Homecare division at Unilever
    Shelly Kohli, Head Legal Counsel for the Beauty & Personal care and Homecare division at Unilever, the maker of Lux, Surf and Pepsodent is set to join United Breweries Ltd to lead its legal and compliance vertical.

    Kohli will be responsible for all corporate compliance and legal issues in the BSE-listed United Breweries (UBL), said a person familiar with the development. She will be based at the company’s headquarter in Bengaluru. UBL is the maker of Kingfisher beer.

    An alumnus of the New York University of Law and the University of Mumbai from the 2003 and 1999 batches, she started her career at ARA Law. Subsequently, she joined firms including Crawford Bailey & Co, Trilegal and Wadia Ghandy & Co.

    In 2010, she joined a local unit of US-engineering conglomerate GE (Energy Management) as Senior Counsel for legal and compliance for South Asia. Later in 2015, she moved to Levi Strauss & Co as Assistant General Counsel to oversee its South Asia, Middle East and North Africa regions. Subsequently, in 2019, she moved to Unilever as a Head Legal Counsel for Beauty & Personal Care & Homecare divisions.

    “Shelly Kohli is a seasoned legal professional who has extensively worked on leadership positions in the private practice space and across sectors such as Energy, FMCG and Textiles,” said Shweta Vora, Vice President - Corporate Practice Group. “She is an expert business lawyer who has worked in both industrial and retail setups. With her diverse and strategic experience of working on building and maintaining brands, she will be a great value addition to the UBL leadership team.”

    Last year in April, Bijoya Roy joined the French liquor major Pernod Ricard as general counsel and head of legal for its South Asia region from Walmart-owned e-commerce major Flipkart. In June 2021, Amit Bhasin, general manager, legal - customer development and corporate secretarial at Unilever, joined Marico as general counsel to head its legal.


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