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Mohit Kapoor

Mohit Kapoor is the Founder & Senior Partner at Universal Legal. He is a dual-qualified lawyer with varied experience in litigation and corporate matters, spanning multiple industries and geographies. Having begun his career practicing at premier law firms, Mohit has handled a variety of matters ranging from indirect tax, consumer, antitrust, intellectual property and product liability laws, while engaging and working extensively with India’s senior-most counsels. He then successfully transitioned to more transactional and advisory roles by gaining rich experience working at different organizations including foreign law firms, global insurers, international HR consultants, leading banks, and NBFCs. Mohit has more than three decades of experience and has held various responsibilities in various organizations and has been exposed to a variety of experiences including providing timely and cost-effective legal support to businesses against aggressive schedules and budgets, liaising with the Board of Directors, shareholders and regulators. Currently, Mohit heads the legal department of India’s largest pure-play credit card issuer - SBI Card, providing strategic, legal, regulatory and commercial support as a member of the Senior Management Team. He was admitted to the Bar Council of Delhi as an ‘Advocate’ in 1992 and enrolled with The Law Society of England as a ‘Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales’ in 2000.