Joginder Yadav
About Joginder Yadav
Currently at Cisco as General Counsel, India. This is my second stint at Cisco where I previously worked with the Globalization Center East and supported the Global Service Provider and Mega Deal groups. I previously served as General Counsel (India) & Senior Vice President, Contract Solutions vertical at UnitedLex. Prior to UnitedLex, I was head of the global professional services (PS) legal function at Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), and part of the global PS leadership team. Before NSN, I worked with Cisco's worldwide services & globalization legal team in Bangalore supporting Cisco's senior services executives responsible for its global service provider business and strategy for mega deals in Asia and other emerging markets. Also supported Cisco's globalization efforts as part of the Globalization Center East team. An attorney with a diverse global experience, having worked for IBM in Singapore and India supporting complex consulting, system integration and large strategic outsourcing deals as well as the IBM Software Labs in India on Open Source and other issues. I managed Sun Microsystems's Asia South legal team from Singapore prior to IBM, and advised on a whole range of hardware and software sales issues, including channels policies and contracts, licensing and legal support to Sun’s product engineering teams. Also involved in Sigma projects related to streamlining the functioning of Sun’s channel partners. Started career in-house at a non-banking finance company in New Delhi, before moving to private practice with Kochhar & Co in New Delhi and TMI Associates in Tokyo before returning in-house with Sun Microsystems in Singapore. Specialties: Services agreements, information technology law, telecom law, managed services, outsourcing, licensing, channel agreements, distributor agreements, mergers and acquisitions, anti-corruption law, competition/anti-trust law, legal knowledge management.