Top 10 Women Legal Consultants - 2022

Earlier, the legal profession was believed to be a reserved network for men. This is very evident even from the courtroom facilities. One of the famous senior women lawyers in Kolkata once explained the plight she took in her early stages of profession due to improper sanitary facilities for women in a court room building, where some of the really feisty women lawyers used to face their male counterparts with calm and determination. With the passing of decades, things have improved far and much better. Today, courtroom facilities are improved enough to have women lawyers. There are a number of women doing really well in legal consulting profession in India. Some of them have succeeded and have reached one of the most respected positions in the country, the Supreme Court judge. But still, only a countable number of women have managed to reach the uppermost tier of law firms.

However, things are getting better and fairer. The Economic Times has reported that the demand for women lawyers is at an all time high now, within both law firms and other companies. The demand for women lawyers have heightened especially within past fifteen years. The company’s focus on improving diversity ratio is one of the main reasons driving the demand for women lawyers, but the hard truth is that the disparity in salary exists still between the two genders. One of the famous and largest Indian firms is female dominated, constituting six women out of nine lawyers, outnumbering their male counterparts.

In this issue of CEO Insights, we bring you a list of 'Top 10 Women Legal Consultants - 2022' who have facilitated business to filter their stumbling blocks and played a major role in bringing the organizations to topmost position. This list of ten leading and inspiring women is crafted by a team of CEOs, VCs and the our editorial board, thus delivering inspiring stories of their journey and the contributions & roles played by them in the creation and empowerment of a powerful nation.