Mr. Suhas Tuljapurkar

Suhas Tuljapurkar, the Compliance Man of India, is an acclaimed lawyer with an extensive experience of over 40 years. Being a member of Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa, Suhas is authorised to practice law in India. Suhas acts as an independent advisor to various companies, governments, trade associations, professionals, celebrities, non-profit entities and start-ups. His key area of proficiency is Governance, Risk, Assurance, Compliance & Ethics (GRACE) with a fusion of information technology. Suhas is passionate about techno-legal innovations, visionary application of Game Theory to complex legal problems and de-mystifying the laws.

After a successful career as an in-house counsel and law firm partner, Suhas founded Legasis Services, India's first legal tech enterprise in the year 2006. At Legasis, Suhas has been instrumental in developing pioneering IT enabled legal support solutions such as Legatrix (Compliance Management Solution) StarBoards (Board of Directors’ Evaluation Software), LIPs (IPR management solution), the Flute (Innovation Capture Solution), CARRAR (Contract Management Solution), Roznama (Litigation Management Solution), and LegRoom (Virtual Dataroom Solution). As a member of the Executive Committee of UN Global Compact Network India, Suhas was influential in developing ground breaking solutions comprising of Public Private Partnership framework for ensuring statutory compliance and for confirming transparency in procurement process in Smart Cities.
 

Suhas, in the capacity as the advisor to the Digital Crime Unit of the State of Maharashtra, developed IT enabled, knowledge driven content and workflows for initiating criminal actions against infringing websites.

He is invited by the government authorities to provide expertise in drafting several legislations on multiple occasions.

 

Suhas has efficaciously handled numerous international assignments such as international commercial arbitrations, multi-lateral agencies sanctioned proceedings, global collaborations and complex legal projects.

Suhas is a National School Residential Scholar and has been appreciated at global and national level with the award of many scholarships, honors and recognitions including the Udyog Ratan Award. He is a prolific blogger, an intellectual contributor to legal journals and is an applauded speaker.