π Pani Cooler Turns Two
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Pani Cooler Turns Two
Pani Cooler is now 2 years old. 2 years ago, I asked 117 of you if you had any roles for South Asian law students, who had been knocked around by the market and needed a leg up. Several of you contributed roles. I sent an email and asked people to spread the word. It spread, and now 1,681 of you are part of this.
The core insight is unchanged: take our small but powerful community, create a clearinghouse for economic opportunities, and watch it grow. It starts with jobs. But it's ultimately about every component of our professional well-being and growth.
Here's to another 2 years.
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The Jobs
The mission of Pani Cooler is to build direct connections between South Asian lawyers. A key part of that is getting South Asian lawyers hired and promoted. The below roles include direct contact information for your colleagues. Reach out to these lawyers in a manner consistent with the goals of building community on this platform. Apply for any roles listed on the website, as available.
In-House
- βAkaash Gupta: Akaash is Deputy General Counsel at VSCO. Akaash's team is looking for a Commercial Counsel. Reach out to Akaash at [subscribers only].
- βFayzan Bakhtiar: Fayzan is Senior Commercial Counsel at Atlassian. Fayzan's team is looking for the roles below, reach out to Fayzan at [subscribers only].
- βSenior Commercial Counsel - Sales (Americas East and Central)β
- βSenior Commercial Counsel - Sales (Americas West and APAC)β
- βNitin Shah: Nitin is Director & Associate General Counsel, Global Regulatory Affairs and Compliance at Shopify. Nitin's team is looking for an Associate General Counsel, Financial Regulatory (Remote, Americas). Reach out to Nitin at [subscribers only].
- βSyeda Maghrabi: Syeda is Senior Associate General Counsel at Amtrak. Syeda's team is looking for an Associate General Counsel - Labor/Employment Law. Reach out to Syeda at [subscribers only].
- βAnik Sood: Anik is Assistant General Counsel at 1WorldSync. Anik's team is looking for a Junior Legal Counsel. Reach out to Anik at [subscribers only].
- βSheikh Shaghaf: Sheikh is Vice President & Assistant General Counsel at Informa. Sheikh's team is looking for the roles below, reach out to Sheikh at [subscribers only].
- βLegal Counsel, Taylor & Francis Group - Americasβ
- βEmployment Counsel, Americasβ
- βCorporate Counselβ
- βSumit Shah: Sumit is Associate General Counsel at Meta. Sumit's team is looking for a Lead Counsel, Privacy Data Life Cycle. Reach out to Sumit at [subscribers only]
- βSonny Carpenter: Sonny is Associate General Counsel, Privacy at Meta. Sonny's team is looking for a Lead Counsel, Privacy (Youth). Reach out to Sonny at [subscribers only]
- βNisha Ramachandran: Nisha is General Counsel at Signifyd. Nisha's team is looking for a Commercial Counsel. Reach out to Nisha at [subscribers only]
- βBrian Amit Ray: Brian is Director, Senior Counsel at Astranis Space Technologies. Brian's team is looking for a Regulatory and Compliance Counsel. Reach out to Brian at [subscribers only]
- βMita Lakhia: Mita is Senior Data Privacy Counsel at Lion Re:Sources, A Publicis Groupe Company. Mita's team is looking for a North American Data Privacy Attorney. Reach out to Mita at [subscribers only]
Legal Adjacent
- βGreg Gautam: Greg is the Co-Chair of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Snell & Wilmer LLP. Gregβs team is actively seeking a Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to join the firmβs administrative team in one of its United States based offices. Reach out to Greg [subscribers only]
- βAnuja Purohit: Anuja is SVP and Deputy General Counsel at RTI International. Anuja's team is looking for a Director, Ethics. Reach out to Anuja at [subscribers only]
- βThomas Mathew: Thomas is Director, Intellectual Property at InterVenn Biosciences. Thomas's team is looking for a Manager, Legal Contracts. Reach out to Thomas at [subscribers only]
- βKavya Mohankumar: Kavya is Vice President and Associate General Counsel at Newsela. Kavya's team is looking for the roles below, reach out to Kavya at [subscribers only]:
- βContract Managerβ
- βPrivacy Managerβ
- βSachin Bansal: Sachin is Chief Business & Legal Officer at SecurityScorecard. Sachin's team is looking for a VP and GM, Public Sector. Reach out to Sachin at [subscribers only]
Government
- βBatool Raza: Batool is General Counsel at Boston Public Health Commission. Batool's team is looking for a Associate Labor and Employment Counsel. Reach out to Batool at [subscribers only]
- βHiral Mehta: Hiral is Deputy Chief at U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York. The U.S. Attorney's Office is looking for an Assistant U. S. Attorney. Reach out to Hiral at [subscribers only]
Law Firm
- βEmilie Ninan: Emilie is a partner at Ballard Spahr. Emilie's team is looking for a Finance Associate (with Real Estate Concentration). Reach out to Emilie at [subscribers only]
- βMaulin Vidwans: Maulin is a partner at Ballard Spahr. Maulin's team is looking for the roles below, reach out to Maulin at [subscribers only]
- βCommercial Finance or Real Estate Finance Entry Level Associate
- βCommercial Finance Associate.
- βHarsh Parikh: Harsh is a partner at Nixon Peabody LLP. Harsh's team is looking for a Senior Health Care Transactions Associate. Reech out to Harsh at [subscribers only]
- βNikhil Gore: Nikhil is a partner at Covington & Burling LLP. Nikhil's team is looking for a financial services regulatory associate, mid- or senior-level. Preference for D.C. but we also have offices in New York and the Bay Area that could work for this role. Reach out to Nikhil at [subscribers only]
- βShanti Katona: Shanti is a member at Polsinelli and Vice Chair of Polsinelliβs Bankruptcy and Restructuring Practice. Shanti is looking for attorneys with 2+ years of substantive Chapter 11 and bankruptcy litigation experience. This position can be based in our Wilmington, Dallas, Kansas City, Chicago, Atlanta or Los Angeles office. Reach out to Shanti at [subscribers only]
- βAjay Mago: Ajay is managing partner at Edwards Maxson Mago & Macaulay, LLP. Ajay's team is looking for mid-level and senior attorneys to join the firmβs Technology Transactions, Commercial Contracts, Corporate β Private Equity and M&A, Corporate β Venture Capital and Emerging Companies, and Banking and Finance practice groups. The positions can be remote anywhere in the U.S. or hybrid in Atlanta, Austin, Chicago, Dallas, Ft. Lauderdale, and New York. Reach out to Ajay at [subscribers only]