1. AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Corporate Law & Practices
Banking & Financial Laws
Competition Law
Corporate governance
Securities Law
PROFESSIONAL
 Registered with Bar
Council of Rajasthan
 ICSI Member
 IIBF Member
 Alum of IIM Ahmedbad
 Alum of WBS
(Warwick Business School)
PERSONAL SKILLS
Leadership
Enthusiasm
Versatility
Organization
Adaptability
Mukul Shastry
PERSONAL SUMMARY
A highly efficient lawyer, having 12+ years of legal advisory experience, with expertise
in corporate and competition laws in the banking & finance domain.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Legal Counsel, Reserve Bank of India [Dec 2009 – Present]
Served in Advisory and consultative capacity to RBI senior executives (Deputy
Governor, Executive director, Chief General Manager), on a wide variety of legal
and regulatory issues in the areas of M&A, new banking license, and FEMA
regulations.
Work Areas & Responsibility
• Advised RBI on policy issues on topics spanning across Forex/ECB/Capex
regulation, Banking operations, payments & settlement system.
• Drafted and Vetted FEMA Regulations, RBI’s Master Circulars on various
policy issues, complex national and international contracts.
• Represented and defended RBI in multiple forums - Tax authorities, Finance
secretary, GoI, and Central Information Commission.
Key Achievements
• 1st Rank in the All India RBI entrance exam (Law) 2009
• Achieved savings of Rs. 4.5 billion by successfully defending RBI’s stand,
before Govt of India, on the levy of service tax on DICGC (RBI).The matter
is at present pending in the Supreme Court.
Assistant Professor, National Law University, Jodhpur [ Jul 2006 - Nov 2009]
Taught courses such as Competition Law, Corporate Law, Financial Laws. Developed
and designed courses for academia and industry in Competition Law.
Key Achievements
• Youngest faculty member to be promoted as Executive Director, Center for
Criminal Law & Studies.
• Over 20 research publications in reputed national and international journals.
Advocate, Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur [ Oct 2002 - Jun 2006]
• Developed a lucrative practice of 100 + litigations, which was one of the
quickest among my contemporaries.
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KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
 Communication and influencing skills
 Analytical thinking
 Drafting and vetting of complex commercial contracts
 Adept in procedural laws, both civil and criminal
 Expert understanding of banking law, finance law and corporate law
 A very good network of peer group and professionals across various industries
PERSONAL DETAILS
Dr. Mukul Shastry
A-25, Janta Colony, Jaipur
T: 0141-2604793
M: 09867779472
E:mukulshastry@gmail.com
DOB: 09/04/1979
Driving license: Yes
Nationality: Indian
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
• MBA (PGPX – One Year full time) – IIM Ahmedabad – 2014-15
• Ph.D in Law (Trade & Competition Law) – Feb, 2009 Univ. of Rajasthan, Jaipur.
• LL.M (Torts & Crime) – Univ. of Rajasthan, Jaipur – 2004 -06 (Univ. 2nd Rank)
• LL.B - Univ. of Rajasthan, Jaipur – 1999-2002
• CAIIB – IIBF, Mumbai- 2010-11 (All India Rank – 2nd in all subjects)
• Company Secretary, ICSI 2011-13 (All India Rank – top 50)
REFERENCES – Available on request.