Sandeep P Parekh

Sandeep Parekh, born 1971, is an Indian financial sector lawyer who founded Finsec Law Advisors, Mumbai. He worked as an executive director at the Securities and Exchange Board of India, (SEBI),^[1] India’s securities regulator, where he headed the Enforcement department and was the General Counsel. He has been the youngest person to hold the post at the regulator. Previously, he had worked in law firm Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, in Washington, D.C.^[2] He holds an LL.M. (Securities & Finance Regulation) degree from Georgetown University and an LL.B. degree from Delhi University. He was a faculty member of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India's premier management school, and is currently a visiting faculty member there.^[3]

Sandeep is a member of Mensa, has published op-eds in the Financial Times^[4] and is a columnist at the Economic Times. He has an active blog called Initial Private Opinion.^[5]

Parekh was a member of the Cabinet Secretariat task force for measuring performance in ministries and departments of the Government of India. He is a former chairman and member of Reserve Bank of India Committees and Sub-committees.^[6]

He is a World Economic Forum "Young Global Leader".^[7][8][9] He has also been recognized for exceptional standing in law by AsiaLaw Profiles,^[10] leading financial lawyer by IFLR1000^[11] leading financial lawyer (Legal 500), leading capital markets lawyer by Chambers and Partners^[12] and listed as Who's Who of the world (Marquis).

He is the author of a well regarded book published by CCH Wolters Kluwer - Fraud, Manipulation and Insider Trading in the Indian Securities Markets.^[13]

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