Vani Mehta is the Regional General Counsel, GE Aerospace South Asia.
In her role as Regional General Counsel for South Asia, she leads the Aerospace legal team in the region supporting commercial engines services, defence systems, supply chain and engineering centre at JFWTC in Bangalore ensuring enterprise-wide consistency to GE’s legal strategy and approach. She is an advisor to the GE senior leadership in the region and drives GE’s thought leadership in the legal fraternity. She has been board member for GE India along with member POSH & CSR Committees.
Almost 2 decades of legal experience, before joining General Electric, Vani was an Attorney at SAP handling various jurisdictions across the globe. Prior to that she was in private practice for several years with Little &Co. (the oldest law firm of India), she has been a litigator and practicing advocate before Supreme Court of India, Delhi High Court and various tribunals in both civil and criminal cases. She has also worked extensively in general corporate area of practice including real estate, securities & capital markets, company law and telecom for several leading MNC’s across the globe and leading government bodies in diverse industries.
She has from time to time honored amongst Top General Counsels of India by various prestigious legal and business publications like Legal 500, India Business Law Journal, Forbes India Legal Powerlist 2022-25, Business World Legal and Legal Era.
She is currently serving as member of Sub-Committee on Aviation and Air Space under the Confederation of Indian Industry (‘CII’) National Committee on Legal Services. She has previously served as Chairperson of sub-committees of General Counsels (2024-2025) and for ESG & Climate Change (CII) National Committee on Legal Services (2023-24).
Vani graduated in Law from Delhi University, India and earned Bachelor honors degree in Political Science from Delhi University, India with additional qualifications in IP laws and environmental laws
