ArcelorMittal, one of the world’s largest steel producers and a global leader in industrials and manufacturing, announced it has promoted Sapan Gupta, VP and General Counsel of ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel to the position of Global General Counsel, effective from June 1, according to ET report. He will report to Genuino Christino, EVP and CFO, ArcelorMittal.
Sapan Gupta joined the group just over a year ago to head the legal function in India, where ArcelorMittal’s joint venture with Japan’s Nippon Steel made the largest ever foreign direct investment in steel owning indebted Essar Steel through as a process of insolvency resolution.
Prior to this, Gupta headed the banking and financial services practice at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, one of India’s leading law firms. He has also held legal positions at Bajaj Finance, Standard Chartered Bank, HSBC, ICICI Bank and the Tata Group.
Gupta also worked overseas at Sidley Austin in New York shortly after completing his Master of Laws (LLM) degree at Harvard Law School. He obtained his primary law degree from Delhi University.
