Shujath Bin Ali is the Chief Legal Officer at Fourth Partner Energy, one of India’s leading renewable energy platforms, where he oversees legal strategy, governance, compliance, ethics, and risk across the organization.

With 24 years of experience, he has held senior legal and compliance leadership roles across global and Indian organizations, including Re Sustainability, Deloitte, International Paper, and PAREXEL International. His work spans complex transactions, regulatory strategy, corporate governance, dispute resolution, and ESG advisory.

Shujath is also a speaker and mentor, actively engaged in conversations on sustainability, ethics, artificial intelligence, and board effectiveness.

About

Academic Qualifications

• Shujath has a law degree and is a Fellow of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.

• He has also attended executive education programs at Harvard, IIM-B, ISB, and NLS (National Law School) Bangalore .

• He has a Master's degree in Alternate Dispute Resolution and International Commercial Arbitration.

• Shujath was the former chairman of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India-Hyderabad Chapter.

• He is also a founder and member of the executive committee of the Indian Corporate Counsel Association.

• He was a former member of the Corporate Law, Legal, and IPR committee of the Federation of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

• He is actively involved in thought leadership initiatives.

Work Experience

• Shujath Bin Ali is the Chief Legal Officer at Fourth Partner Energy, one of India’s leading renewable energy platforms, where he leads legal strategy, governance, compliance, ethics, and enterprise risk across large-scale solar, wind, and clean-energy businesses. He works closely with boards, investors, and leadership teams on complex commercial transactions, regulatory strategy, ESG integration, and long-term institutional governance.

• At Re Sustainability, Shujath Bin Ali served as Global General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, leading legal, governance, compliance, ethics, and enterprise risk functions across India and international operations. He advised the board and senior leadership on complex transactions, regulatory strategy, and large-scale waste and circular economy projects. He played a key role in strengthening ESG frameworks, ethics programs, and risk governance. His work supported the company’s growth as a leading sustainability and environmental services platform backed by global investors.

• Shujath had served as Senior Director- Legal, Risk Management & Company Secretary and India Compliance Officer PAREXEL International –India. He was responsible for providing strategic corporate legal advice and operational legal support for India Operations and was a member of PAREXEL India Leadership Team.

• Before PAREXEL Shujath served as Senior Legal Counsel & Corporate Secretary for International Paper-India and was providing leadership oversight on Legal, Compliance & Corporate Governance matters.

• Prior to International Paper-India, Shujath served for 9 years as Associate Vice President-Legal & Corporate Secretary for Deloitte US-India offices and was heading the Legal & Corporate affairs function. He has overall 21 years’ experience in the areas of Governance, Compliance, Risk Management, Corporate & Commercial Laws, Employment laws & Litigation

Awards

• Shujath has won awards for his work as a lawyer and GC. He was named one of "India's Finest In-House Counsels" by the Indian Corporate Counsel Association in 2016 and 2018.

• He was also named one of the "Top 100 General Counsels" in India by Legal 500.com in those same years. In 2018, he was also awarded the Young Achiever Award by Legal era.

• In 2020, Shujath was named one of the Top 100 General Counsels in India by Business World Magazine.

• He was also named a Top General Counsel by Forbes India in the same year. In 2020, he was also named one of the Top 10 Chief Compliance Officers in India by CEO Insights.com.

• Shujath was also awarded as India's finest General Counsels by Legal Era in 2023

Guest Faculty

• Speaking and teaching are Shujath's biggest Passions.

• He is a Guest Faculty in several respected institutions like ICSI(Institute of Company Secretaries of India), IOD(Institute of Directors) and CCGRT(Center for Corporate Governance,Research and Training).

• He also speaks at many Panel Discussions and seminars.