Rohit Kumar, group general counsel at UPL, talks about how he is building a culture of openness and empowerment, why Indian law firms have still some way to go in matching their international counterparts in terms of service quality, and why in-house lawyers must always be “part of the solution.”

J. Sagar Associates and Jones Day have advised Indian agro-business company UPL on its agreement to purchase Arysta LifeScience from U.S. chemicals company Platform Specialty Products for $4.2 billion. Greenberg Traurig represented Platform.