Shilpa Bhandarkar: Navigating a Non-Linear Career Path to Linklaters’ Global Partnership and AI Leadership

Shilpa Bhandarkar, recently promoted to Linklaters’ global partnership, balances her role as the CEO of the firm’s flagship contracting platform CreateiQ, while co-chairing the firm’s Gen AI steering group. Her career trajectory showcases a shift from energy and infrastructure law to entrepreneurship, with impactful roles including the firm’s India COO and Africa business manager, and later, as the head of innovation. In a sit-down with Law.com International, she discusses navigating a non-linear career path and the importance of the women in tech community.