Building a Career in Fintech Law | Shivli Katyayan | General Counsel, RazorPay

How do you build a legal function that keeps pace with a growing business, earns trust and helps shape decisions from the beginning? In this episode of The Daily Lawyer Podcast, we speak with Shivli Katyayan, Head of Legal at Razorpay, about a career spanning intellectual property, insurance and fintech, and the experiences that have shaped her approach to legal leadership. Having worked at Anand & Anand, Tuli & Co., Policybazaar and Amazon Pay before joining Razorpay, Shivli reflects on moving between specialisations and the shift from advising a business externally to taking responsibility for implementing that advice in-house. She also explains her approach to “legal engineering”: building legal thinking into products, relationships and systems that can support a business as it grows. The conversation explores brand protection, working with financial regulators and responding to impersonation and online fraud through John Doe orders. Shivli also shares her thoughts on building teams, flexibility at work, the role of technology in legal operations and why she changed her mind about the need to be indispensable. Chapters: 00:00 Teaser: Regulation, Reputation & Legal Leadership 00:58 Introduction 02:52 Choosing Law, NUJS & Finding Her Path 08:13 From Intellectual Property to Insurance & Fintech 15:32 Brand Protection & Intellectual Property for Founders 25:08 Working with Financial Regulators 30:22 John Doe Orders, Impersonation & Online Fraud 36:24 Legal Engineering: Building Legal into the Business 40:56 Building & Leading a Legal Team 43:48 Flexibility, Trust & Professional Responsibility 47:43 Technology, Digital Signatures & Legal Operations 51:05 Looking Back at Her Career 51:43 The 5–4–3–2–1 Segment 57:21 Closing Reflections 58:28 About Zoho Sign Also available on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music About The Daily Lawyer Podcast The Daily Lawyer Podcast is a growing archive of conversations about the profession of law - the careers, choices, people and ideas shaping lawyers and the legal industry. Connect with us: Contact: [email protected] Website: https://thedailylawyer.in/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedailylawyerig/?hl=en LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenna-v-krishnan/ This episode is part of our General Counsel Series, in collaboration with Zoho Sign, and is sponsored by Zoho Sign. Connect with Zoho Sign: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zohosignofficial/?hl=en X: https://x.com/zohosign?lang=en LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zohosign/ YouTube: @zohosign Explore: https://www.zoho.com/en-in/sign/ Subscribe to The Daily Lawyer for more conversations with General Counsels, law firm leaders, founders and professionals shaping the future of the legal profession. #TheDailyLawyer #ShivliKatyayan #Razorpay #Fintech #InHouseCounsel #GeneralCounsel #LegalLeadership #IntellectualProperty #LegalEngineering #LegalProfession #ZohoSign #CareerAdvice DISCLAIMER This podcast is intended solely for informational and educational purposes. The views and opinions expressed during the conversation are personal to the speakers and do not represent the official position of any court, institution, organisation, client or other entity. Nothing discussed in this episode constitutes legal advice or should be relied upon as a substitute for advice from a qualified legal professional. Laws, judicial decisions and procedural requirements may change over time. Viewers should independently verify the applicable legal position and obtain professional advice for their specific circumstances. Watching or listening to this podcast does not create a lawyer-client relationship with the guest, host, The Daily Lawyer or any associated person or organisation.