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Member Spotlight: Ram Padmanabhan
Ram Padmanabhan will be a panelist at SAinSports’ first Chicago Event.
Ram Padmanabhan joined the Chicago Bulls at the beginning of the 2013-14 season as the Vice President of Financial and General Counsel. He is responsible for the team’s compliance with legal, regulatory and NBA requirements and oversees the team’s financial and human resources functions.
Ram previously served as Vice President, Chief Counsel-Corporate and Company Secretary for Aon plc, where he was responsible for overseeing corporate transactional matters, and also advised Aon management and the Board of Directors on various corporate governance matters. Before joining Aon, Ram was a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, where he represented the Chicago Bulls and the United Center as well as professional sports teams and corporate sponsors of professional sports teams on a variety of promotional, media, sponsorship and general corporate matters.
Prior to joining Katten, Ram practiced with the Chicago offices of Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Pattishall, McAuliffe and served as a law clerk to Judge William J. Bauer on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from McGill University in 1990, and his Juris Doctor from Northwestern University School of Law in 1993.
Ram Padmanabhan joined the Chicago Bulls at the beginning of the 2013-14 season as the Vice President of Financial and General Counsel. He is responsible for the team’s compliance with legal, regulatory and NBA requirements and oversees the team’s financial and human resources functions.
Ram previously served as Vice President, Chief Counsel-Corporate and Company Secretary for Aon plc, where he was responsible for overseeing corporate transactional matters, and also advised Aon management and the Board of Directors on various corporate governance matters. Before joining Aon, Ram was a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, where he represented the Chicago Bulls and the United Center as well as professional sports teams and corporate sponsors of professional sports teams on a variety of promotional, media, sponsorship and general corporate matters.
Prior to joining Katten, Ram practiced with the Chicago offices of Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Pattishall, McAuliffe and served as a law clerk to Judge William J. Bauer on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from McGill University in 1990, and his Juris Doctor from Northwestern University School of Law in 1993.
Neha Uberoi
Cofounder and CEO, South Asians in Sports
