Radisson Hotel Group Appoints Nisha Menon As General Counsel, Asia Pacific

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May 07, 2020 // Franchising.com // Singapore - Radisson Hotel Group has appointed Nisha Menon as its new General Counsel, Asia Pacific. Based in Singapore, Nisha sits on Radisson Hotel Group’s Asia Pacific Executive Committee and will report directly to Katerina Giannouka, President, Asia Pacific.

With more than 13 years of legal experience and expertise, Nisha graduated with a Bachelor of Law Degree (First Class) from the University Law College at Bangalore University in 2007, and went on to enroll as an Advocate with the Karnataka State Bar Council in the same year. In 2016, she qualified as a Solicitor of England and Wales.

Throughout her career as a legal advisor, Nisha has concluded multiple major deals, including mergers, joint ventures, asset sales, private equity transactions and more. Since 2011, she has worked with companies in Singapore, most recently as Senior Legal Counsel for Parkway Pantai Ltd.

In the hospitality industry, she has been involved with numerous projects involving some of the world’s leading hotel groups, such as Marriott International, Hilton Worldwide and InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), including management agreements, cross-border joint ventures and licensing contracts in Singapore, Indonesia, India and Thailand.

As General Counsel at Radisson Hotel Group, Nisha will be responsible for all legal matters and issues of corporate governance in Asia Pacific. This will include advising on investment and development projects, handling real estate and hotel management matters, including leases, local regulatory framework and permits, and managing all areas of employment law.

“I am delighted to welcome Nisha to Radisson Hotel Group. Her experience speaks for itself; in the last decade she has worked on an impressive number of prestigious projects, involving complex cross-border transactions for multinational companies. Her intricate familiarity with legal matters in various Asia Pacific countries, accompanied by her knowledge of the hospitality industry, will play a key role in helping Radisson Hotel Group to achieve our strategic goals across the region,” said Katerina Giannouka, President, Asia Pacific, Radisson Hotel Group.

“It gives me great pleasure to join Radisson Hotel Group. This is an exciting company with a positive mindset; I look forward to joining the team and facilitating the company to expand its presence across Asia Pacific,” commented Nisha Menon, General Counsel, Asia Pacific, Radisson Hotel Group.

About Radisson Hotel Group

Radisson Hotel Groupis one of the world's largest hotel groups in the world with seven distinctive hotel brands, and more than 1,400 hotels in operation and under development in 120 countries. Its signature service philosophy is Every Moment Matters.

Radisson Hotel Group portfolio includes Radisson Collection, Radisson Blu, Radisson, Radisson RED, Park Plaza, Park Inn by Radisson and Country Inn & Suites by Radisson, brought together under one commercial umbrella brand Radisson Hotels.

Radisson Rewards is our global rewards program that delivers unique and personalized ways to create memorable moments that matter to our guests. Radisson Rewards offers exceptional loyalty benefits for our guests, meeting planners, travel agents and business partners.

Radisson Meetings places its guests and their needs at the heart of its offer and treats every meeting or event as more than just a date on the calendar. Radisson Meetings is built around three strong service commitments: Personal, Professional and Memorable, while delivering on the brilliant basics and our signature Yes I Can! service spirit and being uniquely 100% Carbon Neutral.

More than 100,000 team members work for Radisson Hotel Group and at the hotels licensed to operate in its systems.

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