OYO Hotels & Homes has appointed Tejal Patil as its Senior Legal Advisor for India & South Asia region.

An industry veteran with more than 27 years of experience, Patil has joined OYO after a 19-year successful stint in the global conglomerate, GE (General Electric Company). Her last role was that of the General Counsel of GE South Asia.

Patil will be part of the regional executive team and responsible for leading OYO's legal function in the India & South Asia region, which includes managing regulatory, contractual, and legal compliance for the company, directing OYO's strategic legal initiatives, disputes resolution, and providing senior management with actionable counsel on strategic matters

Patil will also oversee OYO's regional in-house legal team and be responsible for managing outside counsel relationships in India and South Asia.

Rohit Kapoor, Chief Executive Officer, India & South Asia, OYO Hotels & Homes welcomed Patil into the OYO family, “We are delighted to have Tejal on board my executive team as our Senior Legal Advisor for India and South Asia. Having someone of her calibre and market reputation will help us strengthen our corporate governance standards and ensure the highest level of compliance in all our decisions. We are confident that Tejal's proactive management style, pragmatic approach to decision making, and the integrated "one-team" spirit that she is known to instill in her team, will surely enable our legal team to function seamlessly while enabling cross-business projects to maintain legal efficiencies.”

Patil stated, “I have followed OYO's journey from being a startup, to its entry into the unicorn club, international expansion, amongst others, and I look forward to playing my part in its growth story as the company sets its foot on to the road to recovery. This is an exciting time for the company, as travel resumes and people start looking for good quality, safe and hygienic places, at an affordable price. I strongly believe we have all it takes to be one of the first new-age hospitality companies to come out stronger as the pandemic subsides.” 

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