Quoting BB:

JC is known for Derivative work and Hoshi left the firm…now what Jayesh will do? In last two year maximum people left (known as basic pillar of JC including Huzefa, Freddy, Vandana, Ookabhoy, Hoshi, Anil….). Clear downfall of the firm….

Would be very interesting to know how the HR partner is appraised considering the fact that All of Juris Corp's initial partners and Of Counsel( 9 of them) save one, have left in a litttle over a year

Who will appraise the appraisers?

Quoting BB:

JC is known for Derivative work and Hoshi left the firm…now what Jayesh will do? In last two year maximum people left (known as basic pillar of JC including Huzefa, Freddy, Vandana, Ookabhoy, Hoshi, Anil….). Clear downfall of the firm….

Now with Suruchi gone and the only surviving non founding partner also on way out the firm is completely finished

Quoting SB:

Quoting BB:

JC is known for Derivative work and Hoshi left the firm…now what Jayesh will do? In last two year maximum people left (known as basic pillar of JC including Huzefa, Freddy, Vandana, Ookabhoy, Hoshi, Anil….). Clear downfall of the firm….

Now with Suruchi gone and the only surviving non founding partner also on way out the firm is completely finished

With Both Hoshedar and Suruchi gone JCs derivative practice will probably also be discontinued since both of them ( particularly Hoshedar) were taking care of Derivative practice

Quoting BB:

JC is known for Derivative work and Hoshi left the firm…now what Jayesh will do? In last two year maximum people left (known as basic pillar of JC including Huzefa, Freddy, Vandana, Ookabhoy, Hoshi, Anil….). Clear downfall of the firm….

Quoting BB:

JC is known for Derivative work and Hoshi left the firm…now what Jayesh will do? In last two year maximum people left (known as basic pillar of JC including Huzefa, Freddy, Vandana, Ookabhoy, Hoshi, Anil….). Clear downfall of the firm….

A partner or two leaving in the space of a year may be normal attrition but 9 out of 10 leaving in over a year, especially when most of them have served between 7-10 years earlier with JC is something else. JC celebrated 10 years in 2010 without losing a single partner but now has lost 9 out of 10 original lot of partners/Of Counsels. It is as if the essence of Juris Corp has departed and what is left is merely a hollow shell!

[quote name="kianganz"]To be fair, Juris Corp has generally been a lot more transparent and forthcoming than almost any other firm about people leaving.

Dear Kian,

I disagree especially on the fair and transparent bit since apart from suppressing the news it also appaers to have inflated the no of partners and Lawyers merely to gain RSG rankings on basis of past glory as easily ascertainable by comparing its net profile with nos reported

However since JC appears to have reverted to a small firm in the last two years ( going by the departure of its key talented partners and seniors) I do agree that people moves in a JC like firm would be of much lesser interest to LI readers than they were a year ago

Quoting Still confused JC Client:

[quote name="kianganz"]To be fair, Juris Corp has generally been a lot more transparent and forthcoming than almost any other firm about people leaving.

Dear Kian,

I disagree especially on the fair and transparent bit since apart from suppressing the news it also appaers to have inflated the no of partners and Lawyers merely to gain RSG rankings on basis of past glory as easily ascertainable by comparing its net profile with nos reported

However since JC appears to have reverted to a small firm in the last two years ( going by the departure of its key talented partners and seniors) I do agree that people moves in a JC like firm would be of much lesser interest to LI readers than they were a year ago

Dear Kian,

JC has also suppressed the joining of one Mr Prithviraj Bhagat as partner, since his name does not appear on the profile HHowever his detailed profile on Linked In shows him as a partner and also reveals that he is a fresh law graduate without much experience. This is why JC may want to suppress the fact.Further JC has also omitted the names of 2 Of Counsel S Dhavale and S BAya who were on the earlier profile but missing from the current one. It is understood that they have left but JC is also keeping silent on this. So much for being forthcoming and transparent on its people moves

Quoting kianganz:

Hi,

Have they rubbed some people the wrong way?

Best wishes,
Kian

Judging by comments received they seem to have not just rubbed people the wrong way but rubbed them with rough emery paper so that most of them are raw and hurting

Dear Kian,

Looking at the type of comments Juris Corp seems to have antagonised all its former people esp due to its HR policies. I do not think the firm realises that some of the people who have left with a bad taste have joined its former and present Clients in senior positions and will look out for opportunities to "return the favour"

Dear Kian,

With due respect I feel that LI is trying to circumvent the issue and defending Juris Corp. I feel the it is LIs duty to uncover the truth and the recent episodes with Juris Corp ( inflating partners for RSG, having retrospective co founder partner, suppressing news of departure of key partners ) are certainly fertile materila since foreign potential clients of Indian Law Firms as well as potential recruits look to LI to give a fair and unbiased opinion.

I do agree that comments are critical of Juris HR but they seem to be partly correct since they have also praised the outgoing partner Mr Wadia as well as a former tax partner.This would not be the case if they were mere outpourings of disgruntled ex employees

Therefore I sincerely urge LI and you to report fairly and fearlessly as you have done in the past as and when more skeletons tumble out of the Juris Corp closet

Many thanks

Dear Kian,

It is pertinent to note that though Mr Bhagat's Linked In Profile shows him as a partnerof Juris Corp since Dec 2012, the firm has chosen not to publicise news of his joining despite publicising news of Ms Wadia joining after him. (...)

This may be because he has only completed his academics (LLM) in 2012 and LLb in 2010 and does not seem have the seniority for a partner of a mid size Law Firm ( though his Linked In Profile shows his expertise in several branches of Law)

Quoting SR:

A couple of years ago JC was a great place to work. I had worked with Hoshedar as well as the other Parsee partner Freddy . Both of them ( esp Freddy) were brilliant, down to earth and experts in their field and also very witty and humourous. They would go out of their way to help and advice juniors and share knowledge . Hohedar was single handedly handling Derivatives and Freddy was single handedly handling Tax and IPR practice and both of them gave JC an edge when they were its partners.Freddy could make a dry subject like tax interesting with his great humourous presentations and literary quotations After Freddy's leaving last year the Tax and IPR practice was discontinued. I wonder whether post Hoshi's departure the Derivatives practice will have the same fate. Great Loss for JC Both of you bawas will be sorely missed All the Best

Quoting SR:

A couple of years ago JC was a great place to work. I had worked with Hoshedar as well as the other Parsee partner Freddy . Both of them ( esp Freddy) were brilliant, down to earth and experts in their field and also very witty and humourous. They would go out of their way to help and advice juniors and share knowledge . Hohedar was single handedly handling Derivatives and Freddy was single handedly handling Tax and IPR practice and both of them gave JC an edge when they were its partners.Freddy could make a dry subject like tax interesting with his great humourous presentations and literary quotations After Freddy's leaving last year the Tax and IPR practice was discontinued. I wonder whether post Hoshi's departure the Derivatives practice will have the same fate. Great Loss for JC Both of you bawas will be sorely missed All the Best

I too had worked with both these bawas. Both of them were highly qualified, ( Hoshi CS and Solicitor ranker and Freddy LLM gold medallist and CA ranker along with BSc) Both had great personal and intellectual integrity and had the ability to tell off Jayesh when he did not make sense.In addition Freddy was a tax / numbers whiz and could analyse financial /tax implications of any deal which JC was doing . Their shoes will certainly be hard to fill and JC has lost its edge with their departures.

The two bawas could afford to tell off Jayesh since Hoshedar was Jayesh's blue eyed boy and could do no wrong while Freddy was a very senior person, sure of his knowledge and furthermore a share market expert who was independently wealthy . Lesser people like us could not do this

Quoting Cynical:

I am surprised by the doomsday predictions that are being made here, even If some partners are leaving or taking breaks it hardly matters. It's time law firms move from being individual driven to organisation driven. From what I understand JC promotes the organisation over individual s which is a good practice.

People walk in and out of law firms all the time, but there are hardly any law firms which disclose this. Management practises of most law firms are downright unprofessional, JC at least discloses partner departures/sabbaticals. I know of firms who have seen key personnel walk out, but it is kept a desperate secret.

Dear Cynical,

It is not so much the fact that partners and seniors are leaving, but the ill will which seems to have been generated by JC on their departure ( as can be ascertained from comments) Far more people leave AMSS, AZB, JSA, Trilegal etc; but one does not see this kind of bad blood between a firm and its former associates. Remember that there is no smoke without fire. Further your observation about JC promoting the organisation over the individual seems to be off in light of the next comment by one"Prabir' who says that JC is a one man army( Incidentally Prabir alsohappens to be thename of JC founders son). JC certainly is moving towards the one man show by simply dgetting rid of all the other talented partners and seniors over the last year or so thanks to its HR and appraisal policies and has suceeded brilliantly in this

For any partner or Senior to survive at JC they have to change their religious beliefs.. they have to believe that there is only one god and his name is Jayesh

Quoting Atheist:

For any partner or Senior to survive at JC they have to change their religious beliefs.. they have to believe that there is only one god and his name is Jayesh

Judging by the comments and spate of partners and seniors quitting it appears that the number of Believers in Juris Corp is fast dwindling

Quoting Freedom of press:

Dear Kian,

Readers of LI (including those working at Juris Corp) get far better and accurate news about Juris Corp from comments an articles than from within the firm itself, due to its policies.
Keep up the good work Kian and LI in publishing the truth and encouraging its readers in giving comments telling it like it is without any censorship

It appears as though the comments are driving the disclosures and news releases from Juris Corp ( rather like the cart before the horse). It happened with the news of departure of Wadia and Jarial and looks like happening for the news of current departure of Of Counsel Suruchi and Shruti. Reflects poorly on the PR of the firm