Law firms

From today, nearly all of Khaitan & Co lawyers and support staff will officially have the option of working from home, in a bid to reduce the risk of spreading the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) amongst its workforce.

Srabonee Roy, who had joined Samvad Partners as a partner a year ago, has joined Veritas Legal in its corporate practice.

J Sagar Associates (JSA) has promoted three of its non-salaried partners into its equity partnership circle that is now 37 strong. Arka Mookerjee, finance, capital markets; Mumbai; LLB: University of Pune 2006.Roy Chowdhury corporate, M&A, private equity and finance, fintech; Bangalore; LLB: SLS Pune 2004.Tony Verghese corporate, M&A and private equity practice; Bangalore; LLB: Bangalore University.

Apart from being early out of the gate in advising clients on the potential legal fall-out of the global pandemic of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (causing COVID-19), India’s law firms have been beginning taking a number of measures to deal with an expected spike in reported infections, including one firm stress-testing its “work from home” (WFH) arrangements.