Krishnamurthy and Co, which is branded as K Law, has opened up a new Delhi office and moved into a larger Mumbai office, as well as setting up an expansion path in Chennai and commencing construction on a larger Bangalore office.
Krishnamurthy and Co has taken space in Delhi's Defence Colony area for its new office, which is headed by senior associate Abhishek Seth who was hired by the firm from E&Y. Two Krishnamurthy and Co Bangalore associates also shifted to Delhi for personal reasons and are now working in the new office.
Krishnamurthy and Co has also moved into a larger Mumbai office in Nariman Point's Free Press Journal building with 2,500 square feet of space for between 35 to 40 people.
The firm's founding partner Naina Krishna Murthy, who set up the Mumbai office only around one-and-a-half years ago, said that Mumbai was currently around 20 lawyers strong and was catching up fast with the original head office in Bangalore of around 35 lawyers.
"I've told every office you've got to compete with each other, that’s the only way to have incentive to keep growing and not get complacent," she said. "I told Abhishek [Seth in Delhi], when I went to Bombay and had to do the whole thing again that I did in Bangalore, I want the Delhi office to be the same. And he was excited about it and said, yes I like to be challenged."
Naina Krishna Murthy started up Krishnamurthy and Co in Bangalore in 1999, which now consists of a total of around 60 lawyers including three partners.
Bangalore-based partner Nikhil Krishnamurthy said that in around six to eight months the firm would move into a new head office in Bangalore's Central Business District near MG Road. "It is presently being constructed and once that's in place we should have space for around 80 to 90 lawyers," he said.
In Chennai meanwhile, said Naina Krishna Murthy, the she was looking to turn the office from a "back-office" to which not much time had been devoted to date into a full-service practice and its own profit centre. "Now we are growing it very, very aggressively. We have already had one [litigation] person who has joined this week and we are hoping to hire a good corporate lawyer in the coming weeks and an IP attorney."
"There is a certain challenge in doing business in Chennai," she admitted, noting that many firms had entered Chennai with only limited success. "But I'm quite confident that we can do it."
Naina Krishna Murthy said that while the firm started with just a corporate commercial practice, she was now hoping to mirror the four vertical also including intellectual property, real estate and litigation in all offices, as well as promote additional partners by next year.
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Best regards,
Kian
57 associates to 3 partners???? Thats a skewed ratio, dude. I would tend to believe #5's comment.
[See comment below - apparently this figure is several years old and not accurate according to the firm. -Ed]
whose next coming on board in Delhi!!!
@ #14: One needn't be spying around the firm to identify the new faces. C'mon yaar...its a two storied office and everyone knows everyone. As I said, the recruits joined while I was there and I've worked with some of them. KLaw takes interns regularly. There were two more interns with me and that too from better known institutions. But that doesn't essentially mean that everyone would participate in a discussion on legallyindia...LOL!!
And how on earth do you think that by making anonymous comments on a public forum would land me a job...that sounds dumb?..don't you think so?
@#15: As I said the firm has a sound IP practice with Nikhil Krishnamurthy heading the team.
All the best to Krishnamurthy
Best regards
Kian
Best, Kian
Kian, please do not delete comments. Atleast post it. I know this for a fact that they have offered 20k for students fresh out of law school. THis is misleading students. I would appreciate if you start posting my comment.
In this case the firm preferred not to disclose the precise figures but told me that the 20k figure was not correct and gave believable arguments. In this case, it might very well be a misunderstanding of some sort on either side. If this is an important issue, please get your friend to email or call me or to send me the offer letter confidentially as I have no other way of confirming your claim.
Many thanks,
Kian
[Yes, please do email me the scanned appointment letter. I promise the source and content will remain confidential and we will confirm and publish the figure if accurate. -Kian]
And there is no need to make this a big deal. It is not such a sensitive issue, as u make it out to be. You would be suprised that in most firms, salaries are kept confidential and you may not even know how much your colleague is making. If your friend is happy to take the job for Rs.20k, what's your problem
I think the original commenter was concerned that the firm was intentionally misleading graduates.
I can say with fair confidence that this is not the case and that the firm was acting honestly and there is nothing sinister going on.
We will not insist on seeing any offer letter and in the interest of the privacy of individuals involved will leave it at that for now, as also suggested by other commenters.
Best regards,
Kian
well... its really very tough for a fresher to get in into firms...
not asking for big salaries but asking for a job... :sad:
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