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Not sure about MS, since I have never personally worked with him, but I have heard a lot of indifferent things. The other M in corporate law firms (Mohi Gogia) at S&R is a great mentor.
been trying to reach out to Mohit, given he is my alumini but have not heard back at all, I've also heard good things about him.
Vivek Jha, who is currently at Fox Mandal, Delhi. One of the best and seamless partner to work with. No attitude or arrogance, a good team leader
Agreed. Amazing guy to work with and also a great mentor as well
good to know.

but from your style of writing, what is a seamless partner? that word is usually used for clothes/ innerwear.
agreed, 'seamless' is something that's used majorly for non-living objects or activities, I guess the contributor meant impeccable or faultless.
Seems like a lot has changed since Fox Mandal - none of this has been true in my experience
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Please tell why? Need some feedback on this team.
Nishchal Joshipura - NDA, Parag Srivastava - Rajaram Legal
Why the downvotes, can anyone explain? had heard great things about them
[...], [...]. Extremely compassionate, humble gentleman
Smruti Shah - CAM. Has bulk of work but very approachable and understanding.
Have worked with Smruti. Nice person, professional and sharp. Backs her team. The team has a lot of work but are still approachable, empathetic. This flows from the partner.
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Indus Bangalore in general has a very good vibe. Seemed like a very non-toxic place.
Manan is a very patient and approachable person. I personally liked interacting with him.
In Delhi office its Arun Kumar.. coolest partner to work with. Sadly, I don't do projects
People are quitting the team in less than two months! Forget six!
True. One of them is also famous for marking other Partners / bcc HR while sending stinkers. Quite toxic and not surprising that every associate (SA/PA) dreaded working for him
He’s the person who gets up at 5 AM. He’s a senior partner and not a staffing partner.
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Kannan is a fabulous partner, but a few people in his team will make your life miserable.
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The ex-KCO duo - Arun Scaria and Rishabh Bharadwaj - absolute gems. Also responsible for holding the fort together at KCO Bangalore - their absence is being felt.
William and Sumithra in the Mumbai office were great. So was apurva jayant (I think she left though)
I know a lot of people who would staunchly disagree.
Definitely seems like that from the downvotes - would you care to elaborate?
Apurva didn’t have a great reputation for a good working style. She was friendly with her associates. But working style may not be something that associates will be happy with.
I'm confused. Doesn't 12.1 say "working hours and demands are definitely way more intense than William" for Apurva? I understood 12.2 as disagreeing with 12.1's assessment of the other people named.
Of course work will be good there. A Dua EP doesn't bill half as much as a tier 1 SP also. Work pressure is very low. Got to their website and see blr office of that firm. Partner to other lawyer ratio is less than 1:3. Every alternate person is a partner.
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If she likes you, it's heaven. But if she doesn't, it's helll. The problem is that the chances of the former are much less.
SB at S&R - though not the one you're thinking of - Shivaji is a great partner. Very calm, understanding and definitely one of the good guys left in the corporate game. He and Mohit are definitely the nicest ones to work with.
Niti at S&R. She reminds me of Jessica Pearson!
Is she nice to work with? Thinking of applying to S&R Disputes in Delhi. Any suggestions?
Also newer ones in AZB - Suharsh Sinha, Kunal Kumbhat, Nikunj Maheshwari, Pranav Atit, Sayak Maity
Also Avinash from AZB- very pleasant to work with and values work life balance
Always busy but still very approachable and take the effort to mentor
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JB Panda @ kco. super mellow guy, chill person. Nice to work with.
Shishir Vayttaden, Pranay Chandran, Aditi Singhvi (basically this team of 5 partners) - CAM Mumbai. Work hours are INSANE - but partners are great individuals to work with and learn from. The team to be in if someone wants to do PE-M&A.
Insane work hours are not exactly an evidence of positive work culture, but okay.
Pranay is one of the nicest guys in CAM Mumbai
NT - Tuli & Co

Hands down the best 🥺😁
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Gaurav Singhi at CAM but I think he has left CAM. Very approachable. Good working style. I interned with his team in 2019 and what I hear is that he was one of the sought after teams for juniors. Area was general corporate.
Totally agree! I’ve heard wonderful things about him and his team. I think they had slightly long hours but good work environment for sure. Helpful partner and helpful team. Sad that CAM could not retain him.
Hey Kian, why have you censored some teams/partner names?
Maybe let's start a thread of all the bad / toxic partners. That will be a more interesting thread.
Bro like no. It’s the Partners that make the firm what it is. If you manage to meet deadlines from home and your Partner offers you that flexibility, how do you link it to the firm owner? Some Partners make you sit without reason and work.
The idea for the thread was a positive one. If it appears names were mentioned sarcastically or in order to troll them, if they attract a lot of downvotes, it may be subject to moderation under our guidelines against naming (and shaming) fee-earners.
What are these guidelines you talk about? Would be interesting to read them. Honestly, Legally India's moderation is a hit and miss, most of the times.
Hey Kian, what's wrong in calling people out? Calling people out for legitimate reasons is not trolling. In the absence of lawyers unions, it feels like this is the only space to make people aware and you're censoring that also. Not cool.
Harsh Maggon's team great work culture and he is a very approachable. But the work hours can be excruciatingly long.
Lol. No care for health and personal boundaries, but yeah ‘good quality work’ 🤣 what is this even🤣
At the very least, 1 to 2 persons leave his team every year.
Mid level in his team is toxic. They drive away new entrants but he doesn't bother.
Mid levels play mind games - easy way to stay in good books- A0s have to cope with stress from politics and work both. Deadlines are misquoted to build pressure.
His team is an old boys club. Play the game or leave.
Hahahahahhaha. This must be some sort of joke.
RB at Sam. Gives you the independence you want it you are only working with him.
Yes. Comes across as a cynic but is very helpful. Gave a list of three articles with other references top of the hat when had once cold called with a question.

RB is also a recognised name in the industry now for tax work.
Wah… someone helped you and you called them a cynic on a public space. Clap clap man !!

Do you even know what the word means?
did not mean any disrespect man... chill being a begana abdullah...
Bose is good. The principal if i think who it is is not a principal [some establishment jugglery] but a very old hand in the industry who does some very interesting work. Both very approachable and kind people
Bose is good but is young. Personally like them a little older in. But he has versatile industry experience.
in what > complete the sentence at least !!
Any TMT partners you’ve enjoyed working with?
Have heard good things about Tanu Banerjee - now at KCO. Generally good natured, and no nonsense. But I haven't worked with her/her team personally. Been applying to KCO for TMT.
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Rishabh Bharadwaj and Arun Scaria - KCO Bangalore
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Pritha Jha at DSK (now at Pioneer Legal)
No-nonsense but very supportive, backs her team.
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Shiv Sapra (L&L). Very approachable and caring to his team. Don't know if he's still there or not.
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Anisha Chand at KCO - Competition, Mumbai. Genuinely a great mentor and approachable etc. Not very bad working hours, has her own personal life, so that sort of helps. And without a doubt, KCO does good work in Competition.
She's a decent and approachable person, but she is usually travelling, and her team has nobody who could mentor or delegate otherwise.
Highly approachable and sweet. Good work too...
[...] at JSA. Work hours are bad, but the team itself is chilled
From what I gather, there is one exception to that team and that apparently has led to exits..!
Have heard good things about Jyotsna’s team (Trilegal Blr)
Nilanjana Singh - absolute gem of a person and a great mentor!
Nilanjana was my favorite partner to work with at AZB. Couldn't agree more.
Aayushi Anand - Khaitan, Delhi. Recently made partner but commands a lot of respect and pleasure to work with.
Dilip and Manav at Tatva. Sad that team split up but both are individually very nice to work with.
Prashanth Sabeshan (AZB). Utmost respect for him.
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Nikunj Maheshwari - ex CAM, now AZB. I owe most of my initial learnings to him.
Great guy - not from his team, but saw first hand how well regarded he was. But ALWAYS at work, everyday. Not sure if he's still like that at AZB.
Nikunj is my favourite partner to work for. Have seen him managing a mammoth transaction with amazing calmness and clarity. Negotiates really well - something to learn from.

From corporate side, I really like sayak but sadly he chose to move away.
CAM Bangalore has a decent work culture overall in the PE/VC team. All partners are quite understanding and good mentors too. Workload is quite balanced compared to a lot of other places.
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Guys any feedback on Ikigai and Algo work culture? Spiceroute seems to be up there on their marketing game but haven’t heard great things from people who used to work there.
Ankit at Algo Bangalore is great to work with. Very chill and no undue stress for associates.
Ikigai has good culture. Friendly folks, meritocratic with quick promotions and early responsibility and high, transparent pay.
Conversations with ex Associates and Glassdoor reviews says otherwise
Pracheta Bhattacharya at JSA, Mumbai. Best partner to work under.
I think you meant 'Sucheta'. Never worked with her in professional capacity but she was my senior in law school and can vouch she's a very nice individual to work with.
No, Pracheta is a different person altogether. He's from NUJS 2010 batch.
Hey, planning to join lexygen from a tier 1. Is the culture better?
Yes. The environment is very non-toxic and caring. The team is nice and close-knit, and the mentoring quality is phenomenally good.
There is post written by the Lexygen founder on LegallyIndia clearing the air on compensation at the firm with complete openness. A read through of that itself tells you about the culture. Have also heard good things.
Tejesh Chitlangi is the best person to work for.

Everyone in funds team leaves by 8.

Non-toxic work culture. Everyone is helpful.

Informal groups are well knit and friendly.
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Anyone has any idea how is Sai Krishna Bharathanan's team in AZB. Need honest reviews.
Sai's team is famous for highest attrition rate. Hope you are smart enough to understand what I mean.
Actually, most of the teams in AZB have a high attrition rate.
Pallavi Satpute is a great senior to work with in group C. The rest of the team is nice too (juniors / mid levels)
Agreed, barring the moooooooody partners and their tantrums, other people are really great to work with.
One always has to be available, even during leaves which have been approved and on weekends too ( goes without saying). Once you join his team, be ready to compromise with personal life on all fronts.
More than 50 percent of the people have left and few are on the notice periods. Be very careful as they will dump you with work.
50%? More like 85-90% of Group C has left or on notice
Abir from Sarvada Legal, although not Tier 1 but perhaps Tier 4 but good team environment.
The IP Partner at S&P is great to work with. Work hours are great. The partner has a way of uniting both associates and client representatives who each sympathise with each other.
.. they unite in sympathy for each other. Nuff said!
S&P bole to Saraf & partners or Singhania?
Sayantan Dutta at SAM, Delhi. He is one of the best capital market Partners to work for.
He is a terrible human being, had the worst ever experience with him, very arrogant.
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decent work hours, good work, TERRIBLE culture.
The entire team at TT&A. They don't seem to be in the limelight a lot but it is genuinely a nice place to work. The work is demanding and how but they are very professional. I had a great time interning there.
Abdullah Hussain from L&L Partners. Great mentor and boss; thorough work and great learning; no artificial deadlines and very understanding of personal commitments; inspires you with his own dedication towards a brief.
Loads of underrated and great Partners in Competition (except one) and Lit there.
Anyone from kco corp? Strange, the firm claims to have best lawfirm culture.
How is Tejas Karia and Ila Kapoor teams at SAM?
Even I am keen to know. Heard SAM’s arbitration practice is stellar but don’t know anything about how the teams are. Would be grateful if someone with experience or knowledge could comment.
Great work, toxic work culture. All great people have left barring a few, [...]
Rashmi Pradeep at CAM. The absolute best. Excellent lawyer. Excellent human being. Great people skills and man management skills. There isn't a better role model for what a law firm partner should be like.
Hi, please get me an internship at CAM, haha. JK. I have heard about Rashmi Ma'am too, she has expertise in employment law, right?
are work timings great? what about billables?
Bomi Daruvala and Sandhya Iyer from vaish associates. Great mentors, even greater work ethic and most of all, very reasonable individuals.
Gokul Ranjan, CAM Capital Markets. The PA in this team - Nayan Jain is hands down the best senior to work with.
Gautam Chawla is an excellent human being too - the overall competition team at Trilegal is actually very stressful. The stress gets reduced because of management (both work and people) abilities of Gautam. Many in the team are sticking only because of Gautam.
What does it say about the authenticity of any post when the three comments of consequence get 5 likes and 38 (and counting) dispute tags…
Can anyone enlighten me about the work culture in the disputes team headed by Mr. Rajendra Barot?
What abour partners in KCO Mumbai? Any take on them?
Samsuddha Majumder, Trilegal - Great person to work with. Easy going. Cares about his personal life and interests - so it flows down.
Sorry the tech doesn't allow it, but that dislike should be read like, as reported by somebody. Was very touched by that honesty.

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CAM competition partners are very good to work with. They are nice people and that matters in a long run.
Out of entire bunch here, Apoorve is really good in everything and whatever he does!
He is the star amongst most of the associate.
Bose at Sam tax... small practice but takes care of his people
Any insights on which M&A team is best to work with in Bangalore? How is Kostyra Ghosh’s team ?
Have heard from people in her team that she is now quite decent to work with. That was not the case earlier. People in the team appear friendly too. Lot of work. But seems to be very good work. They do various kinds of work and not the same kind repeatedly.
Nanditha Gopal (AZB). People might disagree but I always enjoyed working with her one on one.
Great work and exposure to international arbitration. But some nasty mid-level individuals you have to deal with.
Do read (...). Shaneen is as good as they come.

"She [Parikh] termed the conduct of Nirav Modi as treacherous and reprehensible and mentioned that their firm may initiate legal proceedings at an appropriate time for his (Nirav Modi) improper conduct."
GS Kartikeya at JSA.
Approachable, reasonable, and kind. Great mentor to have.
No litigation partners being talked about here?
Read comments 6, 19.1, 34, 44, 61. Already mentioned.
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Vaidhya’s team at AZB. Great place and great guy…
Yes agree….. V good guy and superb work… you will hear mostly positive stuff….
They would expect perfection and push for performance beyond comfort zone. Not recommended if you need a relaxed life ….
Hes ok.But frankly no one in CAM left that's worth work for.The powerhouses of knowledge have all quit.
What about Reeba C and Nivedita R, apart from Yash and LV, purely on knowledge front, plus Avantika, Santosh J, Anu, Bharat V etc? Or is it that they aren't involved much in delivery?
If going to CAM Bangalore then please make sure you don't cross swords with KC. He is the dada of the place since the main partners depend on him. The entire lot has a couterie- 3 of them. If you are in their good books then life is good. Else it is hell.
Amit Kapur at JSA is great. On the face, he may appear a bit brash, but always has the junior's best interest, and goes all the way to help on anything professionally or personally.
Anuja Tiwari - AZB. Fantastic professional and great mentor and person. What a meteoric rise she has had after Trilegal! Rare feat.
I agree. She is very good with her work and clients love her. Turning out to be quite a rainmaker at AZB Delhi!
Roxanne's team at AZB is great! Great mentor and best partner to work with.
I heard Vinayank Burman at Vertices is a great boss and all associates love him.
This is not true. He doesn’t even engage with associates. All his talk about the firm size is increasing is all a lie. Lawyers working there want to leave and the firm is infamous about its attrition rate.
Nisha Kaur Uberoi is excellent to work with if you could impress her.
Hahahahahaha….. This is the funniest comment in this entire thread ….. Hope it’s not a serious statement …
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Rohit Ambast (ex Counsel KCO, Delhi - now Partner Indus, Delhi) samajhne waale samajh gaye
Im sorry but as subjective as this question is - are you being serious ?
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Avoid CAM Bangalore unless you get to work with Reeba or Akshay. ▮▮▮
Avoid CAM no matter which partner team you get
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How is the work culture at Desai & Diwanji? Any views on the younger partners?
Archana Rajaram of Rajaram Legal. Great mentor and approachable.
Ghanta. They've been firing people for one. Two, all the best working for a Partner based out of NYC. Take a wild guess on how timelines are going to look like. Even her biggest clients have not been taking kindly to this.
How about Mr. Bandhkavi's team? Heard he's a great mentor?
Mr. Amitabh Sharma (Ex KCO, HSA Managing Partner, Currently Founder at NXL Associates)

A great mentor and a better person. Humble, kind, and humorous!
Milind Jha - Dentons Link Legal

Vinu Peter - Dentons Link Legal
Milind is fab however the seniors in the team, I've heard are absolutely pathetic. The juniors in the team are always cribbing about them being sadist and inefficient.

Vinu is an absolute gem. Heard his team has a positive environment too.
Abhiroop Lahiri and Abhyuday - amazing people to work with
Just wanted to know if anyone has worked with Abe Abraham or Bishen Jeswant at CAM BLR? How is it working with them?
Kco - Saswat, Anand & Ashray’s team for Corp
Vritti Law Partners - friend works there and has spoken highly of partners and work culture
how is arun prabhu at CAM Bangalore? Please help someone who is due to be interviewed to join the team
Ruchit Parikh - AZB

Always been a great mentor (as an SA/Counsel and now Partner)

Works through the night with the team - doesn’t leave us alone. Also capable of partying through the night after back to back all nighters at work.

God level insaan
I can vouch for Mr. Abhijnan Jha, AZB Disputes. Truly a gem of a person and he is v chill.
Hey, can you tell me which office Mr. Abhijnan Jha works from. The Delhi office or the Noida office? I am interning with his team next month. However, I have been asked to report to the Noida office which is known for having only one litigation team.
Abhijnan is currently operating from the Noida office.
Rashmi Pradeep, Bishen, Sowmya, Sindushri @ CAM Employment
Pranav Sampat - KCO. Chill guy but a sharp lawyer. He is great to work with too.
Sugendha Asthana @ CAM. She is doing some cutting-edge work on financial regulation.
Nandini Pathak, Bombay Law Chambers. I have worked under her guidance and she is one of the friendliest partners to work with.
Krithika Chandrasekharan, CAM

Trinath Tadakamalla, Mrinal Ojha- Solaris
Sneh Parikh at JSA, Mumbai is an extremely polite and humane partner to work with.
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