They started the trend of joining smaller platforms. But anyway, Pranav is a great mentor and they do good B&F work. However, please be very sure that you want to do B&F. It can be very dry sometimes. Good luck!
Had a much different experience. Mallika tried allocating work in a way so that resources weren't overburdened. Also, she doesn't encourage working on weekends, which in itself was a big pro and a rare find in law firms. Definitely better than most tier 1 banking teams - both in terms of culture and quality of work.
Yes - nothing to give you sleepless nights. That team is not in the volume game at all (which is rare) and both Pranav and Mallika are very hands on. Great work - and you will really get to learn a lot working with Pranav.
However, he must have done something right for Cyril Shroff to have made a snarky comment about him joining a “smaller platform”.