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https://www.barandbench.com/news/harminder-chawla-assumes-the-role-of-managing-partner-at-luthra-and-luthra-law-offices-india
For Atlas to get its 27 lawyer firm to join L&L is no small task. The democratization has started again after burning fingers with Mohit Saraf.
Harry Chawla assumes the role of Managing Partner at Luthra and Luthra Law Offices.
Official Announcement: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7098271931979735040/
Thoughts?
What's with this?
Atlas Law Partners, a boutique but full service law firm, based out of Delhi and Gurugram, has merged into Luthra and Luthra. This has led to the infusion of 33 lawyers into the Luthra fold - including 7 partners.
Moreover, Harry Chawla (a pupillage of Rajiv Luthra), the founder of the ALP, has been made a Managing Partner at Luthra.
Will this merger help Luthra and Luthra which has been ailing for the past couple of years with Saraf's exit and Rajiv's demise? Is the appointment of the new MD, a sign of good things to come in the managing committee of the firm?
What are your opinions about this news?
Ref: https://www.barandbench.com/news/harminder-chawla-assumes-the-role-of-managing-partner-at-luthra-and-luthra-law-offices-india
Harry Chawla returns to Luthra. Is this a move in the right direction?
https://www.barandbench.com/news/harminder-chawla-assumes-the-role-of-managing-partner-at-luthra-and-luthra-law-offices-india
Old pillars of luthra Vikas Srivastava senior partner tax and samir dudhoria senior partner Mergers and acquisitions, Have quit. Never got reported anywhere.
What happened to litigation between mohit and luthra?
Litigation between Bobby, sudhir, luthra and mohit?
Litigation between vijay sondhis family and luthra/bobby/sudhir ?
Will Harry fit the MP profile? Can he replace luthra ? Will other partner accept him as their leader and boss.
We want to know.
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Plus, they even had to merge with some barely known litigation chambers last year. So, at this stage, even the perception of the firm's reputation has gotten massively diluted, thanks to them constantly merging with entities otherwise considered irrelevant.
Is EC being disbanded? If not, will the Luthra nephew continue?
This appointment is no coup by L&L, and on the contrary is a major blow to whatever reputation and credibility it had in the market. It is cringe worthy to foist a rank outsider (he was an SA in the firm 25 years back) on the unsuspecting partners – the new MP could not have been MP of L&L on merits alone, he lacks the market reputation or rainmaking ability to become managing partner of L&L. It is impossible to put any positive spin on this appointment. Most partners are vehemently opposed to this, and the angst amongst the partners is palpable, not to mention the level of distrust between the management and the old partners.
A random 33 counsel firm merges and gets dibs on the MP designation of a 200+ counsel firm? That either means that either the 200+ counsel firm was in TERRIBLE shape or the claims of democratization are hogwash