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Sanjeev and Ajay's verticals - who are the good partners? You do not hear of anyone from Khaitan Delhi at conferences or engaged in big or major matters. What is the insight from juniors?

How are the Partners - Anushka, Sneha, Akash, Saman?
As compared to KCO Mumbai’s strong presence in arbitration (Raj Kingshuk Chakrapani) - the Delhi arbitration scene is not even comparable.
True!!! KCO Mumbai (Raj Manavendra Chakra and even Kingshuk) are known all around. Many of them speak at international conferences while everyone else is Delhi is quite non existent outside Delhi.
KCO Mumbai is the place to be for arbitration. Delhi has no arbitration scene unless you count Kartikey who also doesn’t have any promising mandates and is known to have major tantrums and very few hires.
Akash is fantastic but the team only has domestic litigation. You can and should avoid working with Sneha and Saman.
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I suffered from major anxiety and panic disorders in that vertical.
Lmao Akash is fantastic until you have to work with him. He is not a team oriented partner
Nothing exceptional about Sneha - very average work and a random mix of Delhi HC, NCLT and domestic low key arbitration.
I worked in that vertical and fully support this! Very forgettable work.
Fully agreed. Go to that team if you want to meet your targets by doing litigation chapters in due diligence reports. The team picks up mandates from corporate team- no quality work.
Oh my God, I have worked on numerous due diligence reports and it was the most mind numbing experience.
PLEASE do not join her team. I still have PTSD.
Correctly pointed out - none of the partners named have any presence outside KCO Delhi.
Yea - Noida. No one knows anyone outside Noida.
What is the PPO trend for Disputes in Khaitan Delhi?
Khaitan Disputes in Delhi has not offered any PPOs off late. (And this is likely to not change)
Khaitan Disputes Delhi has given PPO to long term interns and also hired half a dozen freshers.
There are no long term interns in KCO Lit Delhi - why are you misleading?

Fresher hires, yes - there are tonnes in Delhi.
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This is accurate AF. Full sarkaari daftar vibes.
This is the most accurate depiction. Full chill sarkari scenes.
The fact that this isn’t contested and has so many upvotes should tell you a lot about KCO Noida 😂 😂
Have heard the same about Tuli's disputes scene. Max vibes.
What is the reason for the sudden attrition? A lot of good talent has left.
Good talent has joined SAM and some good talent has left for outside India.

I would say, good talent made the correct choices!
KCO Noida Disputes is also not offering partnership. Only two counsel promotions happened this year.
Yea - not diluting partnership is a major reason for a lot of great people leaving.
Very uninspiring teammates, poor mentorship.
How is Atul Shanker Mathur? His team was advertising a vacancy for very long - not sure if it’s been filled up.
I heard Priya and Prateek are really good to work with, especially Priya Singh. They are still looking though to hire.
Prateek is great IMHO. Haven’t heard anything ▮▮▮ about Priya Singh - her team is looking to hire tho.
Just to summarise :

Avoid: Ajay, Aakash, Sneha, Sahil, Kartikey, Priya

Aim for: Karun, Diwakar, Abhisaar
It’s just sad how many comments (however truthful) were marked as contested or trollish. Should tell you a lot about how the firm is conscious of painting a very ideal picture.
Aseem is a decent chap. No tantrums per se. The team is also relatively better.
Please avoid these verticals! I worked for 2+ years and I dont think I gained anything out of the experience except mental health issues.
Bad working hours, low quality work, very strange team dynamics with some PAs and SAs being overbearing and difficult.
Anushka (and Prateek) are actually quite decent to work with!
I had a horrible experience working in Prateek’s vertical. No mentorship, mad working hours.
I also think the quality of hires and associates in Prateek’s vertical is subpar.
Moderator bhai please moderate kardo taki apply ya withdraw kar sake 😭
Sneha and Saman both are very very difficult to work with.
What's with all the bad reviews??? I've only heard good things till now.
There’s finally a forum to be honest on and you’re not hearing sugar coated reviews. :)
Have you seen the sheer number or comments marked as trollish and not published? Would you have such reviews if it was all “good things” ?
They do have quality young partners in Delhi Disputes team, such as Aseem Chaturvedi, Abhisar Bairagi, Karun Mehta, and Diwakar Maheshwari who're all good to work with, and also have relatively lower attrition rates.
Yes except Abhisar’s team sees attrition directly when she doesn’t promote you after keeping you in loop :)

Karun and Dinwarkar are excellent no nonsense teams
I've heard that attrition rate in disputes in KCO is very high. Sometimes people don't even complete 1 year. I wonder why.
It is quite high. You’ll read this thread and understand why.
Yea - the major reason Khaitan Noida partners aren’t known outside Noida is because of the ridiculous internal politics.
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Aren’t these four all the people in SKPs vertical? Anushka and Sneha are part of Prateek’s team only.

Does this mean there’s attrition in all teams under SKP and AB?
Yes - very high attrition in Sanjeev/SKPs vertical for sure.
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