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The Law Point- Manish (SAT team)
Finsec
Khaitan Sebi disputes team- Tomu Francis
Trilegal Sebi disputes team
All of them do very good work in mumbai
20 L per hearing
Not kidding, I became one for life.
Bombay is the best place to start. Choose your guns wisely. Question yourself, do you want to practice under an advocate or be a brief counsel for the rest of your life? Mostly, the T1 law firms' Partners in this practice do not appear before the SAT directly. It's always the stalwarts who handle these cases. The T1 partners only act as briefing counsels.
The law firms itself mostly handle SEBI AO and WTM proceedings. The big guns come to play when it comes to appellate jurisdiction. Matters can at times get very mundane, with only the data and clients changing. But hey, it's the case with every practice. But securities practice gives you a two-way benefit - a test of transaction/commercial advisory (with respect to SEBI regulations) and full-blown litigation/adjudication. It's a niche practice area and does not scope beyond Bombay, so choose wisely.
MDP Legal, Khaitan & Co, Trilegal, Bombay Law Chambers, AZB Partners, Law Point - are some of the known faces in the securities practice circuit. (No Regstreet is not one of them. At least personally, I would not consider them, because they mostly act as solicitor, they just act as a middleman for the client and the lawyer/firm that would be appearing on behalf of the client.)
Joby is great for on hand experience. Shruti is an amazing multitasker, and I think she is one of the few T1 partners who plead themselves before the SAT. Don't know much about Prakash Shah, but he is listed with most matters.
Regstreet is nowhere near the best securities litigators or law firms practicing in securities law. They don't even appear. They are essentially small firms that act as briefing counsels, and at best, they are solicitors.