Quoting Piusha Bose:

Has she joined Platinum??

Meeting of the Legal Education Committee of the Bar Council of India was held on Saturday, 29th January, 2011 at 10.30 A.M. at the premises of the Indian Law Institute, Bhagwan Das Road, New Delhi – 110001.

Item No.5/2011A (LE)

To consider the applications regarding LL.B degree awarded by King’s College, University of London while only the University of London is recognized by the Bar Council of India.

The applications regarding LL.B degree awarded by King’s College, University of London be treated as valid because University of London is recognized by the Bar Council of India and the said college is affiliated to the University of London and enjoys a degree of autonomy as a result of which it is able to place its courses at higher level than the courses prescribed by the University.

This is without prejudice to the Committee’s intention to review all universities located overseas from the point of maintenance of standards, curriculum contents and the test of equivalence which would be suggested or recommended by the Equivalence Committee.

This is being permitted on account of the fact that the candidate have done a basic undergraduate course preceding the 3 year LL.B. Course.

In respect of Piusha Bose the Committee is unable to entertain the request on account of failure of evidence to show that she has obtained an undergraduate degree before commencing studies in law. In view of the fact that she does not have an undergraduate degree it is not possible to accept her request.

Quoting Legally Correct:

Quoting Piusha Bose:

Has she joined Platinum??

Meeting of the Legal Education Committee of the Bar Council of India was held on Saturday, 29th January, 2011 at 10.30 A.M. at the premises of the Indian Law Institute, Bhagwan Das Road, New Delhi – 110001.

Item No.5/2011A (LE)

To consider the applications regarding LL.B degree awarded by King’s College, University of London while only the University of London is recognized by the Bar Council of India.

The applications regarding LL.B degree awarded by King’s College, University of London be treated as valid because University of London is recognized by the Bar Council of India and the said college is affiliated to the University of London and enjoys a degree of autonomy as a result of which it is able to place its courses at higher level than the courses prescribed by the University.

This is without prejudice to the Committee’s intention to review all universities located overseas from the point of maintenance of standards, curriculum contents and the test of equivalence which would be suggested or recommended by the Equivalence Committee.

This is being permitted on account of the fact that the candidate have done a basic undergraduate course preceding the 3 year LL.B. Course.

In respect of Piusha Bose the Committee is unable to entertain the request on account of failure of evidence to show that she has obtained an undergraduate degree before commencing studies in law. In view of the fact that she does not have an undergraduate degree it is not possible to accept her request.

Practising Indian law without a license? Naughty! Naughty!

Now we know why Kanga and not Platinum was doing the due diligence.

Quoting Corporate Lawyer:

Cyril is easily India's finest lawyer and one of the most respected corporate lawyers globally. Only he could have pulled off a deal of this magnitude.

Really, wipe the stars from your eyes.

Ciyril's chief ability is to prevent the market from opening up and having him and his "firm" measured by real competition. Any solid corporate firm from Kansas City or Leeds could have flown in and done this deal with a junior partner and half a dozen associates. They could have sourced the India-side advice from a so-so desi accountancy practice, changed their awesome docs to some horrible font like trebuchet and make the margins justified, and you'd say it was "Cyril's best work yet."

And you'd be right.

Quoting Anon:

Amarchand is on a roll . Kudos to Cyril and his team. They are roaring in the m and a game with massive deal flow. Clearly left azb far behind this year doing real solid work. Azb profile was always more outbound work with a really small work slice. They getting caught out. Amarchand was always the law firm which took on senior roles as compared with azb and jsa which played smaller deal roles. The likes of platinum are calling the bluff of the azb model which is based on zia the superstar and no real depth otherwise.

AZB has other rainmakers besides Zia. Nihar is the only superstar at Platinum and his rain blows in from London.

Quoting Reality check:

Quoting reality:

To all those singing praises of a particular Indian lawyer, query? was it Herbert SMith or Amarchand that did bulk og the work on the transaction?

it seems like a deal negotiated between Herbert Smith and S&M with Indian firms providing local law support and regulatory advise

This is Amarchand not poodle shop we are talking about!! Herbert Smith played the supporting role. Indian target company which is India's largest liquor manufacturer, go figure. Local law support and regulatory advise? It's all about Indian law and Indian regulators.

It's pathetic that a country of a billion plus worships at the feet of a single law "firm" such as AMSS. Anyone who writes "This is Amarchand not poodle shop we are talking about" is in the poodle category himself. If Cyril and Co. cared about the profession in this country they'd prefer a vibrant, competitive marketplace. Rather, he's marrying his daughter into the power structure, sucking up to the establishment and prancing about as if he's actually in a competitive race. [...]