Cyril Amarchand Hyderabad head Rahul Sarella exits

Tuesday, 21 June 2016 By Legally India Law firms

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Hyderabad partner and office head Rahul Sarella has resigned, according to three authoritative sources.

We could not authoritatively confirm his next move at the time of publication.

Managing partner Cyril Shroff commented: “He is indeed moving on. It is a friendly exit. We as a firm are re-focusing our practice in Hyderabad to infrastructure and the opportunities arising from the bifurcation of the State. Harita Rao, our projects partner will be leading the office for now. As above, we are intending to refocus and grow the office.”

“We understand that Rahul is currently intending to run his own firm but his plans are yet shaping up. Depending upon how they do, we intend to use him for our litigation work. Rahul is and will continue to be a friend of the firm.”

Sarella was not reachable for comment on his mobile phone today.

The NLSIU Bangalore graduate and Chevening Scholar began his career at Wadia Ghandy in Mumbai, then moved to KSB Partners, became a partner at Tatva Legal in Hyderabad for a year and then joined what-was-then Amarchand Mangaldas in July 2013.

Caption: Hyderabad head Sarella leaves, rumoured to start independent practice

partner hiresCyril Amarchand MangaldasHyderabadRahul SarellaNLSIU Bangalore

Comments

Mid-level Junkie 21 Jun 2016, 14:19
+21 -3
Everytime I convince myself to move to CAM thinking they have stabilised....they throw a bomb. Aise kaise chalega baba?
Committee please! 21 Jun 2016, 15:23
+15 -2
BCG come on time to tell papa and baba to setup another committee?
On another note, instead of throwing summer parties in London maybe CAM needs to focus on partner and associate retention! They are burning....
Regis 21 Jun 2016, 16:47
+11 -6
End of CAM. It is a sinking ship. This is the 12th partner exit in 3 months?!
Chill 22 Jun 2016, 05:13
+3 -8
take chill pill buddy, dont be so judgemental
Refreshed 22 Jun 2016, 02:28
+6 -2
Cyril seems to have the standard response for all partner exits. "We intend to engage him as an external counsel". He Saidthe same thing when the Delhi litigation partners had quit a month back.
Alias 23 Jun 2016, 09:58
+1 -1
External counsel's external counsel???
Philosopher 22 Jun 2016, 04:21
+7 -0
Maybe the people heading CAM don't want to leave a lasting legacy behind that will last a hundred years. Maybe, they just want to make the most for themselves during the time they are on planet earth... CAM is certainly not going to sink in time for them to not achieve the latter...
Demystify 22 Jun 2016, 05:12
+9 -2
Somebody please decode the term "Friendly Exit", it leave ample scope for reading between the lines.

So many "Friendly Exits" from CAM leaves one suspicioius.
Outsider 22 Jun 2016, 12:09
+9 -1
Any exit w/o blowing a raspberry at Cyril or the purple elephant qualifies as thus.
Stark 23 Jun 2016, 18:16
+1 -1
"Friendly exit": anyone not joining AZB.

Zia Mody sends her regards. 12 partner exits in 3 months.
ex-Corpiee 22 Jun 2016, 05:19
+15 -2
CAM has officially trumped Juris Corp's partner exit record
Digxit 22 Jun 2016, 05:34
+12 -2
Raxit!
Well wisher 22 Jun 2016, 09:31
+10 -19
sad to see a venerable institution trolled like this. Every place sees exits, some more some less - changes yoy. Majority of departures were related to performance issues, in Cam interest. Trolling should be for those asked to go. Without full facts easy to abuse free speech!
Venereal 22 Jun 2016, 12:10
+0 -1
Veneration, thy name is not to be taken in vain!
SalmanK 22 Jun 2016, 09:32
+4 -2
CAM competing with RDA legal now and awaiting IndusLaw
Fresher94 22 Jun 2016, 12:03
+3 -6
See this hilarious brochure from NLS Bangalore

https://www.nls.ac.in/resources/llmrccbrochure.pdf

Especially the self-descriptions!
coolnes 24 Jun 2016, 03:54
+0 -0
somaskehar sundaresan on page 45, doing his llm from MLSIU
Fresher94 25 Jun 2016, 08:21
+1 -0
On page 2 Rajendra Babu is named as former Chairman, National Council for Human Rights

LOL. Best law school in the country
Bruah 22 Jun 2016, 12:55
+2 -0
So what about his team in the hyderabad office? Are they joining his independent practice or leaving the firm?
Gunmaster G9 24 Jun 2016, 01:09
+5 -0
It seems one of the two things:

1) Either CAM is intentionally culling the non-performing partners (but then, how do you explain Aswath's exit?) OR

2) They really have lost the plot on how to run an institution.

CAM's tendency to overlook the mistakes of the "loyal" ones, and stick it to the "performing" ones, is perhaps the cause of it's ongoing downfall. Because now they have only "loyalists" remaining and no "performers".

Maybe the comments somewhere else on the boards is true. They need a COO.

This Joseph guy's name seems to be coming up again and again. Maybe he's what they need. Maybe the need someone from outside. Whatever. But a COO is definitely needed.

Or more partners and staff are going to exit.
No Name 24 Jun 2016, 05:00
+0 -0
Bang on. While there are performer exits, CAM also has intentionally culled non-perming partners. [...] exits [...] are without doubt performance related.
His Memsaabs Voice 24 Jun 2016, 06:02
+0 -0
And again- His name crops up! PR much?
Real Name 24 Jun 2016, 15:04
+0 -0
All the best Rahul.
Chandaal Chowkdi 25 Jun 2016, 04:44
+1 -0
Is this particular partner not important? Why only 24 comments, pray tell?
Brahh 25 Jun 2016, 16:30
+3 -1
Hyderabad, its a lesser league.
KnowTheTruth 27 Jun 2016, 06:21
+1 -2
Is he the same guy whose name showed up in Janhavi Gadkar drunk driving case? Related to the accused in some way.
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