Suman Khaitan's Khaitan & Partners has moved to a bigger office in Delhi to combine its litigation and corporate law practices which until now were servicing clients from two different locations, aiming to further expand after the consolidation.

The new office of 4,000 sq ft is located at S-204 of the Greater Kailash (GK) Part II area of South Delhi.

Previously, the firm had two separate offices for its litigation and corporate transaction team operating from W-13 and M-102 of GK-II, but now lawyers from both the teams have been physically merged together under one office.

The office has the capacity to accommodate 35 advocates and 10 staff members while it currently houses around 20 advocates.

Litigation partner Rishi Maheshwari told Legally India: "The reason for moving to another office was because we were facing space constrains and also, we would like to expand."

He said that all the three offices are owned by Khaitan and haven’t been taken on rent. Maheshwari added: "Mr Khaitan likes the area for its greenery and open space, so there was never any question of leaving GK II."

In 2004 Khaitan had left as the Delhi office head of the firm Khaitan & Co to start his own firm called Suman Khaitan & Co (SJK), which was subsequently rebranded as Khaitan & Partners in parts although the firm continued to use its former name with old clients, according to Maheshwari.

Suman Khaitan was unavailable for comment.

Khaitan & Partners had appointed Niladri Bhattacharjee to head its Kolkata office last month after losing Niloy Pyne to Amarchand Mangaldas there.

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