IndusLaw has promoted four of its lawyers to partnership, as well as four to principal associates and nine to senior associate, according to its press release.
Senior partner Suneeth Katarki commented in the release: “One of the joys of building an institution is seeing people grow and evolve personally and professionally. This year it’s particularly satisfying to see so many women climbing the ladder of professional growth and excellence.”
Senior partner Avimukt Dar added: “We are delighted to note that all the Partners, 75% of the Principal Associates and nearly 90% of the Senior Associates promoted this year across India are women. This is a great marker for the firm and the legal services industry overall.”
This all-women partnership round will do wonders for what had until now been a bit of a skewed gender ratio in Indus’ partnership of 31 partners, of whom only 4 were women. This latest promotion now grows
New partners
- Jinni Sinha (Delhi-Corporate - 2006 CLC University of Delhi). Specialises in mergers & acquisitions.
- Divya Varghese (Delhi-Corporate - 2008 HNLU Raipur). Specialises in venture capital & private equity.
- Tanu Banerjee (Bengaluru-Corporate - 2008 SLS Pune). Specialises in corporate & commercial and media & entertainment law.
- Anubha Sital (Delhi-Corporate - 2009 Delhi University law faculty). Specialises in mergers & acquisitions and corporate & commercial.
New principal associates
- Sowmya Kumar (Bengaluru-Employment)
- Shreya Suri (Delhi-Competition and Corporate & Commercial)
- Ishwer Upneja (Delhi-Litigation & Dispute Resolution)
- Pankhuri Bhardwaj (Delhi-Litigation & Dispute Resolution)
New senior associates
- Niyati Bhatt (Delhi-Projects)
- Shruti Barua (Delhi-Corporate)
- Sabrina Afroze (Delhi-Projects)
- Vaishnavi Rao (Delhi-Litigation & Dispute Resolution)
- Nikita Hemmige (Bengaluru-Corporate)
- Anantha Krishnan (Bengaluru-Corporate)
- Ayshwarya Chandar (Bengaluru- Litigation & Dispute Resolution)
- Anindita Ganguly (Mumbai-Corporate)
- Pooja Dadoo (Mumbai-Corporate)
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Congrats to all the women power! Kudos.
So happy for her!
Since most partners are laterals and have a book, the eat what you kill works. The question is how will they (and who will) feed the home-grow partners made up over the last couple of years.
The firm has some fault lines, such as opaque decision making etc., but I hope they can sort those out issues and grow.
But in the long run, it doesnt matter.
I am sure all women are promoted for their merit. And merit has nothing to do with the gender.
Statistically and theoretically, partnership ratios could be roughly 50/50 men to women if the profession hadn't been dominated by men for so long. The fact that at a firm 100% of new partners in one year are women is therefore pretty unusual, and points towards a firm having a strong pipeline of female senior lawyers who are eligible for promotion.
That deserves to be pointed out and also celebrated, I think.
I was at Indus briefly, and despite everything else, the place is truly free from gender bias. Something that a lot of firms/organisations are unable to achieve. The senior /founding partners of IL really do deserve credit for this.
1. More women than men join law schools.
2. More women than men join law firms.
3. The partner ratios are entirely out of whack when you consider 1 and 2.
It would be a good idea to do a more detailed report on why this happens.
How many years of working at said small/mid-size would it take someone from a private law school to enter laterally as an associate at a Tier 1? What disadvantages do associates who enter Tier 1s laterally face?
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