KNM & Partners Law Offices has promoted 4 to salaried partner.

Corporate partner and co-founder Mukesh Singhal has been promoted to senior equity partner level.

Mukesh Singhal had been part of the founding team of KNM, having previously been working at Chawla & Associates between 2001 and 2006. He is a Chaudhary Charan Singh University LLB graduate, and holds a Delhi University BCom in accounts, taxation and tax laws, and is a qualified chartered accountant.

KNM has also promoted four of its lawyers to salaried partners:

• Rohit Yadav, corporate
• Mitalee Kaushal, corporate
• Manoranjan Sharma, litigation
• Rahul Malhotra, litigation

KNM has also promoted 5 senior associates to principal associate level, and 5 associates to senior associate.

KNM senior partner Vijay Nair commented: “The promotions are a result of an internal assessment, based on the continued support that the members have rendered to the firm, and the firm’s future plans.

“The firm is committed to developing its team, enabling young lawyers to progress with the firm. All partners of the firm are unanimous in their thinking that talent must be recognized and rewarded.

“The promotions are well deserved and are reflective of the firm’s core ideology of ensuring growth of the firm by acknowledging creativity and dedication and thereby creating the next layer of leadership.”

The promotions take effect from 1 April 2018.

KNM & Partners has a total of 13 partners, of whom 1 are women. It has 6 salaried partners, 7 equity partners, and 6 senior equity partners. The firm’s total fee-earner headcount, including partners, is 51, with offices in New Delhi, Ahmedabad.