Cyril scoops Platinum Nivedita Tiwari to join rest of MNK in Delhi

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Monday, 8 June 2015 By Legally India Law firms

Platinum Partners partner Nivedita Tiwari will join Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas as a partner in Delhi.

Managing partner Cyril Shroff confirmed her joining when contacted by Legally India.

Tiwari did not respond to calls seeking comment.

She had joined Platinum in September 2014 after one year with MNK Law Offices, which she had joined from Luthra & Luthra in August 2013.

Cyril Amarchand had hired three of MNK’s four remaining partners – Gyanendra Kumar, Anuradha Mukherjee, and Srinivas Kilambi - in April 2015.

We have reached out to Platinum for comment.

Update 16:52: Platinum partner Karam Daulet-Singh commented by email: “We wish Nivedita all the best.”

Her move was first reported by Bar & Bench.

Team Cyril AmarchandTeam Shardul Amarchand
1. (Shardul) Amarchand ex-PR head Radhika Garg, ex-PA Bishwajit Dubey 2. Bharucha lit partner Kapil Arora & 3 associates 3. Shardul Amarchand IP partner Ranjan Negi & team; Shardul Amarchand corporate principal Aarti Joshi 4. Dhir & Dhir partner Rahul Goel 5. Kochhar partner Manishi Pathak 6. AZB Delhi partner Ritika Rathi 7. Clasis IP head Ashwin Sapra 8. MNK Law Offices partners Gyanendra Kumar, Anuradha Mukherjee and Srinivas Kilambi 9. Citi consultant Gokul Rajan & Jones Day associate Nikhil Naredia 10. Kochhar & Co partner Harry Chawla & Niti Paul 11. Gnarus Partners founder Rishi Anand 12. Khaitan associate partner Harsh Kumar 13. Raghuram Raju (ex-Dua Associates partner, ex-GC of Religare) 14. Luthra & Luthra partner Piyush Mishra 15. Khaitan & Co Delhi partner Gauri Rasgotra; and 16. Economic Laws Practice (ELP) partner Kirat Singh Nagra.1. Dua partner Shiraz Patodia, Priyanka Sharma Goswami and Anusuya Sadhu Sinha 2. JSA retained partners Mithun Thanks, Ashoo Gupta, Ashni Roy, Gaurav Singhi 3. JSA partner Akshay Chudasama 4. Bombay high court advocate Ameya Gokhale 5. Verus partner Jay Parikh 6. Khaitan associate partner Abhishek Sinha 7. Dudhat Pereira & Associates founder and former Udwadia Udeshi partner Radhika Pereira. 8. Khaitan associate partner Iqbal Khan 9. Khaitan & Co associate partner Deepto Roy
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Comments

Told ya! 8 Jun 2015, 10:14
+4 -1
Fellas, refer to my comments when MNK moved to CAM- I was bombarded that NT will not shift to CAM- and here it is. It was always in the offing just the timing was a little delayed! Anyways best of luck to NT
Fit 8 Jun 2015, 10:15
+13 -2
She will be a perfect fit at CAM given her Luthra pedigree - smaller flat structure firms like Platinum seldom work for lawyers who have only worked with firms with hierarchy based structures
No Fit ? 8 Jun 2015, 10:39
+5 -2
So is this an acknowledgment that PP was not working out for her ?
Camera 8 Jun 2015, 10:17
+9 -2
Excellent move for both! MNK team reunites!
Happy days are back! 8 Jun 2015, 10:23
+7 -12
Looks like PP will get its happy days back- no more research [...] or fretting over S&E registrations :)
oh ok 8 Jun 2015, 10:33
+8 -2
Also explains why she left! Looks like there was no exciting work.
Thums Up! 8 Jun 2015, 10:43
+15 -2
:) yes. Its so down market for lawyers to do research! Lets put our feet up and share a Thums Up :)
Difference 8 Jun 2015, 11:09
+1 -1
[...] in a multi-billion dollar deal do you really care if there is penalty of a few dollars imposed for a faulty registration! [...]
Curious 8 Jun 2015, 11:08
+1 -1
Could you explain what that means? No research? What is the kind of work that PP does then?
Curious 2 8 Jun 2015, 11:28
+4 -1
Can you not make out that the comment has been moderated by LI. There is a difference between intelligent research and research on issues which are not significant from an over-all transaction perspective! Have a good one!
Curious 3 8 Jun 2015, 12:00
+4 -4
And there is a difference between a lawyer with an eye for detail and a lawyer who is not. Clients pay to get a full picture and don't expect lawyers to take a call on liability issues however small it is.
Curious 4 8 Jun 2015, 12:20
+8 -13
There is a significant difference in your skills as a lawyer than certain others. Presumably you have only worked with Indian promoters on fixed fee mandates, who like to see a big fat document (regardless of the fact that nobody will read it). A CFO/ CEO of a global corporation running 15 deals simultaneously will not care if 200 rupee fine is or will be imposed. He is only interested in reading a document that gives him a picture of real material risks which will have a bearing on the business. From a personal experience, a dd report of 500 pages of utter nonsense is of no-use and frankly my dear it absolutely does not reflect on your eye for detail! I have seen a two page crisp summaries or an email with real risks do wonder than a 500 page dd report with million annex and gazillion schedules :)
Yentil 8 Jun 2015, 10:27
+4 -1
Yeh to hona hi tha!
Welcome home NT!
Champa 8 Jun 2015, 10:33
+9 -2
Good catch for CAM! Having worked with NT in L&L, I know she will do very well in CAM. Nihar & Karam are good guys but it will be difficult for them to retain talent with the FF support model they have - unless foreign firms are allowed to officially start functioning in India.
Scooty 8 Jun 2015, 11:06
+3 -0
PP pays very well. Wonder what CAM has offered her to make the move
Pooka 9 Jun 2015, 04:05
+0 -1
What is this conviction that PP pays well? This is despite no info on deals they do or salaries they pay.
Boka 9 Jun 2015, 06:13
+1 -0
Join PP and you will know. The take home component at PP is quite high as compared to any Tier 1 firm.
Lawyer 8 Jun 2015, 11:01
+7 -0
What is the size of 'book' she commands?
Guest 8 Jun 2015, 11:05
+9 -1
I am not sure whether she has any book but at the same time she is probably being scooped up for her diligent work. CAM's books are way too big and he is more than willing to share with competent people like NT
Lawyer 8 Jun 2015, 12:37
+3 -0
Bhai sahab, aap itna gussa kyon ho gaye is prashn par? I asked this question because it is a latest fashion these days in all law firms to talk about the 'books' people carry!
Non Persona Grata 9 Jun 2015, 12:15
+0 -0
So, you mean she has no 'book'! I wonder she was taken by PP as partner!
OldTimeratLI 8 Jun 2015, 11:23
+0 -2
Are you the new avatar of Lexygen? Same comment on every post? Keep it up!
Lexygen 8 Jun 2015, 11:23
+1 -0
What about Lexygen? Why isn't CAM poaching from there?
kianganz 8 Jun 2015, 11:26
+1 -1
CAM has a Bangalore office already... Doh.
Scooter- 9 Jun 2015, 04:35
+0 -0
Leave that to cyril
FirangiPani 8 Jun 2015, 11:20
+1 -0
Kya baat!
DBS 8 Jun 2015, 11:22
+2 -0
is she a Rainmaker/Star Performer?

CAM still hasn't hired someone which matches Akshay Chudasama's pedigree.
Btw, did anyone see Akshay & Shardul on ET Now over the weekend giving interview on their legal show??!!
Whoa 8 Jun 2015, 13:09
+0 -0
Little drops make a mighty ocean is CAM's POA.
Funny 8 Jun 2015, 14:18
+1 -1
Funny how both CAM and SAM are strengthening their Delhi offices :-p
Poky let 8 Jun 2015, 16:08
+6 -3
Great hire for cam. Especially in corporate which was otherwise a tad weak. Nivedita has big firm experience and can match up to any lawyer anywhere. . Absolutely top class hire. .
In Sam. [...] With so many litigators like warier Bhalla and others. What does. Shiraz add except Dow chemicals account? [...] 8 crore is the sum being paid to Shiraz. [...]
Seems both firms are now close to completing current phase . Though Sam will do a Bangalore hire soon. And perhaps a big Mumbai hire under Akshay
Oh what fun this has been.
Guest 9 Jun 2015, 06:15
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And Kian, this is your moderation policy. [...]

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Alias 8 Jun 2015, 16:53
+14 -0
Two big transfers will soon be announced by CAM and SAM from KCO and AZB respectively....watch out the next few days..
be precise 8 Jun 2015, 18:16
+3 -0
Could you please provide us the exact number of days and if possible the approximate time of the day?
Lawyers Collctiv at KCO & AZB 9 Jun 2015, 07:10
+2 -0
15th June 5:50pm.
Da damaadji 8 Jun 2015, 17:40
+2 -2
The good news at Sam is that with the senior hires the firm is becoming more proffessional. Seems the fear about the nepotistic succession are receding . Well done Sam. [...]. Good for Sam and attracting better talent . Of course it has to be seen as to whether its it's only for now or is it a structural change . The mood on the floor is that its only a temporary phase. And the family including [...] are calling the shots . When that becomes apparent all the new hires will leave . For cam
MNK Ex 9 Jun 2015, 11:39
+1 -1
Has Bhaduri Sir also joined CAM / SAM?
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