NUJS partner Avik Biswas & team leave RDA for IndusLaw Bangalore

IndusLaw has hired RDA Legal Bangalore partner Avik Biswas as a partner in its Bangalore office with his team of associates Shrutika Umarji, N Guruprasad, Jaya Shruthi and Amrutha Bhat.

Biswas graduated from NUJS Kolkata in 2006, began his career at New Delhi Law Offices, moved to Infosys Technologies in 2007, and Poovayya & Co in 2012 before joining Rohit Das & Associates, as it was then called, in 2013.

IndusLaw Bangalore partner Kartik Ganapathy said in a press release: “Avik and his team bring complementary skills that will greatly expand the firm’s engagement in the growing spaces of technology and employment law.”

We have reached out to RDA managing partner Rohit Das for comment.

Biwas’ hire follows Indus poaching two partners from HSA Advocates - Navin Syiem and Avirup Nag - earlier this month.

Update: Rohit Das commented: “Avik has made a valuable contribution to the growth of RDA Legal in general and our Bangalore office in particular. He has been instrumental in the development of our employment and technology laws practice. We wish him the very best in his new engagement and look forward with anticipation to him reaching new heights in his career with Indus.”

Comments

Query 27 Jan 2016, 13:40
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Isn't it Biswas?
kianganz 27 Jan 2016, 13:47
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Yes, thanks! Sorry about the typo
Gun 27 Jan 2016, 14:31
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Just waiting for the mud-slinging to begin.
Hmm 28 Jan 2016, 01:32
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This has become a routine news. Now noone bothers to comment on such a news. Clearly the LI readers have grown up. Hopefully RDA will also grow up someday.
Again? 27 Jan 2016, 15:25
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Another partner left RDA within few years of joining? How predictable!
Saw this coming 27 Jan 2016, 17:14
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We all saw this coming. RDA paid Mumbai office earnings on blore office and did not pay his mumbai associates. Everyone had to quit. So this is proof, he made someone else's life at the cost of his own associates who had to quit without pay. Sad.. When will RDA finally learn? How many more set backs does it need?
Miracle 28 Jan 2016, 07:09
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The miracle is that the firm still exists
PXV 28 Jan 2016, 09:06
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Sometimes it helps be low profile and do the work as required. Has the highest revenue per lawyer, and you are wondering it's a miracle ! People come and go, my friend. At all firms however big or small !
VXP 28 Jan 2016, 11:32
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That's a bold claim to stake. What do you base this knowledge on? Which law firm numbers have you run to come to that conclusion?
Punit 28 Jan 2016, 07:21
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What is an 'NUJS Partner', pray? What stupid reporting.
wiseman 28 Jan 2016, 10:12
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All LI does now is reproduce press releases. Sad decline of a once-good site.
kianganz 28 Jan 2016, 10:18
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:'(
Himesh 28 Jan 2016, 10:40
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The Partners of now what remains of the original RDA (Ashler Law) must be laughing their heart out. More than a year into service, none of the Partners left and they are growing strongly and steadily like never before.
Ashala 28 Jan 2016, 12:02
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I think once the main guys left PXV the fates of the rest, Rohit, Pingal et al became irrelevant...
Query 10 Feb 2016, 06:00
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Strong and steady growth, ahem ahem. I keep forgetting Pingal is still in active practice.
break 28 Jan 2016, 13:16
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Guys, give Rohit a break! RDA started boldly; then grew into PXV, did some good work, but then partners fought and the firm disintegrated. They have been trying to resurrect and revive but it is a difficult market and with a checkered history as theirs, its never going to be easy. How many startup firms, that had started 5-7 years back, have actually survived? Not many. So, give these guys a break. I hope they regroup, and come out stronger, stabler.
Survive 28 Jan 2016, 16:51
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You need to be good to survive.. Look at www.lexygen.com
RDX 28 Jan 2016, 17:51
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RDA would rock until the partner in mumbai, aka Appam is around..
Ullu 28 Jan 2016, 17:45
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It seems like RDA has survived all this while only because of new partners who join and bring some work and clients with them. Within a short while partners leave and then the firm starts its hunt for new partners who can get work.
how long 29 Jan 2016, 09:11
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how long a break does he want? haven't seem him on any deals. perhaps he should start a new practice - advising other firms on partner hires and exits.
Awesome 29 Jan 2016, 11:18
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Of course, this needs to be appreciated. It is very tough. The larger the big firms get, the tougher if it is for the new firms. It takes guts to stay the course. Its sad that people talk about the failures without understanding that often things cannot be controlled.
Query 29 Jan 2016, 01:58
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I am surprised that Avik decided to leave. He and Anupam were doing really quite well. Anyways Avik should have left the team back for the work to continue. Taking the team away is unfair.
Answer 29 Jan 2016, 06:23
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Life is unfair, my friend. And stop saying 'anyways'. You are not a teenager anymore.
Another query 29 Jan 2016, 10:24
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So RDA Bangalore is left with pretty much nothing and that's fair? Gotta go back & read the ethics chapter from college
Noojie sympathiser 29 Jan 2016, 08:19
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Sad to see that none of the Noojie firms have managed to survive or grow. In comparison, NLS alumni firms have done significantly well. Of course, it's not entirely a fair comparison since NLS had a headstart of about 12 years from the other national law schools.
Kidnapped 2 Feb 2016, 08:12
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Hey Kian - can you pls share the story re the CAM lawyer who was kidnapped recently in Bangalore? Surprised to see that its not featured on LI.
kianganz 2 Feb 2016, 08:16
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Oh yes, thanks for pointing out - though it seems like something fairly personal and gossipy, not sure if we should get into it or cover it:

http://www.bangaloremirror.com/news/india/Judges-daughter-goes-missing-returns-home-from-Kolhapur/articleshow/50789083.cms
Himesh in Gossipy Mood 2 Feb 2016, 10:52
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Kian, man this was the news that you could have highlighted/ covered. We are now bored of RDA/PXV lawyers leaving and joining new firms. This is the story, which has potential to cross 100 comments in few hours.
kianganz 2 Feb 2016, 10:56
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You think? :)

Does anyone actually know what happened?
Himesh in Gossipy Mood 3 Feb 2016, 04:07
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Yes Kian. I am speaking on behalf of most of the readers. We are information starved and we look up to you to provide us unbiased information, unlike some other websites. (PS: I am your closet fanboy)
kianganz 3 Feb 2016, 04:16
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Mwah xx