Shardul Amarchand poaches supersenior Dua lit partner Shiraz Patodia & 2-partner team for Delhi

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Friday, 5 June 2015 By Legally India Law firms

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Dua Associates’ second-largest equity holder Shiraz Patodia will join Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) with her team of partners Priyanka Sharma Goswami and Anusuya Sadhu Sinha, and manager Saloni Tuteja and senior associate Amrita Sharma, reported Bar & Bench.

Update 21:44: SAM managing partner Pallavi Shroff told Legally India: “We are very happy and excited about Shiraz joining us. She has a wealth of knowledge and experience ? which we respect. We look forward to building the firm together.”

Patodia has been at Dua for 29 years and specialises in litigation and arbitration.

SAM’s new Mumbai office’s managing partner Akshay Chudasama, who joined from J Sagar Associates (JSA), took up his job earlier this week.

We have reached out to SAM, Dua and Patodia for comment.

Cam vs Sam: Lateral hires since March 2015

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. JSA retained partners Mithun Thanks, Ashoo Gupta, Ashni Roy, Gaurav Singhi 2. JSA partner Akshay Chudasama 3. Bombay high court advocate Ameya Gokhale 4. Verus partner Jay Parikh 5. Khaitan associate partner Abhishek Sinha 6. Dudhat Pereira & Associates founder and former Udwadia Udeshi partner Radhika Pereira. 7. Khaitan associate partner Iqbal Khan 8. Khaitan & Co associate partner Deepto Roy
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Comments

hmmm 5 Jun 2015, 12:24
+5 -1
SAM is going for the big guns
Ahem 5 Jun 2015, 12:29
+22 -2
And CAM only for cartridges with no fire power, who won't say much and will obediently listen to the High & Baba Command(s)
Wow 5 Jun 2015, 12:29
+15 -2
SAM really seems to be attracting the top guns whereas CAM seems to be getting whatever wherever
Yawn! 5 Jun 2015, 12:35
+11 -4
Not really a big gun. Except Dow, has done nothing exceptionally great in the last many years. Also, if rumor is to be believed, Dow is still sticking with Duas. High cost for SAM and no returns.
Intimate 5 Jun 2015, 12:42
+6 -3
You seem to have intimate details... Are you the managing partner who tried to hire her but failed or a head hunter?
Wake up! 5 Jun 2015, 12:46
+2 -3
You really need to wake up. This is a major blow!
Guest 5 Jun 2015, 13:18
+4 -1
wtf is Dow?
Humour 5 Jun 2015, 12:39
+1 -1
I like SAM's strategy.

Are they recruiting at Associate level?
Hiring 5 Jun 2015, 13:01
+2 -0
Ha, CV bhej de
Dejected 5 Jun 2015, 13:12
+3 -2
Bheja tha, no revert :(
Reader 5 Jun 2015, 13:26
+29 -0
Yeah, because you used "revert" incorrectly in your cover email too
babua 5 Jun 2015, 13:27
+6 -1
dont lose hope...phir se bhej...tab tak bhej jab tak pareshan hoke naukri na de de
UU 5 Jun 2015, 15:24
+0 -0
Bilkul sahi kaha
123 5 Jun 2015, 13:22
+0 -0
:O
S-C-AM 5 Jun 2015, 13:45
+0 -0
She will be based out of Delhi I presume?? Btw.. Any news of the CAM logo??
vantage 5 Jun 2015, 14:38
+1 -1
[quote name="S-C-AM"]Any news of the CAM logo??[/quote]
forget about the logo, i don't think they have even got their office running!
Rosogulla 5 Jun 2015, 13:52
+4 -5
Major blow for Duas..my 'duas' are with the firm, they need it more than ever before..
Guest 5 Jun 2015, 14:59
+4 -3
No blow at all. Neither her absence nor your duas will make any difference.
Anonymous 5 Jun 2015, 13:57
+1 -0
But it doesn't make sense. Why recurit in Delhi office when you already have an established team in lit? Fear of CAM doing better?
Army 5 Jun 2015, 14:27
+5 -1
CAM and what army?
Armed 7 Jun 2015, 19:06
+0 -1
CAM has managed to assemble a formidable force.

Time for others to feel the punch that is coming their way.

Duck!!
Interesting 5 Jun 2015, 13:58
+3 -3
I thought SAM had a Delhi lit practice - clearly finding the need to ramp up or getting rattled by CAM's new focus on litigation. Wonder how many more practice areas SAM will have to strengthen in Delhi!
chu 5 Jun 2015, 14:31
+2 -1
all associates are bajaoed. No scope for upward mobility. Lets all leave.
vantage 5 Jun 2015, 14:41
+1 -5
so this is the end of Dua's then??!! What remains there?
vanquish 5 Jun 2015, 15:19
+3 -0
heard her remuneration will be around the 10cr mark which is a lot !!!!!!!!!!
Kuch Bhi 5 Jun 2015, 19:31
+9 -1
I don't think anyone at SAM except Delhi MP and Executive Chairman make 10 cr PA. The litigation equity partners most certainly don't. Bhai 10 cr may even be higher than some of their team targets! Some money they'll give to associates also no?
Kidding right? 6 Jun 2015, 08:05
+5 -1
10 Cr. Seriously? That would make her recovery target 30 Cr. (assuming a 3X recovery target). I think whoever gave you the amount needs to be slapped. Its sad that people dont even think twice before floating such absurd figures.
vanquished 6 Jun 2015, 11:02
+1 -0
that figure is over-exaggerated.

It should be below the 5cr mark if am right! How much is Akshay Chudasama being paid by SAM? he certainly is a star!
That 10cr mark i guess has originated from the comments section of B & B.
Crorewala 6 Jun 2015, 10:30
+1 -0
Everyone gets paid in crores these days, is it? When did lawyers loose the value of zero. This is almost what Mukesh Ambani draws!! Get a reality check.
Making sense 9 Jun 2015, 09:31
+0 -3
I have no idea who much Shiraz is being paid by SAM. I believe she was billing around 10 cr at Dua and a big portion of her revenues came from Dow Chemicals, which may not switch loyalties from Mr. Dua to Shiraz. She was the highest billing Partner at Dua and she will find it difficult to bill the same at SAM unless Shardul gives her some new clients. Nevertheless, Shiraz was the de-fato head of litigation for the whole of Dua, which has a strong brand and presence in Bangalore and Chennai. Both these branches have very strong litigation practices, especially Chennai. It is very likely that Shiraz will get all Dua litigators from Bangalore and Chennai to move to SAM, which needs to bulk up in these cities. If she manages to do so, she will easily justify a pay packet of 10 cr.
Chumma 10 Jun 2015, 09:57
+0 -0
So, chumma, what is her book worth?
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