Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas has promoted 21 of its lawyers to principal associate level, as well as four new principal associate designates, and 36 of its lawyers to senior associate level. Out of the total of 61 promotions across various ranks, Delhi saw 33 promotions, closely followed by Mumbai.
21 new principal associates
13 in Delhi, 7 in Mumbai, one in Kolkata.
The corporate practice area had 8 new PAs (with a nearly even split between Mumbai and Delhi), closely followed by disputes at 6 (all of which were in Delhi).
Two each were promoted in capital markets and banking. Competition, projects and IP each saw one new PA.
- Aman Singh Sethi - Competition Law | Delhi
- Angad Kochhar - Dispute Resolution | Delhi
- Davis Kanjamala - General Corporate | Mumbai
- Deepa Rekha - General Corporate | Mumbai
- Karuna Thapa - General Corporate | Delhi
- Maidini Phul - Intellectual Property | Delhi
- Malak Bhatt - Dispute Resolution | Delhi
- Medha Sachdev - Dispute Resolution | Delhi
- Navruz Vakil - General Corporate | Mumbai
- Reena Choudhary - Dispute Resolution | Delhi
- Richa Srivastava - Dispute Resolution | Delhi
- Rohan Jain - General Corporate | Delhi
- Sagar Manju - Banking & Finance | Mumbai
- Sagarnil Banerjee - Capital Markets | Mumbai
- Shantanu Tyagi - Dispute Resolution | Delhi
- Shiladitya Banerjee - General Corporate | Kolkata
- Shraddha Krishnan Dash - Capital Markets | Delhi
- Shrutikirti Kumar - General Corporate | Delhi
- Taranjeet Singh - General Corporate | Mumbai
- Utkarsh Bandhu - Banking & Finance | Mumbai
- Veena Kolachina - Projects and Project Finance | Delhi
4 new principal associates designate
Amongst the principal associates designate, Delhi saw 3, Mumbai 1.
- Aditya Nayyar Dispute Resolution | Delhi
- Piyush Karn Projects and Project Finance | Mumbai
- Rohan Sharda General Corporate | Delhi
- Vaibhav Bhardwaj General Corporate | Delhi
36 new senior associates
17 of them are based in Delhi, 14 in Mumbai, 1 each in Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore and Gurgaon.
Here corporate saw the most again, at 16, followed by disputes with 10, and banking and finance at 4. Projects had 2 new senior associates, and one each for tax, capital markets
Disputes again, unsurprisingly, was heavily weighted in favour of Delhi, making up 7 of the total, though Mumbai promoted two there.
- Aakanksha Dalal- General Corporate | Delhi
- Abhijit Mukherjee- Projects and Project Finance | Mumbai
- Abhishek Garg- Tax | Delhi
- Aditya Parolia- General Corporate | Mumbai
- Akansha Singh- General Corporate | Mumbai
- Akshay Sharma- Dispute Resolution | Delhi
- Alekhya Donepudi- General Corporate | Bangalore
- Amee Rana- Dispute Resolution | Delhi
- Anand Raja- Dispute Resolution | Delhi
- Anish Jaipuriar- General Corporate | Delhi
- Anusha Ramesh- Dispute Resolution | Delhi
- Atika Vaz- Dispute Resolution | Mumbai
- Avichal Mathur- General Corporate | Mumbai
- Avlokita Rajvi- Dispute Resolution | Delhi
- Ayush Sharma- General Corporate | Gurgaon
- Charu Misra- Banking & Finance | Mumbai
- Davender Kumar Punia- Intellectual Property | Delhi
- Dhananjai Charan- Banking & Finance | Mumbai
- Diya Das- General Corporate | Delhi
- Kanwardeep Singh Kapany- General Corporate | Mumbai
- Mrida Lakhmani- Banking & Finance | Mumbai
- Nandita Chauhan- Dispute Resolution | Delhi
- Pracheta Redhu- General Corporate | Mumbai
- Pragya Seth- General Corporate | Mumbai
- Rajashree Ravi- General Corporate | Delhi
- Rishabh Jogani- Dispute Resolution | Mumbai
- Sakabda Roy- Dispute Resolution | Kolkata
- Sangamitra Sankaraiah- General Corporate | Delhi
- Sanjana Sharma- Dispute Resolution | Delhi
- Shantanu Chaturvedi- Insolvency & Bankruptcy | Delhi
- Swati Lal- Banking & Finance | Mumbai
- Tanvee Vasudevan- General Corporate | Mumbai
- Teza Jose- General Corporate | Chennai
- Trishita Dasgupta- Capital Markets | Delhi
- Yash Kothari- General Corporate | Ahmedabad
- Rahul Khattar- Intellectual Property | Delhi
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Non-NLU student here. I have just secured an offer with a Tier I law firm. While I know the CTC I would be getting at entry level, I am having a hard time finding recent figures on the career progression in law firms. Specifically, how many years on an average it takes for one from Associate to SA to PA to Partner? (I hope I haven't missed a rank in between)
What's the average compensation at each of these level in Tier 1 law firms. I am also getting an in house position with a reputed MNC where the pay is slightly less but they are way more transparent when it comes to future trajectory of my career. Also, having interned there the office environment is a lot more methodical and stress-free. I am willing to take the pay cut unless working in a firm pays exorbitant dividends in the long run.
Career progression is faster in a law firm, or at least in the bigger and/or more successful places. Increase in remuneration would also be faster in a firm. My suggestion even otherwise would be to start with the law firm. Soul-crushing slogging and unending drudgery is something one must experience and put behind in the junior years. It would also make your basic concepts strong and give you a good understanding of many aspects of the practise of law.
You have not mentioned the area of work that either of your options offer. Nonetheless, unless the MNC is offerring you something different or exciting, or will help you relocate abroad, etc., go for the law firm. It is much easier to move from a firm to an in-house role than the other way (which does happen, but is less common).
(To be clear: I fondly remember my in-house days. "Life" was many degrees better. However, I decided wanted to do something different.)
Best of luck! :)
II year: Senior intern designate
III year: Senior intern
IV year: Principal intern designate
V year: Principal intern
Was this vetted by SAM before you posted it here, or is the other way round ;) ?
Jokes aside, though, I think it sheds a useful light on the internal pipeline and also strategy, regarding offices and practice areas... Plus, it's nice for associates to also get some love on LI, rather than just partners all the time.
Good luck for the journey ahead :)
Something I don't know?
Initials wagera use kar lia hota! Practice area bhi nai mention kia? Website chal gai to dosto ko bhul jaoge? Yahi pyar, yahi dosti?
Anyways (abt the guy I inteded to refer) - Londa stud hai. Thats all.
So, so, so well deserved. So proud of you.
2. Partner then says no vacancy.
3. No internship certificate till date, after nearly 6 months.
Excellent.
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