Juris Corp
A string of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas’ (CAM) senior and principal associates have left in recent months, following the hiring spree by the firm following its split with Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas.
Symbiosis Law School alumnus Aninda Pal joined Juris Corp as a partner in its mergers & acquisitions (M&A) and private equity (PE) practice from November 2015, according to a press release from the firm last week. Pal has worked in Trilegal as a counsel in its corporate legal team for more than eight years before this.
Jeet Sen Gupta, who left Economic Laws Practice (ELP) in April, has joined Juris Corp as its eighth partner, managing partner H Jayesh told Bar & Bench, saying: “As a firm, we are implementing growth drivers and as part of that strategy, Jeet has joined us and will help us take the firm to the next level.”
Juris Corp had promoted two to partner in March, following a string of senior and junior departures.
We have reached out to ELP managing partner Rohan Shah for comment.
Juris Corp, which has suffered from major attrition in recent years hitting its partnership numbers, has internally promoted two principal associates to its partnership, reported Bar & Bench.
Shan Bottlewala had started his career at the firm in 2008, while Durgesh Khanapurkar had joined in August 2014 from India Law Alliance.
Juris Corp capital markets partner Sonali Sharma has left the firm, leaving only five partners after years of senior level attrition.
Mustafa Motiwala, who joined Juris Corp in 2011 with his firm AM Law, has resigned as a partner at the firm, reported Bar & Bench.
He was in charge of commercial, dispute resolution, intellectual property and real estate.
In a little over a year, Juris Corp has seen the departure of Chennai head Hufriz Wadiaj, Hoshedar Wadia and Anil Jarial, Fraser M, after a string of departures in 2012.
The sixth Mooting Premier League, sponsored by Herbert Smith Freehills, has kicked off again, with NLIU Bhopal in an early lead after sweeping clean the Tier 4 Raj Anand moot.
Amarchand Mangaldas emerged as the large law firm with the highest ratio of female lawyers ranked by the 2014 Chambers and Partners lawyer directory, while J Sagar Associates (JSA) and Trilegal came lowest with as few as 6 per cent of senior female lawyers.
Former Juris Corp partner and Chennai head Hufriz Wadia yesterday joined Kochhar & Co as a partner in its banking and finance, corporate and capital markets practice in Chennai.
Juris Corp partner and Chennai head Hufriz Wadia has resigned, having joined in January to open the office in the city.
Former Juris Corp banking of counsel Fraser M Alexander will join Majmudar & Partners on Monday, having left on 28 January after six years with the firm.
Juris Corp, I&S Associates, Indus Law, MDP & Partners, along with Amarchand Mangaldas, AZB & Partners, Khaitan & Co, Luthra & Luthra, Trilegal and others kept busy on 15 selected deals.
M&As and capital markets transactions take a marginal lead over litigation, competition and private equity and venture capital deals, in our three-week roundup.
This fortnight’s deals package conspicuously features international investors, not only in terms of cross-border M&As and investments but also on the litigation side.
Exclusive: Legal Process Outsourcing Unit (LPO) Pangea 3 was the only recruiter visiting HNLU Raipur’s rural Abhanpur campus for the class graduating this year, but 19 out of 60 total students secured jobs across 10 law firms, two LPOs and a company. The Recruitment Coordination Committee (RCC) placed 12 out of its 31 subscribers from the graduating batch.