law firm management

Over the past days, legal whisper networks as well as social media sites have been abuzz about Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas’ (SAM) vaccination camp, which had begun vaccinating all of its Delhi staff at its Okhla offices.

From 1 Nishith Desai Associates is extending its unlimited leave policy to all lawyers come 1 January 2021. This is an expansion of the flexible leave / unlimited holiday model the firm had trialled since 2017 for all lawyers who had worked at the firm for longer than 1,000 days.

DSK Legal has widened its management, appointing Sajit Suvarna as deputy managing partner alongside the firm’s managing partner Anand Desai as the firm has completed over two years in its new equity system.

Sometimes doing what is normal is abnormal, especially so in the days of the coronavirus on the loose.

L&L Partners’ litigation partnership, which is one of four separate partnerships that the firm operates under one brand name, has effectively cut fee-earner salaries by at least 15% and 35% via deferrals of retainers, which would operate retrospectively from 1 April, according to two sources with knowledge of the measures.

All Khaitan & Co offices have opened their doors again today to allow fee-earners and staff - purely on a voluntary basis - to physically return to work.

Juris Corp has increased its intake of interns by taking its internship programme “virtual”, as the continuing Covid-19 pandemic has made physical internships all but impossible.

These days there are probably few if any lawyers who, locked up at home for weeks and often 24 hours a day, has not pondered about their mental health.

Exclusive: DSK Legal has embarked on a series of cash flow management exercises in light of the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, including temporary reduction in remuneration of fee-earners.

KMPG partner and former KPMG Management Consultancy chief operating officer (COO) Jaideep Ghosh has taken over at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) in the COO position from Delhi.

Scoop: SAM goes for third-way approach after Khaitan's straight equity cuts, CAM's transfer from fixed to variable**

The hope is that with this somewhat painful move now, future pain can be avoided (though of course no one knows how bad it's going to get)**

Exclusive: Firm in strong financial position to weather possible future storms: H Jayesh

J Sagar Associates’ (JSA) dispute practice partners have unanimously elected Mumbai-based equity partner Varghese Thomas and Delhi-based equity partner Dheeraj Nair to co-head the disputes practice.

Exclusive: The future is bright at Trilegal, despite virus, according to its new MPs*

Following the February reports that the previous managing and co-founding partners Karan Singh and Rahul Matthan were stepping down, Trilegal’s new semi-elected managing partners Sridhar Gorthi and Nishant Parikh have taken over today.

Apart from being early out of the gate in advising clients on the potential legal fall-out of the global pandemic of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (causing COVID-19), India’s law firms have been beginning taking a number of measures to deal with an expected spike in reported infections, including one firm stress-testing its “work from home” (WFH) arrangements.

Trilegal’s founding partners are to take a step back from management, albeit gradually, with the firm’s partnership having decided to appoint a new management committee (MC) of partner Nishant Parikh and as well as co-founding partner Sridhar Gorthi.