partnership promotions
Hot on the heels of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas’ equity partner promotions of 11, and pretty much as long in the making and interviewing, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas has lifted 10 of its salaried partners into equity:Abhishek Guha (NUJS Kolkata; corporate),Arvind Sharma (Delhi University, CLC; corporate),Rudra Kumar Pandey (Delhi University, CLC; corporate),Veena Sivaramakrishnan (Nalsar Hyderabad; banking & finance),Anoop Rawat (Delhi University, CLC; insolvency),Harman Singh Sandhu (MD University; LLM King’s College; competition),Anuj Berry (NUJS Kolkata; LLM University of Oxford; disputes),Rishab Gupta (London School of Economics; disputes),Nikhil Naredi (NLSIU Bangalore; capital markets), andVR Neelkanthan (NLSIU Bangalore; projects).
AZB & Partners Mumbai side has made its second batch of partnership promotions this year, lifting up another four.
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has promoted 11 of its partners to equity partner.
Atlas Law Partners has promoted associate partner Medha Srivastava to partner, and several associates into more senior associate rungs.
S&R Associates has promoted two to its partnership internally:Shivaji Bhattacharya (Nalsar Hyderabad 2009; corporate M&A, Delhi)Prachi Goel (Delhi University Campus Law Centre 2007 LLB; LLM London School of Economics 2012; corporate M&A, private equity, restructuring, Mumbai).
L&L Partners has promoted six to partner, of whom three are in the M&A corporate practice group, two in general corporate, and one in banking finance, according to an internal announcement.
Link Legal India Law Services has promoted Samantha Fernandes D’Souza as associate partner in its banking and finance team.
Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (LKS) has promoted eight of its joint partners to partner level, with effect from 1 April 2019, according to a press release.
Charul Yadav, who had rejoined IP firm Obhan & Associates as associate partner in January of this year after a one-year stint at LexOrbis, has been promoted to partner at the firm, according to a press release.
Mumbai-headquartered national firm Economic Laws Practice (ELP) has promoted four of its associate partners to equity partner level, and one associate director to director level, increasing the total size of its equity partnership to 11.
With effect from 1 July, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has promoted 19 of its lawyers to partnership, growing its total partnership size to 132, with its total fee-earner headcount now standing at 737.
Singhania & Partners LLP has promoted associate partner Rudra Srivastava to its partnership.
Delhi firm Gaggar & Partners, formerly known as Gaggar & Associates, has promoted two to salaried partner and hired two into its salaried partnership laterally.
Samvad Partners has promoted corporate senior associate Junaira Rahman to partner in Delhi, according to the firm, growing its total partnership to 14 (with 75 fee-earners)
Saikrishna & Associates has hired Viacom18 Media senior vice president legal Thomas George and one team member to head it up to open up a Mumbai office, while also promoting five associate partners to partner, expanding its total partnership to 18.
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas has promoted 7 to its partnership (including one as a partner-equivalent director in competition).
Three-year-old firm Vertices Partners has promoted two senior associates to associate partner and has laterally hired one associate partner, according to the firm’s press release.
DSK co-founding partner Satish Kishanchandani’s start-up is now live as Pioneer Legal in Mumbai, coming out of the gate with a partner promotion, a headcount of 20 fee-earners, 4 partners and plans for national expansion.
Anoma Legal, the firm started in May 2018, by an exodus of seven partners from K Law, has promoted five of its principal associates to partner level:Anisha Jayaram – Bangalore (corporate / PE)Aparnaa Bhalotia – Mumbai (corporate / debt)Apeksha Amin – Mumbai (real estate)Arjun Sharma – Bangalore (corporate / pe)Natasha Rao – Bangalore (commercial / corporate)