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Indian law firms

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India's corporate law firm sector is still relatively young and includes a mix of sole proprietorships and firms of several hundred lawyers and dozens of partners.

The [[Salary table|legal recruiters' salary table article]] contains information on how much some of these firms pay by way of retainer to recent graduates.

Data for firms marked with an asterisk (*) was directly [http://www.legallyindia.com/law-firms/khaitan-reaches-501-fee-earners-but-cam-is-biggest-law-firm#comment-101077 confirmed by firms to Legally India], while data marked with ** came via [http://www.legallyindia.com/law-firms/india-25-largest-law-firms-by-headcount-00011130-8166 Asia Legal Business' 2016 survey of the 25 largest law firms].

Some other law firm data and figures not marked courtesy of [http://www.rsg-india.com/rankings RSG India] 2017 survey and may therefore be out of date. Please let us know [http://www.legallyindia.com/contact via our contact form to let us know if any of these figures need updating].

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Firm !! Total Partners !! class="sortme desc"|Total lawyers !! Year est. !! RSG 2017 rank !! Headcount figure as at
|-
| [[Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas]]||125||750||2015||n/a||2016-11*
|-
| [[Khaitan & Co]]||98||501||1911||4||2016-11*
|-
| [[Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas]]||60||434||2015||n/a||2016-11*
|-

| [[Vertices Partners]]||4||18||2016||40|
|-
| [[AZB & Partners]]||40||370||2004||2||2016-11*
|-

| [[Luthra & Luthra]]||42||330||1989||5||2016-11*
|-
| [[J Sagar Associates]]||78||300||1991||3||2016-11*
|-
| [[Trilegal]]||26||220||2000||6||2016-11*
|-
| [[DSK Legal]]**||12||150||2001||7
|-

| [[MV Kini & Co]]**||11||150||2001||7
|-
|[[Desai & Diwanji]]**||28||190||1930||8
|-

|-
| [[Nishith Desai Associates]]**||8||72||1984||8
|-
|[[Anand & Anand]]**||21||116||1923||10
|-
|[[Lakshmi Kumaran & Sridharan]]** ||39||210||1985||10
|-

|-|[[ROYZZ & CO]]**||7||20||2017||

|[[S&R Associates]]*||12||65||2005||10||2016-11
|-
|| [[Kochhar & Co]]**||42||172||1995||13
|-
| [[The Jaipuriars, Advocates and Consultants]]||2||10||2007||
|-
| [[Mulla & Mulla]]**||14||122||1895||13
|-
| [[Bharucha & Partners]]||4||24||2008||15
|-
| [[Crawford Bayley & Co]]||17||100||1830||15
|-
| [[Majmudar & Co]]*||8||68||1943||15
|-
| [[Wadia Ghandy & Co]]**||36||134||1883||15
|-
| [[Dua Associates]]||40||190||1986||19
|-
| [[Economic Laws Practice]]**||28||119||2001||19
|-
| [[Fox Mandal]]**||36||156||1896||19
|-
| [[Platinum Partners]]||5||27||2008||19
|-
|[https://acejurix.in Ace Jurix]||1||20+||1998||20
|-
| [[Talwar Thakore & Associates]]||6||22||2007||23

|-[[THE LEGAL VISTA]] 2 6 2011

| [[Thakker & Thakker]]||6||22||1990||
|-
| [[Vaish Associates]]||12||102||1971||19
|-
| [[ALMT Legal]] ||19||196||2000||25
|-
| [[Kanga & Co]]||12||50||1890||25
|-
|[[Tatva Legal]]||10||80||N.A.||25
|-
| [[Juris Corp]]*||10||50||2000||28
|-
| [[Rajani & Associates]]||11||34||1999||28
|-
| [[Rajinder Narain & Co]]||3||29||1954||28
|-
| [[DH Law]]||4||24||1997||31
|-
|[[P&A Associates]]||1||18||N.A.||31
|-
| [[Phoenix Legal]]||4||31||2008||31
|-
| [[Udwadia & Udeshi]]||9||50||1997||31
|-
| [[ARA Law]]||3||18||1996||35
|-
|[[HSA Advocates]]**||28||93||2003||39
|-
|[[Indus Law]]*||15||96||N.A.||35||2016-12-16
|-
| [[Tyabji Dayabhai]]||3||8||1872||35
|-
|[[India Law Services]]||4||25||1998||39
|-
|[[Lexygen]]||3||15||N.A.||39
|-
| [[ATC LAW GROUP OF INDIA]]*||6||48||1986||40
|-
| [[Ranjit Mondal & Associates]]*||2||6||2009||41
|-
| [[Chandrawat & Partners Law Firm, Indore]]*||2||2||2015||
|-
| [[Samhita Legal]]*||2||15+||2011||
|-

| [[Solomon & Co.]]||6||50+||1909||
|-
| [[Hariani & Co.]]||12||80||1991||
|-
|[[S K Bajoria & Co.]]||1||3||1990||
|-
| [[Federal & Rashmikant]]||2||15||1990||

|-
| [[Exponent-Attorneys at Law]]||||||2012||
|-
| [[Dave & Girish]]||4||23||1978||
|-
| [[Singhania & Co]]||17||140||1969||
|-
| [[Seth Dua & Associates]]||6||25||1995||
|-
| [[Advani And Co]]||6||28||1986||
|-
| [[LVV Iyer]]||2||2||2002||
|-
| [[Mundkur Law Partners]]||2||5||2007||
|-
| [[Parekh & Co]]||3||31||1975||
|-
| [[Wakhariya & Wakhariya]]||3||8||2000||
|-
| [[Bhasin & Co]]||4||64||1970||
|-
| [[Swarup & Co]]||2||9||1981||
|-
| [[Finsec Law Advisors]]||2||8||2010||
|-
| [[Vigil Juris]]||8||22||2005||
|-
| [[International Law Affiliates]]||6||16||1998||
|-
| [[Talukdar Foxwheel Law]]||1||5+||2017||
|-
| [[Singhania & Partners]]||15||70||1999||
|-
| [[Titus & Co]]||9||60||1997||
|-
| [[Anup S Shah Law Firm]]*||5||35||1993|||
|-
| [[Gagrats And Co]]||8||45||1999||
|-
| [[Krishnamurthy and Co]]**||13||85||1999||
|-
| [[DeePLegaL]] <sup>no known information on firm, provide more</sup>||2||3||2007||
|-
| [[Law Way Consultants]]||3||8||2011||
|-
| [[Associated Law Advisers]] ||4||20||1994||
|-
| [[Argus Partners]]* ||2||20||2009||
|-
|[[Sahu & Co.]]||4||40||1971||
|-
| [[Dipen Shah & Associates]]*||||6||2002||
|-
| [[Haresh Jagtiani & Associates]]||||||||
|-
| [[Tuli & Co]]||3||20|||2001||
|-
| [[SPAB & Co]]*||3||6||2009||
|-
| [[M.G.Kumar Law Firm]]||*||6||1987||
|-
| [[Decouncil]]||*||6||2017||

|-
| [[IOTA IP PARTNERS]]||||||||
|-
| [[Juris Legal]]||2||tbc||2014||
|-
|[[Rajasekaran Associates]]||1||5||2009||

|-
|[[Justa Causa Legal Associates LLP]]*||2||6||2011||
[[Category: Indian law firms]]

Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co

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{{good}}[[File:Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co.jpeg|200px|thumb|right|Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co]]

'''Amarchand Mangaldas''' is an Indian law firm with headquarters in Delhi and Mumbai.

There are law firms in India and then there is Amarchand Mangaldas. It is the biggest and arguably most well-known Indian law firms by clients, the industry and students. The firm’s client roster includes almost every large Indian corporate and it has one of the widest national footprints, having opened new offices in Chennai, Ahmedabad and Pune in 2012<ref>[http://www.legallyindia.com/201202172583/Law-firms/li-mint-exclusive-rs-1000cr-amarchand-bcg-plan-revealed-analysed|Legally India: LI-Mint Exclusive: Rs 1000cr Amarchand BCG plan revealed,analysed]</ref>, as well as an aggressive growth strategy until 2017.

The Shroff brothers – [[Cyril Shroff|Cyril]] and [[Shardul Shroff|Shardul]] - use the “bicycle” model to explain their management structure: one wheel represents the family partners, and the other represents the non-founder family, and both wheels are co-dependent and working in unison. The aim of this approach is that the family will continue to have a vital role in the firm’s future while continuing to grow and give opportunities to non-family firm’s professionals.

==Management Strategy==

The masterplan for Amarchand’s next phase of growth as chalked out by BCG highlights a plan for Rs.1000 crore turnover, 100 partners and some 1000 lawyers. The conclusion of the five year plan coincides with the firms 100th birthday and the key points if implemented will surely give Amarchand the undisputed market leadership.

The plan makes a concerted effort to reduce the personality-driven image of the firm to a level playing field, partly by reducing the equity held by the Shroff family.

The Shroff brothers these days present a united front, with little external sign of disruptive family politics that was once the gossip in legal circles. Some observers say the BCG project drew the family closer, with the realisation that good relations between Delhi and Mumbai are indispensable to the firm’s business.

==Careers==
To hit the 1,000 lawyer headcount target by 2017, Amarchand will need a net increase of roughly 100 lawyers and around 10 partners per year. As such,
Amarchand has been the single biggest law firm recruiter from Indian law schools in the past few years, as well as absorbing a large number of laterals – on the flipside, Amarchand has also proved a training ground and stepping stone to many lawyers’ careers moving to other firms or companies.
The starting salary offered by Amarchand Mangaldas was around Rs 10.48 lakh per year in 2011, increasing to up to Rs 14-15 lakh per year with bonus.
The campus recruitment numbers show their efforts in order to achieve this target. At the same time they want to recruit foreign qualified lawyers and the best talent available in the country.

{|
| "center" |'''College'''
| "center" |'''Number of Students'''

|-
| [[NLIU Bhopal]]|| |3
|-
| [[NLSIU Bangalore]]|| |12
|-
|[[NUJS Kolkata]]|| |12
|-
|[[HNLU Raipur]]|| |2
|-
|[[Nalsar Hyderabad]]|| |13
|-
|[[GNLU]]|| |15
|-
|[[NLU Jodhpur]]|| |2
|-
|[[GLC Mumbai]]|| |2
|-
|[[RMLNLU]]|| |2
|-
|[[Amity, Noida]]|| |1
|-
|[[Total]] || |64
|}
===Partners===

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="5px"
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Name'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Designation'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Office'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Focus'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Graduation year'''
|-
| [[Cyril Shroff]]||Managing Partner||Mumbai(Peninsula)
|-
| [[Bharati S. Shroff]]||Partner||Mumbai (Peninsula)
|-
| [[S. H. Bhojani]]||Partner||Mumbai (Peninsula)
|-
| [[L. Viswanathan]]||Partner||Mumbai (Peninsula)
|-
| [[Leena Chacko]]||Partner||Mumbai (Peninsula)
|-
| [[Ashwath Rau]]|| Partner||Mumbai (Peninsula)
|-
| [[Reeba Chacko]]|| Partner||Bangalore
|-
| [[Yash J. Ashar]]||Partner||Mumbai (Peninsula)
|-
| [[Tushar Mavani]]||Partner||Mumbai (Peninsula)
|-
| [[Amey Pathak]]||Partner||Mumbai (Peninsula)
|-
| [[Sharad Mathkar]]||Partner||Mumbai (Lentin)
|-
| [[Shaneen Parikh]]||Partner||Mumbai (Lentin)
|-
| [[Santosh Janakiram]]||Partner||Mumbai (Peninsula)
|-
| [[Arjun Lall]]||Partner||Bangalore
|-
| [[Nivedita Rao]]||Partner||Bangalore
|-
| [[Sandeep Dave]]||Partner||Mumbai (Peninsula)
|-
| [[Anshuman Jaiswal]]||Partner||Hyderabad
|-
| [[Gurpreet Vasir Ashar]]||Partner||Mumbai (Peninsula)
|-
| [[Rashmi Pradeep]]||Partner||Bangalore
|-
| [[Indranil D. Deshmukh]]||Partner||Mumbai (Lentin)
|-
| [[Namrata Kolar]]||Partner||Bangalore
|-
| [[Ipsita Dutta]]||Partner||Mumbai (Peninsula)
|-
| [[Amita Choudary]]||Partner||Mumbai (Peninsula)
|-
| [[Aysswarya Murthi]]||Partner||Mumbai (Peninsula)
|-
| [[Gaurav Gupte]]||Partner||Mumbai (Peninsula)
|-
| [[Jaya Singhania]]||Partner||Mumbai (Peninsula)
|-
| [[Alice George]]||Partner||Mumbai (Peninsula)
|-
| [[Vandana Pai Bharucha]]||Partner||Mumbai (Peninsula)
|-
| [[Ashish Jejurkar]]||Partner||Mumbai (Peninsula)
|-
| [[Nanda Shah]]||Partner||Mumbai (Peninsula)
|-
| [[Niloufer Lam]]||Partner||Mumbai (Peninsula)
|-
| [[Nisha Kaur Uberoi]]||Partner||Mumbai (Peninsula)
|-
| [[Dorothy Thomas]]||Partner||Chennai
|-
| [[Shardul Shroff]]||Managing Partner||Delhi
|-
| [[Ajoy Roy]]||Partner||Delhi
|-
| [[Akila Agrawal]]||Partner||Delhi
|-
| [[Amit Kumar]]||Partner||Delhi
|-
| [[Gunjan Shah]]||Partner||Delhi
|-
| [[Harry Chawla]]||Partner||Delhi
|-
| [[Jatin Aneja]]||Partner||Delhi
|-
| [[Kalpataru Tripathy]]||Partner||Delhi
|-
| [[Pallavi Shroff]]||Partner||Delhi
|-
| [[Ritu Bhalla]]||Partner||Delhi
|-
| [[Anirudh Das]]|| Partner||Delhi
|-
| [[Anuj Prasad]]||Partner||Delhi
|-
| [[Dev Robinson]]||Partner||Delhi
|-
| [[Inder Mohan Singh]]||Partner||Delhi
|-
| [[Manu Nair]]||Partner||Delhi
|-
| [[Mrinal Kumar]]||Partner||Delhi
|-
| [[Pankaj Agarwal]]||Partner||Ahmedabad
|-
| [[Prashant Gupta]]||Partner||Delhi
|-
| [[Puja Sondhi]]||Partner||Delhi
|-
| [[Raghubir Menon]]||Partner||Delhi
|-
| [[Ranjan Negi]]||Partner||Delhi
|-
| [[Ravindra Bandhakavi]]||Partner||Delhi
|-
| [[Shailaja Lall]]|| Partner||Delhi
|-
| [[Shilpa Mankar]]||Partner||Delhi
|-
| [[Siddhartha Datta]]||Partner||Kolkata
|-
| [[Suhaan Mukerji]]||Partner||Delhi
|-
| [[Tejas Karia]]||Partner||Delhi
|-
| [[Vijayendra Pratap Singh]]||Partner||Delhi
|-
|[[ Vidyut Gulati]]||Partner||Delhi
|-
| [[Naval Chopra]]||Partner||Delhi
|-
| [[Shwetambara Shroff Chopra]]||Partner||Delhi
|-
| [[Ruchi Agnihotri Mahajan]]||Partner||Delhi
|-
| [[Jasleen K. Oberoi]]||Partner||Delhi
|-
| [[Nitin Masilamani]]||Partner||Delhi
|-
| [[Pranav Sharma]]||Partner||Delhi
|-
| [[Nanda Shah]]||Senior Advisor ||Mumbai (Peninsula)
|-
| ||||
|-
| ||(Partner equivalent)||
|-
|
|}

==Internships==

A fourth year student of School of Law, Christ University claimed in an [[Lawctopus]] internship review on 27th January,2012 that an internship with AMSS was a great learning experience and one of the best in India. But the anonymous reviewer also added on a cautionary note that the work environment was one for workaholics. The hours were long but interns were given good work and were also looked after. Even if the team an intern was assigned to had no work, other teams ensured that the interns were kept busy.<ref>[http://www.lawctopus.com/my-internship/internship-amarchand-mangaldas-new-delhi/|Lawctopus internship survey]</ref>

The firm has a policy to pay students only who apply through college placement committee. Though some disagree and say that if the student is exceptional the firm does consider paying them.
==Offices==

'''Delhi'''
Amarchand Towers
216, Okhla Industrial Estate, Phase III
New Delhi-110020
Phone No: 011 26920500

'''Mumbai'''
Peninsula Chambers, Peninsula Corporate Park
G K Marg, Lower Parel
Mumbai-400 013
Phone No: 022-24964455

'''Hyderabad'''
8-2-622/5/A, 3rd floor, Indira Chambers,
Road No. 10, Banjara Hills,
Hyderabad - 500 034.
Phone no.: 040-67306000

'''Kolkata'''
Rctc building, 11 russell st., kolkata 700 001
Anand lok, 227 a.j.c. Bose marg, lower circular road, kolkata 700 020
Phone No.: 033-22836748

'''Bangalore'''
201 Midford house, midford gardens,
Opposite taj residency hotel, off mg road,
Bangalore 560025

'''Pune''' TBC

'''Chennai''' TBC

'''Ahmedabad''' TBC

==Rankings==

===Chambers & Partners===

Chambers & Partners ranks L Viswanathan, Shardul S Shroff, Cyril Shroff, Pallavi Shroff, Reeba Chacko & Ashwath Rau in Band 1. It also places Prashant Gupta in the upcoming band.

==References==
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