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Team

 
Pallavi Saluja

Pallavi has worked as a Senior Associate at a Delhi based law firm, Archer & Angel. During her 5 years with Archer & Angel, has worked on insurance and shipping laws. Pallavi holds a Master’s degree in law from Delhi University. Prior to her Masters, Pallavi graduated with a BSL, LL.B degree from ILS Law College, Pune.

Pallavi loves traveling and watching movies. Besides that, she spends her spare time reading, watching cricket and playing games on Wii.

She can be reached at +919811196674 or by email at pallavi [at] barandbench.com. 

Raghul Sudheesh

Raghul graduated with B.A,LL.B.(Hons.) from National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Cochin. Raghul was associated with the Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access [IDIA] Project and was the founding head of Kerala Chapter. He has delivered lecture series on Right to Information Act and legal awareness at schools and colleges. He has also presented papers at the International Conference of Jurists and Commonwealth Legal Education Association’s Conference.

Raghul is passionate about travelling, photography and music. He loves driving also and is an automobile enthusiast.

He can be reached at +918722153555 or by email at raghul[at]barandbench.com.

Vidya Prabhakaran

Vidya is a 2010 law graduate from Bishop Cottons, Bangalore, with diplomas in Cyber Laws, Cyber Crime Investigation, and Corporate Laws. Soon after her graduation, Vidya helped BIOCON Pharmaceuticals in drafting their compliance manual and compliance register for the company. She was later put on to a project dealing with Anti-Money laundering Act with Goldman Sachs, Bangalore through Clutch Global Legal Solutions.

Vidya is also an extremely talented dancer who has broken a Guinness World Record for her dance moves.

She can be reached at +919953530826 or by email at vidya[at]barandbench.com

Anuj A.

After graduating from the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata in 2009, Anuj decided to pursue litigation in Delhi. Appearing in various courts and tribunals during the course of two years, he was exposed to a vareity of laws including service, labour and criminal law.

Anuj loves movies, cheese in all forms and his bike. When not grumbling about life in general, he can be spotted poring through the latest Gaiman.

He can be reached at +919619560202 or by email at anuj[at]barandbench.com.

Board
 

Shishira Rudrappa

A Co-Founder of Bar & Bench, Shishira has been instrumental in promoting partnership initiatives at Bar & Bench. He also played a pivotal role in carving out a content management strategy apart from forging content sharing partnerships.

Shishira plays a critical role in several other leading companies. This entrepreneur is a graduate of National Law School of India University, Bangalore and a Thomas Buergenthal scholar from George Washington University. He worked as an Associate at Poovayya & Co., a Bangalore based law firm, before co-founding JuriMatrix (now, Clutch Group), one of the leading LPOs worldwide. A snooker enthusiast and a movie buff, he is actively associated with Janaagraha, a non-profit organization.

He can be reached at shishira.rudrappa [at] barandbench.com.

 

Abhishek Parsheera 

Abhishek is a graduate of the National Law School of India University, and has worked with leading international and Indian law firms such as Linklaters, Amarchand & Mangaldas and Trilegal. Abhishek advises leading international investment banks /underwriters and issuers in relation to initial public offerings, secondary offerings of equity securities and offerings of equity linked instruments.

He spends his spare time traveling and playing with his son - Kabir. He also takes keen interest in development activities in his home state, Himachal Pradesh, India.

He can be reached at abhishek.parsheera [at] barandbench.com.

Bipul Mainali

Bipul is a member of the Board of Bar & Bench. He has been instrumental in designing operational and marketing strategies. Bipul is an attorney, currently practicing at Pepper Hamilton LLP, New York. He is a graduate of the National Law School of India University and Harvard Law School. Bipul worked with Luthra & Luthra Law Offices in New Delhi prior to joining Harvard Law School.

While at Harvard, Bipul focused on negotiations-related work, including preparing a blue print for negotiating the political crisis in Nepal brewing at the time, and he also served as the Harvard '06 LL.M. commencement speaker. He is a member of the American Bar Association. Bipul spends his spare time reading, writing, enjoying adventure sports and working on entrepreneurial projects.

He can be reached at bipul.mainali [at] barandbench.com.