Avik Biswas and Vaibhav Bhardwaj have joined Khaitan & Co as Partners in the firm's Employment, Labour and Benefits practice along with their teams.
Biswas will be based out of the firm's Bangalore office and Bhardwaj will be based out of the Noida office.
Biswas is a 2006 graduate of West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) Kolkata and started his career with New Delhi Law Offices. He later moved in-house with Infosys for more than 3 years before joining Poovayya & Co. In 2013, he left Poovayya to head RDA Legal's Bangalore office. He joined IndusLaw in 2015.
Bhardwaj is a 2008 graduate of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University. He was associated with the erstwhile Shardul Amarchand Mangaldasfor close to 6 years, prior to which he had 8 years of experience across different firms.
Commenting on their addition to the firm, Executive Director Amar Sinhji said,
“We are very pleased to welcome Avik Biswas & Vaibhav Bhardwaj to our firm as Partners in our national Employment, Labour & Benefits practice. Avik will be based in Bengaluru & Vaibhav in Noida (Delhi). They come with a team of Associates.
ELB has been one of our fastest-growing practices over the last decade. The onboarding of Avik & Vaibhav will help us add much momentum to this growth both nationally & internationally, in line with our overall growth ambitions.”
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