Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas Partner Anuj Berry has resigned from the firm and will be joining Trilegal.

Berry was a Partner with the firm’s Litigation, Dispute Resolution and White Collar Defence Group.

He joined the erstwhile Amarchand Mangaldas in 2006 after graduating from NUJS, Kolkata. He also holds a BCL from the University of Oxford. He was made Partner in 2015.

Berry has been engaged in litigation relating to energy sector disputes, general commercial litigation, shareholder disputes, white collar crime related matters, company law related disputes, and litigation arising out of competition legislation in India.

He practices across all major forums with a focus on commercial disputes before the Supreme Court of India. He has handled ad-hoc international arbitration for major multinational corporations pertaining to infrastructure projects and share purchase agreements. He has also handled institutional international arbitration for major multi-national corporations in the transport and food industries.

Partners and members of the management committee at Trilegal, Nishant Parikh and Sridhar Gorthi, said,

“We are delighted to welcome Anuj. Our disputes practice has been growing significantly over the last several years and we are committed to continued investment in its growth. We believe Anuj's experience will help us fortify our existing practice, serve our clients better, and make the best of new opportunities."

Partner and Head of the Disputes practice at Trilegal, Shankh Sengupta, said,

“We are excited to add Anuj into our partnership. Anuj is a welcome addition to our growing disputes practice. His addition will increase the existing bench strength on commercial and regulatory disputes."

We have reached out to Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas Managing Partner Pallavi Shroff for comment.

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