Desai Diwanji has hired three partners from rival law firms. Atulya Sharma, who was last with HSA Advocates, Omar Vanjara from Solomon & Co, and Durgesh Khanapurkar from Juris Corp will be joining the firm within one month, as first reported by VCCircle.

Senior Partner Apurva Diwanji confirmed the joining of these three partners.

Atulya Sharma will focus on corporate finance, while Omar Vanjara will oversee the real estate practice. Durgesh Khanapurkar is part of the litigation and arbitration practice.

Sharma had joined HSA Advocates in October 2016 from Apollo Tyres, where he was Global Chief Legal Counsel. However, he left HSA after a short stint.

Before that, he was with Deutsche Bank in 2007 – where he was the legal head for the Indian subcontinent and Mauritius – after working with IDFC Group as Group General Counsel. Prior to IDFC, he was working with Dua Associates, where he was a Senior Partner in the firm’s Mumbai office, heading the firm’s Corporate Finance and Banking practice.

In December 2014, he had quit Deutsche Bank to join Apollo Tyres as Global Chief Legal Counsel shortly thereafter.

Vanjara initially worked with Eversheds and later joined Solomon & Co.

Khanapurkar joined Juris Corp in 2014 and was made Partner in 2015. He has previously worked at India Law Alliance.