Kochhar & Co. has hired former Khaitan lawyer Sarika Raichur as a Partner in the firm’s New Delhi office. The hire follows a merger of her practice with Kochhar & Co.

A BSL.LLB graduate from Pune University, Sarika was the co-founding partner of Yuti Law Partners prior to joining Kochhar & Co. Before that, she worked with Khaitan & Co. and the London office of pan-European law firm Noerr LLP. She has also worked as an in-house counsel with Hong Kong-based private equity firm ADM Capital.

Earlier this year, Kochhar had lost Partner Saloni Gupta to Link Legal.