Former Khaitan & Co Partner Abhilekh Verma has joined Kochhar & Co. as a Senior Partner in the Corporate Commercial Practice of the firm.
Speaking on the development, Founding Member and Chairman, Rohit Kochhar said,
“I am delighted to welcome Abhilekh on board. A lawyer with very impressive credentials and a truly endearing personality. Abhilekh will also add fillip to Kochhar & Co.’s M&A and transactional practice. I look forward to a long and mutually rewarding relationship with him.”
Abhilekh had joined Khaitan’s Bangalore office in 2011 after having successfully helmed PAV Law Offices, which he had co-founded.
He has also in the past worked as a Partner in JSA and briefly as an in-house Counsel with the Bharti Group.
Abhilekh has professional experience of over twenty years and specializes in corporate & business laws with focus on mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity, strategic tie ups, foreign inward and outbound investment.