Lalit Bhasin has been elected as President of the Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF) for the third consecutive time, according to a press release. SILF elected its office bearers at its annual election on July 11, held in Delhi.
Rohit Kochhar of Kochhar and Co. was elected General Secretary and Manjula Chawla of Phoenix Legal will be Treasurer.
The press release quoted Lalit Bhasin as saying,
“It’s an honour and privilege to be re-elected to the position of the President. It has always been my endeavour to work towards the progress and development of the legal fraternity. SILF will continue to contribute to the strengthening and evolution of our country’s legal system, supporting it in all its efforts. I look forward to working with the new office bearers and making it a landmark year with all of them.”
The newly elected Senior Vice-Presidents are:
| Rajiv Luthra | Founder & Managing Partner, Luthra & Luthra |
| Shardul Shroff | Executive Chairman, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas |
| Ravi Nath | Chairman & Managing Partner, Rajinder Narain & Co. |
| CR Dua | Founder & Managing Partner, Dua Associates |
The Vice-Presidents are:
| Rabindra Jhunjhunwala | Partner, Khaitan & Co |
| Anand Desai | Managing Partner, DSK Legal |
| Anand Prasad | Partner, Trilegal |
| Nishith Desai | Founder & Managing Partner, Nishith Desai Associates |
| Hemant Sahai | Founder & Managing Partner, Hemant Sahai Advocates |
| Diljeet Titus | Founding Partner, Titus & Co. |
The joint general secretaries include prominent names from the legal fraternity, such as Aseem Chawla of MPC Legal; Manoj Kumar Singh of Singh & Associates; Manoj Kumar of Hammurabi & Solomon and Darshananand Gour of Gaur & Co. Law Firm.
The new Assistant Secretary is Sudhir Kumar from the India International Jurists and Associate Secretaries are Anshuman Sood of Virender Sood & Co and Vipul Maheshwari of Maheshwari & Co.