Clasis IP Head, Ashwin Sapra has resigned from his firm and is likely to join Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas as Partner Designate, according to sources..Ashwin joined Clasis in 2014 from Luthra & Luthra where he was a Managing Associate in the IP team..Ashwin is a graduate of Symbiosis Law School and holds a Masters degree in law from the Duke University School of Law, USA. He initially worked with Ashok Sapra and Associates for five years before pursuing his masters in 2003..He worked at Luthra for over four years prior to which he was working at Ascend Therapeutics in the US as a Senior Manager, Legal Affairs. Before that, Ashwin was involved with patent litigation and prosecution as Technical Advisor at US law firm Greenblum and Bernstein, and as part of the intellectual property practice group at Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw. He worked in the US till 2009 after which he moved back to India and later joined Luthra..Both Clasis Managing Partner Vineet Aneja and Ashwin Sapra were not available for comment. Cyril Shroff too was not available for comment at the time of publishing the story..Recently, Clasis also saw the exit of its Indirect Tax practice Head Manoj Mishra and Infra and Energy Head Jatinder Cheema..Cyril Shroff has already hired thirteen partners for his Delhi office, namely Gyanendra Kumar, Anuradha Mukherjee and Srinivas Kilambi from MNK Law Offices, Gokul Rajan, Nikhil Naredi, Harry Chawla and Niti Paul from Kochhar & Co, Harsh Kumar from Khaitan, Raghuram Raju, Luthra & Luthra Delhi Banking & Finance Patner Piyush Mishra, Khaitan & Co Delhi Litigation Partner Gauri Rasgotra and ELP Litigation Partner Kirat Nagra.
Clasis IP Head, Ashwin Sapra has resigned from his firm and is likely to join Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas as Partner Designate, according to sources..Ashwin joined Clasis in 2014 from Luthra & Luthra where he was a Managing Associate in the IP team..Ashwin is a graduate of Symbiosis Law School and holds a Masters degree in law from the Duke University School of Law, USA. He initially worked with Ashok Sapra and Associates for five years before pursuing his masters in 2003..He worked at Luthra for over four years prior to which he was working at Ascend Therapeutics in the US as a Senior Manager, Legal Affairs. Before that, Ashwin was involved with patent litigation and prosecution as Technical Advisor at US law firm Greenblum and Bernstein, and as part of the intellectual property practice group at Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw. He worked in the US till 2009 after which he moved back to India and later joined Luthra..Both Clasis Managing Partner Vineet Aneja and Ashwin Sapra were not available for comment. Cyril Shroff too was not available for comment at the time of publishing the story..Recently, Clasis also saw the exit of its Indirect Tax practice Head Manoj Mishra and Infra and Energy Head Jatinder Cheema..Cyril Shroff has already hired thirteen partners for his Delhi office, namely Gyanendra Kumar, Anuradha Mukherjee and Srinivas Kilambi from MNK Law Offices, Gokul Rajan, Nikhil Naredi, Harry Chawla and Niti Paul from Kochhar & Co, Harsh Kumar from Khaitan, Raghuram Raju, Luthra & Luthra Delhi Banking & Finance Patner Piyush Mishra, Khaitan & Co Delhi Litigation Partner Gauri Rasgotra and ELP Litigation Partner Kirat Nagra.
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