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Khaitan & Co today promoted 20 of its lawyers to partnership across Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Bangalore.
Out of the 20, 12 have been promoted to equity partnership, while the remaining 8 are now associate partners. Along with these, 4 lawyers have also been promoted to counsel.
Below is the list of equity partners:
| Name | City | Practice Area | Qualifications |
| Kartick Maheshwari | Mumbai | Corporate | NLSIU, Bangalore |
| Mehul Shah | Mumbai | Corporate | ILS Law College, Pune |
| Ashwin Bishnoi | New Delhi | Corporate & Finance | NLSIU, Bangalore |
| Dibyanshu | New Delhi | Energy, Infrastructure & Resources | NLIU, Bhopal |
| Diwakar Maheshwari | New Delhi | Dispute Resolution | NALSAR, Hyderabad |
| Gaurav Juneja | New Delhi | Dispute Resolution | Delhi University |
| GT Thomas Phillippe | New Delhi | Corporate | NUJS, Kolkata |
| Prasenjit Chakravarti | New Delhi | Corporate | Delhi University |
| Prateek Kumar | New Delhi | Dispute Resolution | ILS, Pune |
| Sharad Moudgal | Bangalore | Corporate | University Law College, Bangalore |
| Nandini Khaitan | Kolkata | Dispute Resolution | University of Calcutta |
| Ratnesh Rai | Kolkata | Dispute Resolution | University of Calcutta |
Below is the list of associate partners:
| Name | City | Practice Area | Qualifications |
| Aditya Cherian | Mumbai | Securities & Capital Markets | LL.B., Symbiosis Society’s Law College, Pune |
| Moin Ladha | Mumbai | Securities & Capital Markets | Government Law College, Mumbai |
| Pooja Patel | Mumbai | Corporate | Government Law College, Mumbai |
| Peshwan Jahangir | Mumbai | Dispute Resolution | Government Law College, Mumbai |
| Sameer Sah | Mumbai | Corporate | NLU, Jodhpur |
| Shivanshu Thaplyal | Mumbai | Energy, Infrastructure & Resources | ILS Law College, Pune |
| Vinita Krishnan | Mumbai | Direct Tax | C.A., Institute of Chartered Accountants of India |
| Atul Pandey | New Delhi | Corporate | Deen Dayal Upadhyay University, Gorakhpur |
According to a press release, the firm evaluated over 605 members (fee and non-fee earners) in a first of its kind completely online, transparent and exhaustive appraisal process.
Amar Singhji, Executive Director, Human Resources commented,
“Our Firm has just promoted the largest batch of colleagues in a single year in its entire history. It is a testament to the outstanding quality of committed people that we have in the Firm. It is also a strong reiteration of the meritocratic culture and focus on grooming young talent that the Firm believes in. We have a long term vision of creating a very sound bench-strength of talent pool, who will then take the Firm to the next level.”
Last year, the firm had made 5 equity Partners and 17 Salaried Partners.