Gravitas Legal has promoted Rahul Gaikwad as an Equity Partner and Priyanka Bharti as a Partner..Gaikwad leads the litigation practice at the Mumbai office of the firm. An alumnus of the Dr DY Patil College of Law, Mumbai, he has been associated with the firm for over three years..Bharti will be given the charge of further strengthening the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) practice of the firm, in addition to supporting the Insolvency & Restructuring and General Corporate practices. She is a 2010 graduate from Faculty of Law, University of Delhi and holds an LL.M. in International & Comparative Law from National University of Singapore. She had joined Gravitas Legal in 2019..The firm has also promoted Ajay Kumar as a Principal Associate. .Kumar has been associated with the firm almost since its inception and has been actively working with the Partners in the areas of Project Finance, Insolvency & Bankruptcy and Dispute Resolution..Commenting on the promotions, Founder and Partner Tanuj Sud said in a press release,“I have always envisioned Gravitas Legal as a team of young achievers. We have made conscious efforts to broad base and strengthen our leadership team. The promotions have been announced after duly factoring in the domain expertise and ability towards client building, client retention, mentoring of team members, knowledge management, institutionalisation of the practice, and most importantly – servicepreneurship.”.The firm, which is nearing its fifth year of operations, has also distributed bonuses to its lawyers for two fiscal years - 2020-21 and 2019-20. Speaking about this move, Founder and Partners Varij Sharma said,“As a Firm, we had to forgo bonus distribution for the Financial Year 2019-20 with a view to orient ourselves to cope with the (then) completely uncertain scenario that faced us due to COVID-19. But as the economy shows signs of revival, it is only appropriate and fair on our part to have rewarded our team that has truly raised the bar in terms of performance and professionalism.”.In the last one year, the firm has hired six members in both legal and non-legal roles at various levels of hierarchy from leading law firms and law practices..The firm is also working closely with Nipun Bhatia, President of Strategic Legal Management at Legal League Consulting, who is assisting the firm as a strategic advisor.
Gravitas Legal has promoted Rahul Gaikwad as an Equity Partner and Priyanka Bharti as a Partner..Gaikwad leads the litigation practice at the Mumbai office of the firm. An alumnus of the Dr DY Patil College of Law, Mumbai, he has been associated with the firm for over three years..Bharti will be given the charge of further strengthening the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) practice of the firm, in addition to supporting the Insolvency & Restructuring and General Corporate practices. She is a 2010 graduate from Faculty of Law, University of Delhi and holds an LL.M. in International & Comparative Law from National University of Singapore. She had joined Gravitas Legal in 2019..The firm has also promoted Ajay Kumar as a Principal Associate. .Kumar has been associated with the firm almost since its inception and has been actively working with the Partners in the areas of Project Finance, Insolvency & Bankruptcy and Dispute Resolution..Commenting on the promotions, Founder and Partner Tanuj Sud said in a press release,“I have always envisioned Gravitas Legal as a team of young achievers. We have made conscious efforts to broad base and strengthen our leadership team. The promotions have been announced after duly factoring in the domain expertise and ability towards client building, client retention, mentoring of team members, knowledge management, institutionalisation of the practice, and most importantly – servicepreneurship.”.The firm, which is nearing its fifth year of operations, has also distributed bonuses to its lawyers for two fiscal years - 2020-21 and 2019-20. Speaking about this move, Founder and Partners Varij Sharma said,“As a Firm, we had to forgo bonus distribution for the Financial Year 2019-20 with a view to orient ourselves to cope with the (then) completely uncertain scenario that faced us due to COVID-19. But as the economy shows signs of revival, it is only appropriate and fair on our part to have rewarded our team that has truly raised the bar in terms of performance and professionalism.”.In the last one year, the firm has hired six members in both legal and non-legal roles at various levels of hierarchy from leading law firms and law practices..The firm is also working closely with Nipun Bhatia, President of Strategic Legal Management at Legal League Consulting, who is assisting the firm as a strategic advisor.
