Juris Corp hires three new Partners; promotes nine women across positions

Juris Corp has hired Vedanarayanan Lakshmanan, Bindiya Raichura and Namrta Rai as Partners in its Mumbai and Delhi offices..Lakshmanan completed his Chartered Accountancy from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India in 1982, and is a registered Company Secretary from the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. He also has a law degree from VES College of Law.He has 37 years of experience in the areas of finance, taxation, banking, corporate and secretarial laws. He was formerly Chief Operating Officer - Global Markets at ABN AMRO Bank/The Royal Bank of Scotland, India and Executive Vice President - Global Markets at IndusInd Bank. He has joined as an Equity Partner at the firm's Mumbai office..Raichura graduated in Economics & Commerce from Jai Hind College, Mumbai. She secured a law degree from Government Law College, Mumbai in 1996. She is a Certified Corporate Director by the Institute of Directors and has over 25 years of rich experience in dispute resolution, general corporate, environmental laws, M&A, project infrastructure and real estate.Prior to Raichura joining Juris Corp as an Equity Partner in Mumbai, she was working with Mulla & Mulla & Craigie Blunt & Caroe..Rai is a graduate of Symbiosis Law School Pune and has over 18 years of experience in the areas of M&A, corporate commercial, private equity, IPR and real estate. Before joining Juris Corp in Delhi, she worked with firms like Trilegal, ILA Pasrich & Co, Dhir & Dhir Associates and has also worked independently as a corporate and commercial lawyer. .On the joining of the three new partners, the firm’s co-founder and Senior Partner Jayesh H said, “With all three joining us we have further strengthened our finance, corporate commercial and litigation practices and sectoral coverage. The three new partners come with rich and in-depth wealth of experience in their practice areas along with sector expertise. We wish them the best for their new roles with Juris Corp.”.The firm also promoted Smrithi Nair to Partner and Aashka Shah to Counsel..Nair has been with the firm for over seven years. Known for her Derivatives and Financial Regulatory expertise, she works out of the firm's Mumbai office..Shah started her career with Juris Corp as a trainee and specializes in the Derivatives practice. She has over 10 years of experience in the said field and is based out of the firm's Mumbai office..The firm also promoted two of its Principal Associates - Teza Jose and Smriti Jha - to Associate Partner positions..Speaking on the promotions, co-founder and Senior Partner Talat Shah said, “The elevations to Partner and Associate Partner positions not only reflects the firm’s rich talent base, but also diversity and inclusion. The excellent contributions by each to their practices have added value to the firm. Congratulations to all of them as they rise to the next stage of their career and continue to build our practice and strengthen the firm’s values.”.Further, the firm promoted two of its fee earners - Jinal Shah and Sharmistha Ghosh - to Principal Associates, while three lawyers - Divya Dhage, Madhura Kulkarni and Mahak Saboo made the jump to Senior Associate..If you would like your Deals, Columns, Press Releases to be published on Bar & Bench, please fill in the form available here. .Follow Bar and Bench channel on WhatsAppDownload the Bar and Bench Mobile app for instant access to the latest legal news.