Khaitan & Co today announced the promotion of 21 lawyers to partnership across its offices, effective April 1..This takes the firm’s leadership to 200 partners, making it the first Indian law firm to achieve the distinction.The firm also promoted 11 lawyers as Counsel..The newly elevated Partners, classified according to practice area are:Dispute Resolution - Aakash Bajaj (NCR), Ganapathy MS (Bengaluru), Mayuri Tiwari (Bengaluru), Priya Singh (NCR), VVV Sastry (Kolkata).Capital Markets - Aayush Mohata (Mumbai), Chirayu Chandani (Mumbai), Oishik Bagchi (Mumbai).Corporate - Aishwarya Nagpal (Mumbai), Nayantara Kutty (Mumbai), Nikhil Jhunjhunwala (Kolkata), Nitish Goel (NCR), Prithwijit Gangopadhyay (Kolkata), Purti Minawala (Mumbai), Sanchit Agarwal (NCR), Shourya Sengupta (Kolkata), Vidur Sinha (Mumbai).Real Estate - Kshitij Bishnoi (NCR).Indirect Tax - Mayank Jain (Mumbai).Banking & Finance - Prashanth Ramdas (Bengaluru), Riya Bhattacharjee (Mumbai)..On the new promotions, Senior Partner Haigreve Khaitan said in a press release,“A leadership team of 200 partners is a major milestone for us and signifies our tremendous growth journey. Each of our lawyers has earned the confidence and trust of their clients and colleagues to become trusted advisers. We are elated to welcome them to our Partnership. And while we have a storied legacy behind us, we remain young in our mindset and look to our young partners to keep us nimble footed on this journey.”.The firm also promoted the following lawyers as Counsel:Banking & Finance - Krishnendu Sen (Mumbai), Corporate - Hetal Thakkar (Mumbai), Vinita Choudhury (Mumbai)Litigation - Prabal Mehrotra (NCR), Direct Tax - Raghav Bajaj (Mumbai)Indirect Tax - Onkar Sharma (NCR)Energy, Infrastructure and Project Finance (EIR) - Jhinook Roy (Mumbai), Prateek Bhandari (NCR)Investment Funds - Rohit Jayaraman (Mumbai), Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) - Nikhil Ranjan (Mumbai), Technology Media & Telecommunications (TMT) - Shobhit Chandra (NCR).On the promotions of the new partners and counsel, Executive Director of Human Resources Amar Sinhji said, “Every partner plays a critical role in innovating and enhancing client engagement. A majority of our partners are home grown and will continue to perpetuate our unique culture and value systems. They will groom young lawyers in the same mould, to become the leaders of tomorrow. Ultimately a good leader nurtures and creates other leaders. This is the value-based talent model that has seen our Firm’s sustained and steady growth for more than 110 years. We are very proud of all our newly minted Partners and wish them all the very best in their professional journey ahead.”
Khaitan & Co today announced the promotion of 21 lawyers to partnership across its offices, effective April 1..This takes the firm’s leadership to 200 partners, making it the first Indian law firm to achieve the distinction.The firm also promoted 11 lawyers as Counsel..The newly elevated Partners, classified according to practice area are:Dispute Resolution - Aakash Bajaj (NCR), Ganapathy MS (Bengaluru), Mayuri Tiwari (Bengaluru), Priya Singh (NCR), VVV Sastry (Kolkata).Capital Markets - Aayush Mohata (Mumbai), Chirayu Chandani (Mumbai), Oishik Bagchi (Mumbai).Corporate - Aishwarya Nagpal (Mumbai), Nayantara Kutty (Mumbai), Nikhil Jhunjhunwala (Kolkata), Nitish Goel (NCR), Prithwijit Gangopadhyay (Kolkata), Purti Minawala (Mumbai), Sanchit Agarwal (NCR), Shourya Sengupta (Kolkata), Vidur Sinha (Mumbai).Real Estate - Kshitij Bishnoi (NCR).Indirect Tax - Mayank Jain (Mumbai).Banking & Finance - Prashanth Ramdas (Bengaluru), Riya Bhattacharjee (Mumbai)..On the new promotions, Senior Partner Haigreve Khaitan said in a press release,“A leadership team of 200 partners is a major milestone for us and signifies our tremendous growth journey. Each of our lawyers has earned the confidence and trust of their clients and colleagues to become trusted advisers. We are elated to welcome them to our Partnership. And while we have a storied legacy behind us, we remain young in our mindset and look to our young partners to keep us nimble footed on this journey.”.The firm also promoted the following lawyers as Counsel:Banking & Finance - Krishnendu Sen (Mumbai), Corporate - Hetal Thakkar (Mumbai), Vinita Choudhury (Mumbai)Litigation - Prabal Mehrotra (NCR), Direct Tax - Raghav Bajaj (Mumbai)Indirect Tax - Onkar Sharma (NCR)Energy, Infrastructure and Project Finance (EIR) - Jhinook Roy (Mumbai), Prateek Bhandari (NCR)Investment Funds - Rohit Jayaraman (Mumbai), Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) - Nikhil Ranjan (Mumbai), Technology Media & Telecommunications (TMT) - Shobhit Chandra (NCR).On the promotions of the new partners and counsel, Executive Director of Human Resources Amar Sinhji said, “Every partner plays a critical role in innovating and enhancing client engagement. A majority of our partners are home grown and will continue to perpetuate our unique culture and value systems. They will groom young lawyers in the same mould, to become the leaders of tomorrow. Ultimately a good leader nurtures and creates other leaders. This is the value-based talent model that has seen our Firm’s sustained and steady growth for more than 110 years. We are very proud of all our newly minted Partners and wish them all the very best in their professional journey ahead.”
