Priyanka Khimani, who had set up a Media & Entertainment boutique firm last year, has recently added a Real Estate practice with Ashwini Sankpal joining the firm as Head of Real Estate, Projects and Finance..Ashwini has over 18 years of experience working with real estate companies including Hubtown, Lodha, Rustomjee and Lokhanwala Builders. Ashwini commented that she wanted to move from in-house role to a law firm where she could set up her own real estate practice considering the vast experience she has in this area of practice..The firm, Khimani & Associates, has moved to a bigger office at Maker Chambers V, Nariman Point, just ten months after coming into existence. There are plans afoot to add lawyers and further diversify the practice areas. Meanwhile, the firm has represented some of the most celebrated names in the Indian entertainment industry including the likes of Lata Mangeshkar, Sonu Nigam, Javed Akhtar, and Rajesh Roshan..A graduate of Government Law College, Mumbai, Priyanka started her career at Mulla & Mulla after which she also worked in New York with Pepper Hamilton LLP as a part of the firm’s Corporate and Securities practice group..Before taking up law, Priyanaka was part of the media industry, working as a screenwriter for close to eight years. It is this work experience that partly explains the long list of clients from the media industry..Priyanka commented,.“We are growing at a pace that we did not anticipate. We have a lot of real estate matters, so it made sense to have someone like Ashwini on board for our real estate practice. We have ventured into representing private equity funds and that is another area of practice we are looking at developing.”.Follow Bar and Bench channel on WhatsAppDownload the Bar and Bench Mobile app for instant access to the latest legal news.
