470 not out: Shardul Amarchand scoops 6 Partners, 32 lawyers from BMR Legal

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas has hired a team of 6 partners and 32 lawyers from BMR Legal across Gurgaon, Mumbai and Bangalore..The six Partners are:.Amit Khansaheb (Gurgaon)Rishi Jain (Gurgaon)Vishruta Kaul (Gurgaon)Roshan Thomas (Bangalore)Sidhartha Nair (Bangalore)Kaushik Mukherjee (Mumbai).The partnership will grow from 85 Partners to 91, boosting the firm’s total strength to over 470 fee earners..These hires are separate from, and in addition to the campus recruitments, where another substantial batch of newly qualified lawyers will join Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas by July 2017, catapulting the firm to a size in excess of 500 lawyers..Shardul Shroff, Executive Chairman, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, stated that he was,.“extremely delighted with this development as Amit Khansaheb’s team of 38 lawyers with similar capabilities and excellence in Corporate Law, M&A, Private Equity and Venture Capital are joining the Firm, at a time when talent is scarce in the market. This enhances the national footprint of the Firm as an integrated enterprise”..Pallavi Shroff, Managing Partner, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, added,.“The Firm has quietly gone about its goal of pursuing excellence and growth. In the same spirit, it has teamed with Mr. Amit Khansaheb and his corporate law team.”.Akshay Chudasama, Managing Partner, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, was quoted as saying,.“This accretion of lawyers at the Firm’s Gurugram, Bengaluru and Mumbai offices will substantially enhance the capability and reach of the Firm.”.On his move, Amit Khansaheb stated,.“I am delighted to have received this opportunity to move to the larger platform of Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas to ensure the enhancement and growth of our practice and our team..I am particularly grateful to Mr. Mukesh Butani and other Partners at BMR Legal for all their support during his tenure at BMR Legal and for offering to facilitate a smooth transition for the corporate team whilst retaining their top tier tax practice at BMR Legal.”.The new team will join the firm in June 2017.