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4. It's all stupid LUCK, and very biased.
5. You are better off focusing on grades and internships (learnt this the hard way)
Malegaonkar and Associates for employment law
Baskaran for IP law
Aman Vijay Dutta and Ankur jahagirdar for Arb
I'm from one of the junior batches at NLS 3 year LLB. A couple of people, around 10-15 got placements. Not everyone who wanted a corp job has gotten one. Hope this clarifies things for you.
Anyways a lot of good resources are moving away, i dont know if its because of inadequate pay, team politics or work environment.
On top of that, our bill had random additions we never asked for. It really felt like they were hoping we wouldn’t notice. Just a heads-up to anyone going there — double-check your drink and your bill. It’s disappointing when places try to take advantage like this.
At same level even T2 lawyers get the same or more, T2 lawyers male almost 1.8x. while his peers may be earning more but even he has been a very bright engineer.
So why do people here keep comparing themselves to best finance jobs and spread sadness, imo it's a pretty decent take home we get (not saying it shouldn't be improved adjusting ppp from UK or US firms but even now it's a fairly decent job)
will make sure to never contact them...
please do this for the rest of us
I did some background check & I found that the Partner concerned is a standing counsel for CBDT & CBIC, Now I know that GPs (government pleaders) are paid erratically & sometimes they are not even paid on time at all.
That being said how is it that SDS can afford to pay so much? Also anybody here who practices DT as well as IDT? It is really tough to imagine someone working in both silos of tax.
PS:- i do not mean any offence to the folks over at SDS but something seems off & I just want clarification
In house roles can never be compared to tier 1 law firms. There is no fixed salary culture at in house roles.
Questions you should answer -
Which Industry? Which company? - IT (Wipro, Infosys likes) /FMCG (ITC, HUL likes), Startups
What work do you do? M&A, Commercial Contracts, Financial regulations?
Then only someone can give a proper assessment.
Tried checking online but couldn’t find much about them. Would appreciate any insights — work culture, nature of work, or anything else worth knowing. Thanks in advance!
Here I am again
Got an offer from one of the largest corporates in india. 😉
Destiny do turn around....🕶️
Since you're in Mumbai, presumably you can you're okay reading Devanagari - Hindi - Marathi. So north india like Delhi should be fine for relocation.
1. Fintech practices is usually an ‘ancillary practice’ with law firms clubbed either with TMT, Financial serviced regulatory or the good old banking and finance. Fintech lawyer usually advise NBFC’s, Banks, and Fintechs in structuring their financial products such that they are RBI, SEBI, IRDAI, etc complaints, work on outsourcing arrangements, inter alia. The work also has now a healthy bunch of data privacy in the mix given the DPDP act
A0 gets paid 20 LPA.