J Sagar Associates (JSA) has promoted 15 to salaried partner level, as first reported Bar & Bench, with two – Lalit Kumar and Pallavi Bedi – elevated to equity partner from their current ‘equity partner elect’ status.
The elevations of Kumar and Bedi were automatic after having been decided last year.
Mumbai saw eight promotions, followed by the Delhi region with six, and Bangalore with one.
Co-managing partner Dina Wadia confirmed the promotions when contacted.
JSA also promoted 16 into the new principal associate designation today.
New equity partners
- Lalit Kumar (corporate commercial, M&A, PE, capital markets and securities; University of Lucknow 2000)
- Pallavi Bedi (general corporate commercial, projects, banking and finance; Delhi University, 2002)
Mumbai retained partner promotions:
- Abhishek Munot (dispute resolution, regulatory & policy, projects; ILS Law College Pune 2007)
- Anand Lakra (securities, M&A, takeovers, PE, corporate commercial, GLC Mumbai 2007)
- Manav Raheja (M&A and PE, general corporate commercial, real estate, regulatory and policy; KC Law College 2005)
- Ongmu Tshering (general corporate commercial, M&A and PE; Delhi University 2002)
- Ravi Chandra Hegde (litigation and dispute resolution, regulatory and policy, SAT litigation; Karnataka University 2004)
- Reeti Choudhary (general corporate commercial, regulatory and policy, competition and anti-trust; Mumbai University 2005)
- Soumitra Majumdar (banking and finance; NUJS 2007)
- Srabonee Roy (general corporate commercial, M&A and PE, regulatory and policy, corporate compliance, anti-corruption and investigation; Symbiosis Pune, 2005)
Delhi retained partner promotions:
- Divyam Agarwal (dispute resolution; Amity Delhi 2007)
- Nalin Bawa (general corporate commercial, M&A and PE; Amity Delhi, Gurugobind Singh Indraprastha University, 2007)
- Nidhi Sahay (capital markets and securities, M&A and PE, and general corporate commercial; NLIU Bhopal, 2007)
- Siddharth Sethi (dispute resolution; ILS Pune 2007)
- Vishrov Mukherjee (regulatory and policy and dispute resolution; NUJS Kolkata 2007
- Namita Bahri (general corporate commercial, M&A and PE; Symbiosis Pune 2007)
Bangalore retained partner promotions:
- Prashanth VG (dispute resolution, general corporate commercial, banking and finance; NUJS Kolkata 2005)
Law school break-up
| College | Number of new partners |
|---|---|
| NUJS Kolkata | 3 |
| ILS Pune | 2 |
| Delhi University | 2 |
| Symbiosis Pune | 2 |
| GLC Mumbai | 1 |
| KC Law College | 1 |
| Karnataka University | 1 |
| Mumbai University | 1 |
| Amity Delhi | 2 |
| Gurugobind Singh | 1 |
| NLIU Bhopal | 1 |
| University of Lucknow | 1 |
Comments
be that as it may, while the general norm of promotion for most is based “not-on-merit” continues to live, the only saving grace is to see a couple of deserving names to make it to the list!