Cyril Amarchand Delhi boosts projects with Ajay Sawhney & team of 2 from K Law

Tuesday, 24 May 2016 By Legally India Law firms

Ajay Sawhney, outgoing project finance partner at K Law, having joined from Link Legal a year earlier, will join Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas in Delhi by 1 June.

He will join with a team of two fee-earners, according to two authoritative sources.

Sawhney specialises in projects and project finance work, having begun his career proper at Link Legal in 2005 after graduating from Symbiosis Law School in 2003 and an LLM at the University of Liverpool in 2004.

He had joined K Law in May 2015 from Link Legal with around 10 fee-earners, including projects partner Gautham Srinivas.

Srinivas will be staying at K Law with around 5 junior fee-earners, we understand.

Sawhney and Amarchand Mangaldas managing partner Cyril Shroff declined to comment when contacted. We have also reached out to Srinivas and K Law managing partner Naina Krishnamurthy for comment.

The Cyril Amarchand national projects and banking practice is chaired by projects partner L Vishwanathan, with partner Santosh Janakiram heading up the national projects practice.

Comments

Chaney 24 May 2016, 12:50

+13 -2

What, another game changer?

Emperors New Clothes 24 May 2016, 12:58

+11 -14

The CAM Delhi hires continue - nothing can save CAM!

Lost Battle 24 May 2016, 13:19

+11 -20

Its a lost battle for CAM in Delhi. Ajay will repent this decision. He will no longer be free and independent.

Kps 24 May 2016, 13:20

+10 -1

Klaw ka Kla

Jon Jones 24 May 2016, 13:24

+22 -25

Great move by CAM! Ajay would be a very good addition to the Delhi office.

delhilaw 25 May 2016, 12:28

+10 -4

well CAM gets a good booksize!!good job CAM

Star 24 May 2016, 13:37

+26 -40

He is a star lawyer and people know his value in the market. Naina's loss is CAM's gain. He's the only one along with Ramanuj who can take this to the next level in Delhi. Jay and Piyush in any case aren't rainmakers. Bloody good hire!

lol 4 Jun 2016, 19:03

+1 -0

Lesser said the better. Santosh/ LV watch out for an 'internal price war'. He will ensure CAM matches Desai Dewanji and Linklegal in quality of work!

wah! 24 May 2016, 14:24

+9 -7

congrats bithika! first percy they sawhney for cyril. SS will be sad.. nahi?

Insider 24 May 2016, 15:04

+5 -7

Percy is a direct hire. Ajay through another recruiter.

Incognito 24 May 2016, 15:45

+2 -4

I was wondering what the congratulations were about, didn't realise it was for a recruiter. Classic case of chor ki daadhi mai tinka, it seems. magar isme chori kya hai?

Name11 24 May 2016, 19:54

+9 -17

Finally they will have someone good in the projects team. Rest have been disastrous

Safety 24 May 2016, 15:31

+1 -6

Why the denial? Most others would jump to take credit. Insider Sahab, I know this true. So you're clearly not from CAM. only top guys know the truth. They don't have time for trolling. So who are you, whose knows about both with such authority? Only the denier..

Kian I fear for my identity from the establishment. Please protect.

Well deserve 24 May 2016, 15:33

+18 -10

The best deserve the best!

Its official 24 May 2016, 17:00

+24 -24

CAM IS NOW TIER 2!!!

Aerosmith again 24 May 2016, 17:13

+17 -16

Baffling logic from CAM! In projects, they have superstar LV, stars Amey and Santosh, supremely talented Ramanuj, Piyush and DJ and capable Subhalakshmi and Harita. Decent bench of PAs follow. Where does Ajay fit (obviously not a big star)? Why needed?

Ekkesathekfree 24 May 2016, 17:23

+13 -12

Manvi.

wellwisher 24 May 2016, 18:25

+14 -14

great to see him climb the ladder. well deserved. congrats ajay and the moving team.

bellthecat 25 May 2016, 12:24

+13 -7

why would people object this comment. i am sure there are many people who knows Mr. Sawhneys capabilities. guys give credit. he is another rising star under 40....

MId level 25 May 2016, 04:01

+12 -6

CAM projects Delhi team has stars at the mid level as well viz., Sharad who has garnered business in the past year for CAM Delhi, think the team needs to be bottom heavy to deliver the work rather than hiring partners.

Branding confusion 25 May 2016, 14:21

+8 -2

Kian, can you please confirm whether it is Krishnamoorthy & Co. or KLaw? Bar & Bench has described the firm as Krishnamoorthy & Co. They can't possibly be using the two names interchangeably since its not even an acronym.

K Law 25 May 2016, 19:30

+1 -8

The Firm started as Krishnamurthy & Co. and subsequently rebranded as K Law. They use it interchangeably. There logos say both of it.

Who cares? 25 May 2016, 19:57

+4 -11

Dude! Who cares. Nobody knew they existed before the mass exodus anyway!

Amused 26 May 2016, 07:03

+3 -1

Why are so many dislikes in the comments praising this dude? Whats wrong with him? Is he the bully or a bad ass?

bellthecat 26 May 2016, 09:57

+8 -8

he is just a great lawyer with a good EQ, not any bad ass... probably people cant fathom someone else's success.

Bill Carson 27 May 2016, 11:12

[quote]Is he the bully or a bad ass?[/quote]

[quote]he is just a great lawyer with a good EQ, not any bad ass[/quote]

Ok, if he is not a bad ass, then he must be a bully. No? Do his juniors agree with me?

Ronaldo 27 May 2016, 18:50

+0 -0

What ever is heard about him from his juniors from the law firm prior to K Law was that he is one of the [...]. May be thats why so many dislikes here.

bellthecat 31 May 2016, 11:04

so i guess you should hear from his juniors at Klaw then. hows that?

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