Shardul Amarchand promotes 4 partners: 2 from NLS, 1 NUJS, 1 Symbi-LSE

Thursday, 17 November 2016 By Legally India Law firms

New SAM partners: Arjun Ghose, Nitesh Jain, Shruti Kanodia and Manjari Tyagi (clockwise from top left)

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas has promoted Arjun Ghose, Shruti Kanodia, Nitesh Jain and Manjari Tyagi to partner.

Arjun Ghose is based in Delhi and had joined what-was-then Amarchand Mangaldas in 2008 from NLSIU Bangalore. He specialises in private equity, corporate and finance.

Nitesh Jain was promoted in the Mumbai and Delhi litigation team, having joined in December 2015 from Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas in Mumbai. He is a 2007 Symbiosis graduate, with a 2009-LLM from the London School of Economics (LSE). Jain had begun his career at Gagrat & Co in 2007, and had joined Amarchand Mangaldas in 2009 in Delhi.

Delhi-based Shruti Kanodia in corporate began her career at S&R Associates after graduating from NLSIU Bangalore in 2008, having moved to Amarchand in 2010.

Manjari Tyagi was a counsel at the firm, having joined in 2010 from AZB & Partners, where she had started her career in 2008 after graduating from NUJS Kolkata.

The new promotions take Shardul Amarchand’s partnership to 91, with a total of around 434 fee-earners, as reported in our comparison of Big 7 firm headcounts last week.

Comments

Fraaand 17 Nov 2016, 07:59

+5 -0

Congrats ghosu! Well done!

Alias 17 Nov 2016, 08:15

+4 -1

What kind of pay scales are we looking at for these recently promoted partners?

Counsel ya Partner 17 Nov 2016, 08:15

+4 -0

What about [...]? He is much older than these guys and more experienced. He also worked in [...]. Introduces himself as partner and is officially probably the only "Counsel" SAM has. Any [...] issues notwithstanding, he is technically better than these lawyers. Makes you wonder if it would have been better for someone like him to just join Amarchand right after law school.

Incorrecto 17 Nov 2016, 16:30

+2 -2

There is more than one Counsel at SAM. So we have no idea who you were referring to now :-)

Client 17 Nov 2016, 08:30

+4 -6

Congratulations Shruti and Arjun .... well deserved

Associate 17 Nov 2016, 09:07

+2 -1

Manjari is based in Delhi or Mumbai?

alias 17 Nov 2016, 09:11

+0 -2

What are you reporting kian??? Can u pls check again the number of partners at SAM and revise the story?

kianganz 17 Nov 2016, 11:19

+1 -0

Thanks for pointing out - caught the wrong row in the table :)

Congrats 17 Nov 2016, 09:55

+5 -3

Congrats Ghose, Shruti and Manjari - the firsts from the 2008 NLS/NUJS batches to be made partner at SAM/CAM.

Client 17 Nov 2016, 10:26

+3 -0

Its Nitesh... not Nitish.. and yes, well deserved!

kianganz 17 Nov 2016, 10:41

+0 -0

Thanks and sorry for the typo, now fixed!

Curiouser 17 Nov 2016, 10:59

Kian do we have an idea of the pay packages being paid to these people?

alias 17 Nov 2016, 11:09

Such wrong reporting in haste-one day LI says SAM has 87 partners and the next day they reduce it to 74

kianganz 17 Nov 2016, 11:20

Thanks, now corrected, sorry for the error :)

Counsel ya Partner 17 Nov 2016, 11:14

Kian, why wasnt my comment about [...] posted?

kianganz 17 Nov 2016, 11:18

+2 -0

It was a bit rude no? :)

Partners mid-year? 17 Nov 2016, 11:38

+3 -1

Any idea why this partnership promotion round took place in mid-November?

Is it to make good the leaving of some senior partners at SAM?

Brown Pudding 17 Nov 2016, 13:07

What is the difference between Counsel and PA? Who all are counsels and who are PAs?

Associate 17 Nov 2016, 14:32

Manjari Tyagi was counsel and rest were PA. Arey Baba read article carefully nahi to phir dant parega!

Brown Pudding 17 Nov 2016, 21:20

I got that, Associate. My question was more of why is Manjari a Counsel while the others are PAs.

What is the difference between the 2 designations and why is one lawyer a Counsel while the other a PA?

Is there any difference is role/level/qualifications?

Earlier and in many Firms even now, counsels are those who don't have an Indian LLB. But Manjari is NUJS, so why is she a Counsel?

insider 18 Nov 2016, 09:23

+6 -3

Because Manjari is a megastar. Others are rockstars.

Ola Ola 19 Nov 2016, 09:15

Megastar!

curiouscar 17 Nov 2016, 16:20

+1 -2

What kind of money does this mean?

Gust 18 Nov 2016, 08:10

75 L to 1 cr

stagnant 18 Nov 2016, 08:46

it's slow growth hereafter....unless you set up your own practice...

KW 18 Nov 2016, 08:19

65-75 L (depends how busy the year is)

Sucheta Bharat 17 Nov 2016, 17:13

+20 -20

Best firm in this market. Hands down. Lets people be and grow. No micro managing. Yes family owned and controlled but in a very nice civilized way. Take a bow Shardul. You do your mother and family proud. Wish there were more like you:)

WTF 18 Nov 2016, 06:35

+11 -0

Naukri pakka...

Fgg 17 Nov 2016, 17:24

Kian, as KT is leaving SAM,the number of partners are 90 and not 91

Uncle SAM 20 Nov 2016, 12:52

+2 -3

It seems that slowly but steadily SAM is emerging as the winner to be at the apex of Tier 1. Good also to see at least one Amarchand being willing to shed it's family firm image and relinquish part reigns to capable individuals. Let's hope the other one takes heed and follows suit lest there be even more attrition.

What is this 21 Nov 2016, 05:11

why was my comment no published, Kian?

kianganz 21 Nov 2016, 05:15

Sorry, which one? Have looked through unpublished comments, and they have either been too personal by naming unrelated individuals and being rude about them or more generally unsuitable for publication...

Bluemoon 29 Nov 2016, 09:48

Are these new partners salaried partners or equity? If they are salaried, then why do people call them partners? The question is general and not for these promotions.

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