Wadia Ghandy partner Anand Shah, with his team of four associates, will join AZB & Partners in the New Year as a senior associate on partnership track.
Anand Shah, who was promoted to Wadia Ghandy’s partnership in July of this year with two others, will join AZB in late January 2014, confirmed AZB Mumbai senior partner and CEO Abhijit Joshi.
Joshi said that it was a win-win for AZB and Anand Shah: “He comes with a very good quality of knowledge base and great value system.”
He added via email: “Anand and his team will augment our corporate M&A and banking and finance practice. Anand joins us with a defined track to partnership and we look forward to a long association and friendship with him and his team.”
Anand Shah became a Bombay Incorporated Law Society solicitor in 2009 and graduated from GLC Mumbai in 2007. It is understood that he did not join as a partner because AZB operated a longer partnership track than Wadia Ghandy.
He will be joined at AZB by four of his Wadia Ghandy associates, including senior associate Shriram Shah who was also promoted in July.
Wadia Ghandy managing partner Ashish Ahuja commented via email: “I do wish him and the team all the best in their new endeavours. It’s unfortunate that AZB has not taken him as a partner. I know Anand would have loved to stick on, but it just did not work for many reasons.”
In response to the question of whether clients would join Anand Shah, Ahuja said: “I believe clients go wherever they get the best work quality and ethic. So I guess time will tell. Wadia Ghandy had been known for its outstanding work quality and will continue to be known for that.”
Anand Shah declined to comment when contacted.
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Seems like market is improving with senior level movements
Well, Nihas Basheer who was recently promoted to partnership along with Anand Shah, is from 2007 batch as well. Well if one can really perform, what stops anyone from promoting - why stick to a rigid hierarchy ???
We are at a gen witnessing 2008 grads starting up their own firms.
Well, Nihas Basheer who was recently promoted to partnership along with Anand Shah, is from 2007 batch as well. Well if one can really perform, what stops anyone from promoting - why stick to a rigid hierarchy ???
We are at a gen witnessing 2008 grads starting up their own firms.[/quote]
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Well, Nihas Basheer who was recently promoted to partnership along with Anand Shah, is from 2007 batch as well. Well if one can really perform, what stops anyone from promoting - why stick to a rigid hierarchy ???
We are at a gen witnessing 2008 grads starting up their own firms.[/quote]
You have to have some kind of sense of time and place. 7 years is just nt enuf for partnership. If you start a law firm, then you will obviously start as partner. But if you're part of a larger setup, even the brightest people need to be tested out for some more time.
Are the senior associates from WG joining as associates on SA track?
Are the associates from WG joining as interns on Associate track?
Are the senior associates from WG joining as associates on SA track?
Are the associates from WG joining as interns on Associate track?[/quote]
Good one! One of the best I've witnessed in years on the LI comments forum...
The LI archives have new articles about senior level people leaving the so called biggie firms.. read those.. read the comments and you will get an idea.
I agree with Anish. Having been with AZB I can totally see this happening. That said I wish Shah and his team good luck!
Just because you are from a "batch" does not mean that you are up for a partnership- It also has to do with your abilities as a lawyer, a business generator/ rainmaker and most of all... often ignored... your ability to effectively manage and lead a team...
Dear Kian,
Any idea on when AZB's partnership announcements for these three(Ananya Sharma, Debashree Dutta and Anand Sah) will be made? It should have been done by now so I'm surprised its not in the open.
It will also be a good showcase as to how lawyers from second-tier law schools make it to partnership in these prestigious firms despite the lack of branding. They are from Symby and GLC it seems.