A&O, Nalsar 07’s Revathi Raghavan joins Kirkland Ellis as London partner

Revathi Raghavan joins Kirklands partnership
Revathi Raghavan joins Kirklands partnership

Nalsar Hyderabad 2007 graduate Revathi Raghavan has joined Kirkland & Ellis as a partner in London from Allen & Overy, according to her Linked-in profile.

She had joined in April 2019 - our report comes a bit late, but better late than never - and she specialises in regulatory work, particularly in fund formation, investments and EU financial services regulations.

Before joining Kirkland she had been a senior associate at Allen & Overy, where she had worked since 2009.

She has a 2008 LLM from the George Washington University Law School.

She is the latest of several Indian-educated lawyers to have joined partnerships in international firms this year, including:

Comments

Chucha 3 Jul 2019, 12:17
+6 -2
They are all minting it! Anyways, when is Indian Government opening up the legal market?
Real view 3 Jul 2019, 14:41
+10 -14
Partnership (non-equity) at K&E is a glorified senior associate position.
true 3 Jul 2019, 16:12
+14 -2
True, if she is a Non-Share Partner, that's a salaried partner position but it still is K&E and that's a huge promotion from A&O!
Alias 4 Jul 2019, 00:58
+31 -2
It's heartwarming what we do here to downplay or even dismiss somebody else's achievement. I bet Real view is a salaried partner in an Indian law firm.
kianganz 4 Jul 2019, 06:16
+6 -0
True - I would assume even getting non-equity partnership at most big international firms is a lot more competitive than the equivalent in a domestic firm...
True 4 Jul 2019, 14:14
+7 -1
Kian - that’s correct. Getting non share at K&E is not simple and it’s a very competitive firm generally. A&O is a bigger shop in London but K&E is just leading the charts globally when it comes to doing deals, and is pure aggressive.
Nalsarite 4 Jul 2019, 06:14
+3 -0
Way to go Reva! Well done. Proud of you!
NALSARite 4 Jul 2019, 09:01
+2 -0
So happy to see this! Go NALSAR!
nalsar 07 4 Jul 2019, 09:10
+4 -5
Old NALSAR batches are doing great. The current batches are in a poor state.
Good old days nonsense 4 Jul 2019, 09:38
+3 -2
What a load of tosh. The new batches are doing just fine. When are the NLUs going to get their act together to really challenge the senior advocate cabal in Delhi or really break into white shoe firm partnerships instead of participating in this churlish infighting?
Guest 4 Jul 2019, 11:42
+7 -13
I agree that NALSAR new batches are doing badly. As we saw from the Sadhguru incident, these students are arrogant and lazy. The earlier batches were hardworking and humble.
Jaggi 4 Jul 2019, 15:57
+19 -3
In fact, what we saw from the 'Sadhguru' incident was that Nalsar students today have the gumption to speak truth to power. I have spoken to many people outside Nalsar who are very pleased with how he was exposed by kids at Nalsar.
Alumni 11 Jul 2019, 07:36
+1 -1
Expose, debate, counter and oppose as much as you want. Good on you for that. However, it was disheartening and embarrassing to see the crowd hoot and go "oooo" for every any point made. Puts them in poor light. Will require a lot of unlearning once you step out of college!
Guest 4 Jul 2019, 16:56
+10 -1
I also saw from that incident that the Sadhguru was senile, regressive and parochial. But then, I already knew that from earlier interactions with him, so no surprises there.
Lmao@Bhakts 5 Jul 2019, 10:22
+4 -0
8 vacation schemes for the 2020 batch would like to demonstrate otherwise
Paisa 5 Jul 2019, 11:37
+2 -5
By far the best compensated Nalsarite in the world! She must be getting at least 3 to 4 crores pre tax. Even salaried big law Indian partners will not get more than 3 crore.
Richest 5 Jul 2019, 13:18
+2 -3
Ask Manish Agarwal. I bet not less than a million dollars.
Lexpert 6 Jul 2019, 04:43
+1 -1
I don't know her personally but congrats to Revathi! It's an achievement of truly global proportions!! And I agree re the need to stop bitching and back-biting.. Take a break, guys!
Guest 5 May 2020, 11:13
+2 -0
For clarification - the lady above joined as a professional support lawyer/ knowledge management and not as a fee earner. She is also a salaried partner and not equity.