AZB promotes 15 to partner (40% women) • Grows to 105 • Symbi most, 2 each from NUJS, NLU-J, GNLU

Monday, 1 April 2019 By Legally India Law firms

AZB partnership grows by 15, Delhi gets 9 new partners
AZB partnership grows by 15, Delhi gets 9 new partners

AZB & Partners has made a massive promotion round of 15 to its partnership, with effect from today.

This is a larger single round that previous AZB promotions, in-part because the Mumbai-region and Delhi partnerships have jointly announced their promotions this time.

Six out of the 15 new partners - 40% - are women, of whom three are based in the Mumbai-management region of the firm that includes Pune.

The largest number of new partners - three - are graduates from Symbiosis Law School Pune, with two partners each coming from NLU Jodhpur, NUJS Kolkata and GNLU Gandhinagar.

These promotions push AZB & Partners above the symbolic 100 partner barrier, with a total of 106 partners and over 430 fee-earners. 39 of its partners are women.

Mumbai

Mumbai promotees Atreya Bhattacharya, Shivani Kabra, Medha Marathe, Dhirajkumar Totala and Vivaik Sharma (left to right)
Mumbai promotees Atreya Bhattacharya, Shivani Kabra, Medha Marathe, Dhirajkumar Totala and Vivaik Sharma (left to right)

In Mumbai, the firm has promoted five of its lawyers to partner:

  • Atreya Bhattacharya (NLU Jodhpur, 2008, dual qualified in India and England & Wales)
  • Shivani Kabra (Warwick University, 2007, dual qualified India & England)
  • Medha Marathe (NUJS Kolkata, 2011)
  • Dhirajkumar Totala (litigation; Dayanand Law College, 2006; LLM University of Pune 2008)
  • Vivaik Sharma (funds; NLU Jodhpur, 2009)

Delhi

Delhi promotions, from top left: Bharat Apte, Swati Chauhan, Hemangini Dadwal, Anant Dang, Aditi Gopalakrishnan; from bottom left: Siddharth Khanna, Ambarish Mohanty, Ashish Pareek, Ankit Tandon
Delhi promotions, from top left: Bharat Apte, Swati Chauhan, Hemangini Dadwal, Anant Dang, Aditi Gopalakrishnan; from bottom left: Siddharth Khanna, Ambarish Mohanty, Ashish Pareek, Ankit Tandon

In Delhi, the firm promoted nine new partners:

  • Bharat Apte (Symbiosis Law School Pune, 2009)
  • Swati Chauhan (GNLU Gandhinagar 2010)
  • Hemangini Dadwal (competition; GNLU Gandhinagar 2010)
  • Anant Dang (Symbiosis Law School Pune, 2010)
  • Aditi Gopalakrishnan (competition; CLC Delhi, 2010; LLM NYU 2011)
  • Siddharth Khanna (Vivekananda Law School, 2008; University College London LLM, 2010)
  • Ambarish Mohanty (NUJS Kolkata 2006; Northwestern University, Chicago, LLM, 2012)
  • Ashish Pareek (Nalsar Hyderabad 2010)
  • Ankit Tandon (ILS Pune 2010)

One was promoted to partner in Pune:

  • Richa Choudhary (capital markets; Symbiosis Law School 2008)

Richa Choudhary becomes Pune partner
Richa Choudhary becomes Pune partner

Furthermore, Abhyudai Singh, a Symbiosis Law School 2006 alumnus) was promoted to counsel in Delhi.

Abhyudai Singh becomes counsel in Delhi
Abhyudai Singh becomes counsel in Delhi

partnership promotionsAZB & PartnersAtreya BhattacharyaShivani KabraMedha MaratheDhirajkumar TotalaVivaik SharmaBharat ApteSwati ChauhanHemangini DadwalAnant DangAditi GopalakrishnanSiddharth KhannaAmbarish MohantyAshish PareekAnkit TandonRicha Choudhary

Comments

Guest 1 Apr 2019, 04:25
+3 -5
That is a huge bunch of partners. AZB is growing fast. I know some of these are actually great.
Similar 1 Apr 2019, 04:45
+9 -3
This reminds me of the senior advocates list that came out last week.
Congratulations 1 Apr 2019, 05:18
+5 -1
Congratulations, Bharat! Am glad you made it.
Congratulations 1 Apr 2019, 05:19
+6 -4
Congratulations, Aditi! May you “keep going places” :)
Guest 1 Apr 2019, 05:21
+4 -1
Kian - her name is ‘Richa’ not ‘Risha’. And she is a capital markets lawyer who works out of Pune. I think that’s the kind of information we need.
kianganz 1 Apr 2019, 05:26
+3 -4
Thanks, corrected - sorry for the typo that had slipped into the picture caption.
NUJS 2011 Batch 1 Apr 2019, 06:02
+25 -17
Congratulations Medha ! Among the shining stars of NUJS and a great person! We remain proud of your achievements, grateful for your notes and envious of your CGPA !
Guest 1 Apr 2019, 06:02
+10 -17
Well done, Atreya!! Truly well deserved.
DPS 1 Apr 2019, 06:24
+3 -1
Congratulations, Bharat.
Well Wisher 1 Apr 2019, 06:38
+6 -1
Congratulations, Swati!
Guest 1 Apr 2019, 07:06
+11 -29
Congratulations Richa C!! Very well deserved. Outstanding capital markets lawyer. One of the best in the industry. Kudos!
NLUJ 1 Apr 2019, 07:20
+7 -14
Congratulations, Vivaik and Attreya. Well deserved promotion.
L&L 1 Apr 2019, 07:47
+17 -2
Congratulations Ashish! Great guy and brilliant lawyer. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. Wish you were still here at Luthra. Big loss!!!
Kitna deti hain 1 Apr 2019, 08:00
+18 -4
Guys - any ballpark for the salary + bonus of these?

My guess is 60-65 Lakh + bonus (which is unsure).
Naw 1 Apr 2019, 16:32
+3 -19
1cr~ + 40%+ bonus
Others 2 Apr 2019, 04:38
+2 -1
More than CAM ,SAM, Khaitan, Luthra. Less than Trilegal.
Ex-AZB 1 Apr 2019, 08:28
+2 -3
Fantastic achievement all!
Guest 1 Apr 2019, 10:01
+15 -13
Symbi and CLC achievements are always ignored by LI. But sometimes the facts are staring in your face so much that you cannot ignore. Let us have an objective ranking of alumni achievements, without the NLU bias.
Wellwisher 1 Apr 2019, 10:28
+8 -16
Congratulations Shivani! Truly well deserved.
Pfft 1 Apr 2019, 10:59
+4 -13
Congratulations Shivani! Absolutely killing it!
Congrats Shivani! 1 Apr 2019, 11:20
+7 -16
Congratulations Shivani! You're a star corporate lawyer and this is very well deserved. I know you're going to achieve many more successes and I'm going to be waiting to read about those!
Former AZB Associate 1 Apr 2019, 11:33
+5 -18
Congrats to Shivani- an amazing lawyer and even better friend. AZB is lucky to have her and if you are a student about to join AZB reading this, I would say, please do work with her. You will definitely learn a lot and the experience will make you a better lawyer and professional.
Ex AZB 1 Apr 2019, 11:55
+26 -6
Looks like AZB has also started following fellow law firms and promoting in a herd. AZB's partnership is also loosing its value. Very unfortunate
Loosy in the sky 1 Apr 2019, 15:09
+19 -0
Your 'loose' is very 'loose' since it shouldve been 'lose'.
Ccc 1 Apr 2019, 12:01
+1 -5
Fantastic Richa C
Assc 1 Apr 2019, 12:28
+18 -1
Kian, AZB also internally announced elevation of 3 Mumbai partners to equity - Vaidhyanadhan, Anand and Nilanjana. You could cover that as a part of this post after confirmation.
Ex 1 Apr 2019, 12:59
+4 -0
Well done Medha! Congratulations!
Fellow lawyer 1 Apr 2019, 14:26
+1 -5
Amazing job Richa C! Well done. Congratulations :)
Guest 1 Apr 2019, 14:28
+1 -3
Congrats Richa! It's always good to work with you. Looking forward to many more. Great news!
Sad but true 1 Apr 2019, 16:17
+12 -5
On the other side, just look at L&L. Losing valuable people constantly. Mr. Luthra and Mr Saraf the problem is with some od your old hands (read Partners) who dont like change and treat their teams like their personal kingdom - some partners force associates to do personal work, others misbehave, and some others just dont work. Some of these partners are an embarassment when it comes to knowledge of law and only manipulate. These partners also make it difficult for laterals to survive - look at the track record - most lateral partners quit within their first two years. Even home grown associates dont wish to continue.

Cut out the dead wood, empower the associate ranks, hire lateral partners who will bring fresh perspective and empower the trinity of VK, BKJ and ML. That's the way forward.
LoL 1 Apr 2019, 18:48
+35 -6
This is such a retention promotion bunch it's not funny. Some of them are a mockery when it comes to legal competence.
Kid Twist 1 Apr 2019, 20:46
+15 -2
Whether or not any of this crop of lawyers are good lawyers, as we have learned over the years, all of them are surely great human beings.
Secret 3 Apr 2019, 06:02
+5 -2
So happy for Ambarish, he is a rockstar!
Work life balance? 4 Apr 2019, 05:17
+1 -0
Day 0 is today. Can someone tell me about the work life balance here?
DearWorkLifeBalance 7 Apr 2019, 02:15
+1 -3
Lol, while I hope you had a good day zero, if work life balance is what you want in life, then this is definitely not the place. There are a couple of good teams, like GS team and VK team, if you are aiming for a corporate team and you get through to either of these, you should take it may be. These two teams at least aim to give you a balanced life.
Insider 7 Apr 2019, 15:43
+2 -0
Kian, why haven’t you published my comment? you can always strike off names. A bit suspect, your conduct is: are you close to any of the persons mentioned? For your sake, I hope not! They don’t care about anyone
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