Kochhar aims for North East with partner hire

Monday, 26 April 2010 By Neha Chauhan Law firms

Kochhar & Co has hired Delhi-based Corporate Law Group senior partner Ngangom Junior Luwang as a partner to attempt to build a North East India-targeted practice.

Luwang (pictured) joined as the head of Kochhar & Co’s oil & gas and infrastructural development practice in Delhi on 6 April.

He told Legally India that the firm had ambitious plan for a robust practice in India’s North East, with him spearheading the development there.

Luwang has focuses on corporate and commercial advice in the oil, gas and infrastructure sectors, as well as in the offshore financial sector.

Luwang graduated from ILS Pune, starting as a Supreme Court practitioner in 1995. After a brief stint at Fox Mandal he joined Corporate Law Group in 1998 as an associate, rising to senior partner level.

Corporate Law Group confirmed the Luwang’s departure but its managing partner Krishna Sarma was unavailable for comment.

Luwang is the Kochhar & Co’s 19th India-based partner, according to the firm. Earlier this month it promoted litigation partner Syed Naqvi to its senior partnership.

Kochhar & Co Ngangom Junior Luwang

Comments

Anonymous guest 27 Apr 2010, 03:42

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Keep up the gud work

Anonymous guest 27 Apr 2010, 03:50

Luwang is a very hardworking and loyal to his work.When I was in Corporate Law Group, I used to admire him for his dedication to work. He is a perfectionist in all sense . His earlier stint in Corporate Law Group helped him to gain considerable expertise in the relevant field. Best Wishes to Luwang for his new venture.

Anonymous guest 28 Apr 2010, 20:08

I have known Mr. Luwang for quite sometime now and i can vouch for the fact that he is very hard working lawyer who is always very sincere in his work. All the very best to him for his new stint.

Anonymous guest 7 May 2010, 04:19

Good to see that finally we have some corporate lawyers coming n rocking the corporate legal world....but still a long way to go.

Anonymous guest 20 Jul 2010, 03:58

It is good to see that the over all growth of legal awareness and practical implementation of major core issues is not restricted to a chosen few of metropolitan cities.

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