The firm has now moved to a new space of roughly 6,000 square feet in the Okhla Phase III development in New Delhi with space for 40 workstations from its old office in the Jangpura area.

“We just needed a bigger office, we were running short of space. We had about 15 workstations and for a while we were constrained and couldn’t hire people because we were short of space,” said Phoenix co-founding partner Manjula Chawla, adding that the firm had been looking for larger space for one-and-a-half years now.

The firm now has 16 lawyers in Delhi, after two lateral hires and one junior associate joined this month, she told Legally India. Other firms in the Delhi Okhla development include Amarchand Mangaldas, S&R Associates and a number of other law firms.

Chawla added that the firm had also internally approved its first formal career development framework, which would be officially announced in two weeks time.

“For the last few months we have been discussing it,” she explained. “If you have a more comprehensive system it sets out lawyers’ own career path in the firm. One objective is to make clear what is expected at each level, that would take into account things like billable hours and other competencies. And it is also for lawyers to know where they have to grow in the firm.”

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