PSA, formerly Priti Suri & Associates, has hired Dua Associates Delhi-based manager Varun Kalsi as its third partner.

Kalsi is a 2007 Amity Law School graduate with an LLM in corporate law from NYU, after which he joined Dua Associates in 2008.

He specialises in corporate advisory work, in sectors including defence and real-estate.

Kalsi said in a press release: “Ms Suri’s reputation precedes her; I have known her for a long time and have always had the utmost respect for the consistent dedication she has shown in over 30 years of her career. She has been one of the torch-bearers of corporate practice as it exists in the country, and it is a privilege to return and contribute to the firm that she has grown over these years.”

In December 2017, Dhruv Suri, had been promoted to partnership at the firm, specialising in commercial law and co-heading the vertical focusing on start-ups and investors, both financial and strategic. Dhruv Suri is a 2009 graduate of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, had begun his career at PSA in 2008, and holds a 2014 LLM from Columbia Law School.

Priti Suri commented: “Both our newest partners serve to reinforce our ideals that the firm recognises and values quality, and will always have an open door for talented, passionate lawyers who care about the practice of law as much as we do.

“At the same time, we nurture and train all our associates in the hope that they will someday take on the mantle of leadership within the firm and, in turn, train another generation of young lawyers in their stead.

“It is heartening that both these lawyers have tread different paths but have in common the training they received at PSA at an impressionable stage of their respective careers.”

PSA has offices in Delhi and Chennai.

In 2012, PSA had converted from a sole proprietorship model to a partnership, after hiring dispute resolution lawyer Anuradha Lall, who later went independent starting the Chambers of Anuradha Lall.

PSA Bangalore partner Neeraj Dubey had joined Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan in 2015.