Talwar Thakore elects competition counsel P Ram Kumar as its first Delhi partner

P Ram Kumar becomes TTA Delhi’s first partner
P Ram Kumar becomes TTA Delhi’s first partner

Talwar Thakore & Associates (TTA) counsel P Ram Kumar has been promoted to the firm’s partnership in its competition team in Delhi, making him the firm’s first Delhi partner.

Kumar had joined TTA in 2011 and had been promoted to managing associate in 2014, and counsel in 2018.

He is 2007 law graduate from the School of Excellence in Law, India with an LLM in international business laws from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and a degree in competition economics from King’s College, London.

He specialises in merger control, cartel and abuse of dominance cases.

TTA partner Feroz Dubash commented in a statement: “Ram has been a very important part of the competition team since he joined in 2011 and we are excited to welcome him into the partnership as our first competition law partner in Delhi. He has been involved in some of the most complex and innovative transactions in this space and will be a great addition to the partnership.”

His addition grows Talwar Thakore & Associates’s partnership to a total of 7, with a total headcount of 40 in Mumbai and Delhi.

TTA’s collaboration with executive chairman Vinod Dhall in the competition space in Delhi had ended in February, with Dhall joining Platinum Partners.

Kumar had taken over the management of the competition practice after Dhall’s departure.

TTA said in a statement that his promotion “reflects the firm’s commitment to growing our competition practice and continuing to provide clients with the quality legal advice they expect from the firm”.

Comments

Ram Bharose 15 Mar 2019, 11:10
+24 -3
Congratulations Ram!! Wish you all the best!
Well done 15 Mar 2019, 12:37
+21 -5
Very much deserved and well done to Ram.
Obvious 15 Mar 2019, 13:56
+19 -3
He deserved it last year itself. Assuming that VD was an obstacle. Good to finally see a true TTA Delhi.
Hopefully with the string of changes, TTA will also make their much awaited move from the lonely industrial district Jasola to a more accessible area.
Great guy 15 Mar 2019, 16:36
+15 -2
Wish you all the best Ram. Truly well deserved!
Well done Ram! 15 Mar 2019, 18:09
+5 -19
Interesting how people climb the ladder. He was always a VD "loyalist". Now when the time came grabbed the opportunity!
What??? 16 Mar 2019, 04:53
+2 -0
How much did VD pay him?
Pay 17 Mar 2019, 01:59
+9 -2
TTA are one of best payers in the market. Have heard that they made Dhall pay according to their scale rather than his. Otherwise associates used to get paid not very much.

A counsel like Ram would get paid more than 1 crore total for sure.
Guest 16 Mar 2019, 07:09
+12 -2
1 crore. 70 base, 30 bonus.
Precise 16 Mar 2019, 15:27
+5 -0
Do other MA/Counsel's get paid same in TTA?
Omni 18 Mar 2019, 03:35
+6 -0
Yes.
Wtf 16 Mar 2019, 18:39
+0 -8
No way.. TTA is a small firm..
Small Firms Insider 19 Mar 2019, 12:28
+6 -0
Small size does not matter for some of these firms. I know first hand that a few such firms in Mumbai have great mandates (quality + fees), decent volumes and very good recovery. They like to pay well (Tier 1 - Tier 2 levels) to have quality resources.
Knowing 20 Mar 2019, 01:23
+5 -0
TTA pays high total compensation. High fixed salary much higher than other firms. But then low bonus. Still the total is very good.
What?? 16 Mar 2019, 10:41
+0 -0
How do you know?
Guest 28 Mar 2019, 09:42
+1 -0
As a MA (PQE 9) at TT&A, the fixed pay is around 80 lakhs with bonus range between 5% and 25%. So, with a 25% bonus, you can hit 1 cr.