Trilegal corporate partner Ravindra Bandhakavi leaves, to (re)-join (Cyril) Amarchand

Saturday, 3 August 2019 By Legally India Law firms

Bandhakavi moves on, probable he’ll join CAM
Bandhakavi moves on, probable he’ll join CAM

Trilegal Gurgaon-based partner Ravindra Bandhakavi has resigned from the firm.

According to several sources, he is highly likely to join Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM).

Trilegal said in a statement sent out earlier this evening:

Ravindra Bandhakavi has decided to move on from Trilegal. Ravindra Bandhakavi has been a partner with the firm since May 2015 and we wish him the very best in all his future endeavours.

Bandhakavi and CAM declined to comment.

Bandhakavi had joined Trilegal from what-would-soon-be Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, in 2015.

He was one of Trilegal’s first major heavy-hitting corporate lateral partner hires.

He is a 1999 NLSIU Bangalore grad, who had before Trilegal spent most of his career at Amarchand Mangaldas, but for a stint with SUN Group / SUN Apollo between 2005 and 2008.

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Comments

Sahi banda 3 Aug 2019, 18:11
+23 -16
the secret of his success! [img]https://media0.giphy.com/media/pO3bRrqJIG43evmd5K/200.gif[/img]

But jokes aside - one of the best lawyers around - always two steps ahead.
Guest 5 Aug 2019, 05:45
+4 -3
Hahaha. People who have worked with him will find this one very funny. But as this guy said, Ravindra is one of the best lawyers.
abey 3 Aug 2019, 18:30
+21 -17
wow this is huge for CAM. great lawyer and one of the nicest persons around.
Corridors 3 Aug 2019, 18:46
+25 -4
Rumour is other heavy hitting Trilegal lateral hires also quitting.
Fus fus 4 Aug 2019, 09:22
+17 -1
Trilegal should be a pretty good hunting ground for the bigger firms. High quality talent with portable books - this might just be the first of many moves. Not much to hold them back from moving to better platforms.
CAMY 3 Aug 2019, 19:09
+16 -9
Wow this is quite a move and a big boost to CAM in Delhi. He is indeed one of the best corporate partners in the delhi market to work with.
umm 4 Aug 2019, 06:33
+9 -4
because maybe the differences between a family and non-family firm are overstated? if family run firms have managed to retain top talent for years - they must be doing something right - or at the very least a non-family run firm isnt really doing anything different or better
Refresh 4 Aug 2019, 11:15
+20 -2
True, replacing family with a gang of boys/girls doesn't change anything
Guest 11 12 Aug 2019, 04:26
+1 -4
Excepting, they do not get into leadership on account of birth or marriage -- in that sense, the big old firms are like the Congress and firms like Trilegal are like the BJP -- internal policies exists everywhere, but in some birth or marriage makes you for leadership, others, however good are only meant to serve the family
Analyst 4 Aug 2019, 16:21
+17 -3
That's true -- the non family firms are no diffrent -- avoiding transparency, playing favorites, living of other people's Billings etc. their leadership is a pale imitation of the family or other senior individual led firms
Bike 3 Aug 2019, 20:08
+10 -7
A great loss to Trilegal. Not sure why would he move back to a family firm? Is he moving to Mumbai again?
Cammie 4 Aug 2019, 01:47
+9 -4
Welcome to CAM Ravi
Guest 4 Aug 2019, 02:18
+12 -13
Great loss for trilegal. Especially their PE practice.
Guest 4 Aug 2019, 16:17
+11 -9
Before Ravi joined, Trilegal 's transactional PE practice was non-existent. It was more advisory in nature or essentially advising a foreign law firm on india law aspects in a transaction where there is a global acquisition of a company outside india which has some small assets in India. His presence itself did wonders for Trilegal's PE practice. Even now, there are very few partners in trilegal who are doing pure transactional PE work.
Guest 4 Aug 2019, 02:26
+12 -4
Brilliant lawyer with a lot of PE expertise. What a weekend - first Luthra story and then this about Trilegal!
Guest 4 Aug 2019, 02:42
+17 -9
Super move by CAM. He is a big rain maker with a great market reputation.
Refresh 4 Aug 2019, 04:02
+7 -3
What about his team, and partners who came with him?
Guest 4 Aug 2019, 04:20
+10 -5
He is one of the heavy hitters in Trilegal - this is not good for them at all. Will help take CAM PE practice to the next level.
KCO 4 Aug 2019, 05:32
+8 -11
Haigreve sends his regards
Relevance 4 Aug 2019, 13:32
+7 -0
How is this relevant to the discussion at hand?
Kco 9 Aug 2019, 22:22
+0 -2
They are opening a Ggn office. They do need a face for that office!
Guest 4 Aug 2019, 16:06
+2 -0
why ?
Hitter - Beater 6 Aug 2019, 06:41
+2 -2
Not KCO, way to many harrassment mazes to navigate. Ravi would never join KCO and lock heads with the Jhunjhjnwalas, Chawbeys and Kartiks, all of whom are involved in the same practice area.
CAM certainly needs a life jacket and Ravi is perfect for the job.
Guest 4 Aug 2019, 05:34
+53 -2
He will make CAM open a Gurgaon office and then join Luthra to make them open one. He's on a mission!
Jai Ho 5 Aug 2019, 08:27
+10 -1
Gurgaon deserves more offices of law firms! More power to Ravi
Fan 4 Aug 2019, 05:38
+5 -1
This is awesome. Best of luck Ravi
Guest 4 Aug 2019, 06:16
+5 -1
Is this also the return of pineapple to CAM?
Guest 4 Aug 2019, 06:30
+15 -8
This can’t be good for Trilegal. He was their trophy lateral hire. Best of luck Ravi!
Why? 4 Aug 2019, 06:50
+13 -2
Given the independence and the flexibility on Trilegal, why will he make this move to CAM? All ok in Trilegal?
office office 4 Aug 2019, 11:35
+14 -1
Office hai, politics to hogi hi na.
lots of money and big egos involved - these guys deserve the money just for navigating the system[img]https://media1.giphy.com/media/oFMkViBKut6sWdNygb/200.gif[/img]
camy boy 4 Aug 2019, 11:35
+2 -2
Welcome back bandhu.
Why 4 Aug 2019, 11:47
+3 -1
Doesn't Trilegal partnership come with equity? If so, why?
Wake up call 4 Aug 2019, 11:49
+25 -2
Trilegal ‘s so called next gen leadership model seems to have run out of gas. Too much focus on one mumbai individual and no rewards for folks in bangalore and gurgaon. They better save their other two big hitters in gurgaon or they may not have much to write home about in Delhi except for litigation and projects.
Yeh to hona hi tha 4 Aug 2019, 13:47
+2 -1
Delhi office seems to be adrift. big loss!
Fortress 4 Aug 2019, 18:38
+9 -0
Pretty sure Harsh Pais and Yogesh Singh aren't going to quit Trilegal, Gurgaon. So, tkcp.
Guest 5 Aug 2019, 02:15
+0 -0
Who??
Guest 5 Aug 2019, 03:46
+1 -1
Are you sure?
Guest 11 12 Aug 2019, 04:19
+0 -0
Wow, I think they would leave if there was a suitable alternate -- having tasted independence, they are unlikely move to a lala outfit, however big those may be
The ring is open 4 Aug 2019, 11:50
+8 -1
What about the L&L partner he was trying to poach? CAM will collect the scrums
smell the coffee 4 Aug 2019, 13:04
+6 -2
this will have serious implications all around. For Trilegal not being able to retain him means they have failed to keep the only senior corporate lateral partner they hired. It is a big blow and not a good reflection on them. Great for CAM.
Guest 4 Aug 2019, 13:18
+20 -0
CAM is finally getting their act together in Delhi. First Akila, then Himanshu and now finally Ravindra. I wont be suprised if a couple of years CAM is the go to place in Delhi.
Jai Ho 5 Aug 2019, 08:30
+0 -3
He may be joining Luthra, after what happened last Friday.
great 4 Aug 2019, 13:35
+6 -1
this is awesome news - best of luck Ravi. I have no doubt you will do well.
Guest 4 Aug 2019, 13:44
+6 -1
He is a superb lawyer - huge positive for CAM. Also a return of sorts for him so integrating won't be difficult at all.
happy happy 4 Aug 2019, 14:07
+2 -0
superb news for CAM!
Guest 4 Aug 2019, 14:14
+3 -1
Sad to see him leave but all the best. But not sure why he left in the first place though.
Guest 4 Aug 2019, 14:49
+0 -1
Is his team moving ?
Guest 5 Aug 2019, 04:29
+2 -3
Yes. Entire team.
Guest 4 Aug 2019, 14:53
+1 -4
He is a great guy. Huge loss for trilegal
Guest 4 Aug 2019, 16:08
+5 -3
Best of luck Ravi! So far as Trilegal is concerned, they have made a mistake by letting him go.
Guest 4 Aug 2019, 16:11
+12 -4
Apparently he closes 15-20 deals in a year. Now if you subtract that number from the deals done by trilegal and add the number to CAM deals, league tables may show a very different picture. Something Trilegal will need to think about.
Guest 4 Aug 2019, 16:16
+4 -2
This can't be good for trilegal at all.
Guest 4 Aug 2019, 16:22
+12 -1
Cyril is singing- 'tumhi ho bhandu sakha tumhi ho'
Em cee 4 Aug 2019, 16:24
+6 -1
For anyone wondering why Ravi would leave Trilegal. One hopes he gets his due finally at CAM.
Guest 4 Aug 2019, 16:37
+3 -1
best of luck Ravi - we will miss you in the Gurgaon office.
All about titles 4 Aug 2019, 17:15
+9 -14
Akila moved from SAM to CAM for a title...
Same disease has afflicted Bandhu. Sad really. He is leaving a top firm to join a decaying one.....
Wow 4 Aug 2019, 18:09
+16 -1
Sure because aspiration is a disease no? If the mans dream is to get a title, more power to him.

On a lighter note, these guys need to ease up with the destinations. At this stage I’m sure even the office guard at SAM is probably called head of facility integrity - northern region
Wow 4 Aug 2019, 18:12
+3 -1
Also he was already deputy head or something of the Trilegal corp practice. So that would not have moved the needle much. Em Cee might be right about this
Guest 5 Aug 2019, 02:14
+21 -8
Trilegal is not a top firm as compared to CAM. Please check your facts. Honestly trilegal is no where close to CAM. It is a pretentious and toxic place created by a gang of boys.
Guest X 12 Aug 2019, 04:17
+6 -0
You are correct in part -- CAM had much deeper roots, but will collapse if the big C retires or leaves -- the bunch of boys will survive any of its senior partners leaving, since there are many other partners to take vacated slots in management. Internal competition may look toxic to some who are used to living of crumbs thrown by the big rainmakers in other top firms.

The danger for Trilegal is its growing inablity to keep the internal competition friendly and productive
Guest 12 Aug 2019, 09:47
+1 -0
Bunch of boys are more likely to fight among each other and perish once emcee members leave. And please note they have groomed only one partner take vacated position in management. Everyone else has been told to simply follow that Mumbai partner.
Guest 5 Aug 2019, 04:40
+4 -0
The moves at such levels are not triggered due to title aspiration. Obviously getting a management role in some form or other is a good to have but per se such moves are triggered because places like trilegal are unable to provide the kind of platform someone like Ravi will need to go to the next level. In all honesty, trilegal is still a smaller firm compared to CAM and known more in a restricted foreign law firm circles . The reach that one can get in a well known large firm like CAm is much more. So to that extent I would assume it is a professional move by Ravi. Having said that it is very well known fact that Trilegal has its share of issues now. Founders (few who are left) are looking to retire and there is a power tussle going on between one partner in Mumbai and some other partners across various offices . This tussle will eventually tear apart the firm. [...] This so reminds me of Luthra.Let's wait and watch. There is more to come.
Guest 5 Aug 2019, 03:20
+2 -1
CAM baba ki Jay! Good move.
Guest 5 Aug 2019, 03:42
+0 -1
This is superb news for CAM Delhi for sure. He will make a material difference to the place.
Guest 5 Aug 2019, 07:23
+0 -0
Seems like Kian is doing fact check in the comments with the relevant law firms.
Alias 5 Aug 2019, 09:15
+6 -1
What about Vaibhav Kothari?
Guest 5 Aug 2019, 12:19
+10 -5
Who?
Great 5 Aug 2019, 13:33
+5 -1
Congrats Ravi! He is a kick ass lawyer, with good clients and is obv a great person. Huge win for CAM.
Lol 6 Aug 2019, 04:33
+19 -7
Only one client- IFC
lol back 6 Aug 2019, 08:39
+11 -9
sure beta, lets go with that, you focus on your dd report,
let the rainmaker do his job..
Lol 7 Aug 2019, 04:23
+4 -4
Rainmaker it seems:)
Guest 6 Aug 2019, 13:27
+2 -1
Hey, Just to confirm, aren't you servicing some of the clients referred by Ravi?
great 6 Aug 2019, 15:48
+7 -1
Well... that was years ago. It's expanded to a lot more PE clients (not just IFC/multilateral clients). Check recent deals. Thanks.
Band of boys 6 Aug 2019, 11:28
+5 -0
So sad to see you leave bandhu..
We are now one lad short in our club.
Need to find a replacement quickly
before the ladies fill up the space in this tub..
Changes 7 Aug 2019, 08:10
+12 -2
Anand Prasad would never have let a key person like Ravi leave. He had the pulse of the partnership.
Guest 7 Aug 2019, 08:33
+2 -0
True.
Zingy 7 Aug 2019, 16:22
+4 -1
Why would you leave independence (Trilegal) for family bondage (CAM)

1) When you realise that you would rather report to a seasoned leader than a bunch of boys who play arbitrary favourites

2) When you are expected to give and give as a lateral but get nothing

3) When [...]

4) When [...]

5) When [...]

All the best Ravi. Jaa jee le apne zindagi. Inspiration to many.
Who dis 8 Aug 2019, 03:38
+8 -0
Why do people here keep referring to Trilegal leadership as a gang/bunch of boys? Just curious
Guest 8 Aug 2019, 09:31
+10 -3
Actually it is the trilegal partnership which behaves like pack of rowdy boys including women partners who have been trained to behave like one (otherwise they would not have made partners). There is a pretense that it is a democracy and different from family run firms but the fact is that partnership in trilegal is [...] and the alpha [...] is the leader and the successor alpha [...] are the next generation leaders. Therefore whoever doesn't display alpha [...] qualities ends up leaving.
Alias 8 Aug 2019, 11:11
+8 -3
Speak to any Trilegal woman and you will know about the prevailing sexist behavior and top leadership promoting it (by having blinders and doing nothing about the situation).
Kabootar 12 Aug 2019, 20:11
+6 -1
Ravi is a supreme lawyer and individual- you need people like him to keep the culture of the firm healthy. Great move CaM.

What I hear is Trilegal is going through a power tussle. While Ravi is a big big exit, other exits comprising of few so called senior partners with no book or real talent of theirs might also move out and which would be a blessing for trilegal. The junior partners at trilegal our doing much better and are much better lawyers than few below average older partners, who had cut a deal for themselves when Phoenix was exiting and then decided to stay back.
great 14 Aug 2019, 04:20
+1 -0
True.
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