White & Case has promoted NLSIU Bangalore graduate, Chevening scholar and former Jessup moot winner Dipen Sabharwal to its partnership in London.
London associate Sabharwal was promoted to White & Case’s partnership yesterday effective 1 January 2012, according to a number of trade publications, as part of a global promotion round of 21 new partners.
At White & Case he specialises in international arbitration in the firm’s dispute resolution group. He is triple-qualified to practise law in India, England & Wales and New York.
He graduated from NLSIU Bangalore in 2001, took the master’s in law at Oxford University under a Radhakrishnan Chevening scholarship in 2002 and completed an LLM at the University of Michigan Law School in 2003 as a graduate fellow.
In 1999 he was part of the first Indian team to have won the Philip C Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition – also known as the ‘world cup’ of mooting for its prestige and size. Since 2003 Sabharwal has been judging the moot.
He told Legally India via email that it was a privilege to have been elected to a global partnership of such outstanding lawyers.
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Here's to more Indian lawyers making a mark in London and New York. And of course, cheers to Dipen. It has been a stellar performance by any standards. :)
http://www.lawfirmstats.com/firms/White-Case/all-offices/compensation.php
Continuing the 'voyeurism', which is actually perhaps unhealthily common in the UK and the US, $1.5m would be average profits per equity partner (PEP). I.e., some partners would earn $2m or whatever W&C's plateau level is, and some who have just been elevated would earn 'only' $1m, say.
I'm sure more detailed stats on top and bottom of equity exist about W&C...
For one, I doubt I or most others could have risen as quickly through the ranks as Mr Sabharwal appears to have done...
Also, I would have only just turned senior associate had I stayed so the millions are entirely academic :)
For one, almost everyone who graduated in the last decade would know of the NLSIU team that won Jessup in 1999. In fact, the Jessup win is also mentioned on Mr Sabharwal's profile on the W&C website.
Second, for many Indian lawyers who spend most of their career abroad, one of the things that will always link them to the Indian legal profession will be their alma mater.
And this is, after all, a site about the Indian legal market and legal education catering to both students and qualified lawyers. The headline covers both bases and audiences. It is also a bit of fun.
If you are interested in all the cases he has acted on, there is a long list on the White & Case website and profile. You are right, we could have included a sampling of those in the article too.
Best wishes,
Kian
Even if he was related why would that make any difference to the global arbitration practice at W&C? Indians need to get out of this mentality that the achievement of every desi is either something that is the pinnacle of achievement that all Indians can be proud of or look for some conspiracy theory.
Dipen has worked very hard in a tough market to make partner in an international firm. It is not a pinnacle of success because there are many more things he can achieve and hopefully will nor is it because of any family contacts or relationships - it is purely a personal achievement to which full credit must go to him and his family.