Category: Partners, General Counsels and Senior Advocates
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Pooja Sharma, Senior Manager-Legal, Sony Entertainment on leaving law firm and Media Law
Pooja Sharma is currently a Senior Manager-Legal at Multi Screen Media Pvt. Ltd. (Sony Entertainment). She graduated from Government Law College, Mumbai in 2007, and had thereafter worked in law firms before joining in-house. In this interview she tells us about: Work as an Associate at law firms Leaving law firms and joining as an…
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Aditya Sondhi, Senior Counsel, Karnataka High Court, on building a career in litigation
Aditya Sondhi is an alumnus of the NLSIU, Bangalore. He graduated from NLSIU in 1998, and had thereafter independently set up his litigation practice, ‘brick-by-brick’. He was recently (in June, 2014) designated a Senior Counsel at the Karnataka High Court. In this interview, he reckons his first hearing at the court and shares with us…
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Sankalp Sharma, Partner at Sankalp Sharma & Associates on How he established an independent practice
Sankalp Sharma graduated from NLIU, Bhopal in 2010. He thereafter joined the Office of Manjit Singh Ahluwalia and then moved on to work with Virender Goswami & Associates. His work at these places spanned a time period of almost 2 years. In June 2012, he started up with Sankalp Sharma and Associates. We asked him…
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Suhas Baliga, Principal at Innove Law, on quitting Law Firms and starting up
Mr. Suhas Baliga graduated from NLSIU, Bangalore in 2008. He thereafter joined Luthra and Luthra and then moved on to Trilegal. His work at law firms spanned a time period of almost 4 years. Thereafter he moved on to co-found Impact Law Ventures in 2012. In June 2014, he started up with Innove Law which focuses…
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Robin David, Equity Partner at Dua Associates on career in corporate litigation
Robin David is currently a Partner at Dua Associates, Delhi. He graduated in B.Sc from Loyola College and thereafter completed his LL.B from Bharathiar University in 1989. Right after his graduation he joined the Bar and had been independently litigating. His practice areas included Contracts, Company Law, Competition Law and other corporate matters. With an in-depth expertise in various…
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Arvind P. Datar on the job of a Senior Advocate, taxation law and writing authoritative law books
Arvind P. Datar is a prominent Senior Advocate at Madras High Court and one of the finest lawyers in South India. He graduated from Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Chennai. He is also known for his books ‘Nani Palkhivala: The Courtroom Genius’, ‘Datar Commentary on Constitution of India’ and ‘Guide to Central Excise Law and…
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Talha Salaria on founding ‘Lawyers at Work’, expertise in Corporate Law and building a career
Talha Salaria graduated from NLSIU, Bangalore. She has been a corporate lawyer for most of her career. She is the founder of Lawyers at Work. In this interview, we asked her about: Her experiences as a founder of ‘Lawyers at Work’ Her experiences of practicing as a corporate lawyer. Internship experiences and their importance in…
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Anirudh Krishnan on graduating from Oxford, leaving Clifford Chance to establish a career in litigation arbitration
Mr. Anirudh Krishnan graduated from NALSAR, Hyderabad and did his LL.M from Oxford University. He is the founder of AK Law Chambers, Chennai and has previously worked as a trainee solicitor at Clifford Chance, London. He specializes in the area of arbitration, commercial and constitutional litigation. He has authored the book “The Law of Reservation…
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Ashish Arun on being the founder of Offshore Research Partners, leading Expert Witness Profiler and entrepreneurship
Ashish Arun graduated from NUJS, Kolkata in 2010. As a student he started working on his entrepreneurial skills while starting up with Offshore Research Partners. He didn’t have to sit for placements as ORP had already taken off. Currently he is a Partner, Principal and Director at Expert Witness Profiling. In this interview we ask him…
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Animesh Sinha, Partner, Animesh Sinha and Partners, on independent practice, mooting, and his experience
Animesh Sinha graduated from Amity Law School, Delhi, in 2008. He started practicing right after graduating from law school. Currently he has his own team at Animesh Sinha and Partners for the last two and a half years. In this interview, we asked him about: His mooting experiences in his law school days His experiences…