Trilegal elects five counsels to partnership

Trilegal, one of India’s leading law firms, announced today that it has elevated five counsels to the partnership. With this, the partnership strength of the firm grows to sixty-three (63).

Commenting on the partner promotions, the management committee of Trilegal, Sridhar Gorthi and Nishant Parikh, said –

“There is nothing more satisfying than to see these young lawyers, most of whom started their careers with us, excel and carve out a name for themselves in the profession. This is a diverse group with expertise in areas that have seen consistent growth over the years. This is one of our largest partnership promotions and reflects our commitment to nurturing and promoting the next generation of leaders”, said, Nishant Parikh.

“This is a very happy day for all of us. The sheer quality on display here leaves no doubt that the future of the firm is in excellent hands. It gives us great pleasure to welcome each of the candidates to the partnership. Congratulations and well done.”, added Sridhar Gorthi.

• Ankit Kejriwal – Partner, Corporate Mumbai
  Ankit concentrates his practice on public mergers and acquisitions, private equity, and restructuring transactions. He regularly represents strategic clients and private equity firms on a broad range of mergers, acquisitions, minority investments, joint ventures and dispositions across a wide variety of industries. He joined Trilegal in 2019 and has previously worked at two of India’s leading law firms. He is an alumnus of NALSAR (2011).
• Gautam Chawla – Partner, Competition New Delhi
  Gautam advises Indian and multinational clients on a wide range of competition law matters including complex merger control, restrictive practices, market dominance, cartel investigations, and competition compliance. He represents clients in contentious matters and regularly appears before the Competition Commission of India, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, and the Supreme Court of India. He is an alumnus of the School of Law, Christ University, Bangalore (2011).
• Jyotsna Jayaram – Partner, TMT Bengaluru
  Jyotsna has transactional & advisory experience in the technology and telecom space. Her core areas of expertise include data privacy, telecom licensing, OTT services, digital communications, broadcasting and media laws, content regulation, IPR, payment and settlement systems, e-commerce, cybersecurity, outsourcing and commercial contracts. Jyotsna also works with domestic and overseas clients on a wide range of corporate matters in the TMT sector. She is an alumnus of the School of Law, Christ University, Bangalore (2011).
• Pallav Shukla – Partner, Disputes, White-Collar Crimes & Investigations New Delhi
  Pallav’s practice focuses on defence in anti-corruption and money laundering enforcement and debarment. He also represents clients in civil and criminal remedies for IPR infringement, data theft and cybercrimes. Pallav regularly conducts internal investigations, designs and implements whistle-blower programs and anti-corruption training modules. His practice also focuses on high stakes industrial and labour disputes. Pallav is an alumnus of Harvard Law School (2015) and ILS Law College (2010).
• Yash Bansal – Partner, Asset Management and Funds Mumbai
  Yash’s expertise includes advising on financial services, financial regulatory and securities laws, including inbound and outbound investment structures and strategies. In addition to advising general partners on the structuring and formation of investment funds and other asset management platforms, he has represented institutional investors, development finance institutions and family offices on their commitments to investment funds. He joined Trilegal in 2018 and has previously worked at leading law firms in India. He is an alumnus of NALSAR (2011).

About Trilegal: Trilegal is one of India’s leading law firms, with expertise across the full spectrum of corporate legal services. Trilegal has offices in four key cities of India.

Trilegal has been recognised as “M&A Law firm of the Year” by VCCircle Awards 2020; ‘Law Firm of the Decade’ at the RSG Grow India Summit and Awards 2019; one of the most innovative law firms in Asia in the inaugural edition of ALB Trailblazers 2020 and ‘highly commended’ in the FT RSG Innovative Lawyers Awards 2020.

For more information, please contact

Bakul Anand | Tel: +91-11-42599200/42599286; Mob: +91-8800921899 | BD@trilegal.com