Former Amarchand Partner Harry Chawla joins Kochhar amp Co as Senior Partner and Mumbai Managing Partner

Harry Chawla, former Senior Amarchand Mangaldas Partner has recently joined Kochhar & Co. as a Senior Partner Corporate and Regional Managing Partner Mumbai. Harry will be based in Delhi and will divide his time between the Delhi and Mumbai offices..Harry Chawla, former Senior Amarchand Mangaldas Partner has recently joined Kochhar & Co. as a Senior Partner Corporate and Regional Managing Partner Mumbai. Harry will be based in Delhi and will divide his time between the Delhi and Mumbai offices..On his decision to join Kochhar & Co, Harry Chawla (pictured) said, “The role and position that Rohit Kochhar described was pretty challenging and I thought I was up to it and I took it on. Also, given the relationship we have shared in the past, there was no reason to say no to his offer”..To this Kochhar & Co. Managing Partner Rohit Kochhar said, “If you really want to change the destiny of an organisation then I think a law firm like ours would provide a better platform to someone as senior as Harminder (as I call him) to come on board and play that destiny-shaping role than, may be, in his previous firm”..Rohit said, “I am looking forward to Harminder’s contribution and leadership to further expand and contribute to the growth and the advancement of the firm”..“In addition to his very rich professional experience and his expertise as a lawyer, what specially helped is the fact that he and I share an excellent repo and relationship which is punctuated with the feelings of trust, faith and confidence and I see his presence in the law firm as a catalyst for a much greater growth and of course taking the firm to much greater heights than what he have done in the past. I am looking to him to playing a destiny-shaping role not just for Mumbai office but for the law firm in general”, added Rohit..Talking about his experience at Amarchand, Harry said, “I enjoyed my stint at Amarchand and had good relations with both Shardul and Cyril. It was a peaceful and friendly exit”..Harry has more than 20 years of experience advising both domestic and international clients in the area of Banking and Finance. He started his career with Kochhar & Co. after graduating from Kurukshetra University in 1990. Thereafter, in 1995 he joined Luthra & luthra Law offices, where he worked for five years before setting up his own law firm Chawla & Co in 2000. In 2008, Harry joined Amarchand as an Equity Partner. He was also on the firm’s national management committee since October, 2011. However, he recently resigned from Amarchand to take up this new role at Kochhar & Co.