Former Partner at Singhania & Partners, Bidan Chandran has recently joined the Mumbai office of Kochhar & Co. to further strengthen its banking and project finance practice..Former Partner at Singhania & Partners, Bidan Chandran has recently joined the Mumbai office of Kochhar & Co. to further strengthen its banking and project finance practice..Bidan has almost 22 years of experience in Banking Finance, Project Finance and Dispute Resolution. He has been advising multinationals, government companies as well as regulatory authorities on legal issues related to drafting of various documents..His key practice areas include Banking, Securities, Corporate, Foreign Exchange, and Arbitration and Litigation..Speaking to Bar & Bench, Bidan said, “Kochhar is a big law firm with a huge clientele. I think this is a great opportunity and with my experience, I plan to further enhance the firm’s banking and project finance practice”..Bidan worked with Singhania & Partners (a breakaway from Singhania & Co.) as a Partner in the the Mumbai office for three years before joining Kochhar. Prior to that he has worked with Singhania & Co. for almost four years..Bidan started his career as a trial lawyer in 1991 and later moved his practice to the Kerala High Court in 1993. He set up his own firm in 1996 called Chandran & Chandran in Cochin, which was later merged with Delhi-based firm John & Company. In 2002, Bidan moved to Mumbai and joined R. Bhargava & Assocates. He worked with them for two years before joining Singhania & Co..Bidan is also a counsel for the Securities Exchange Board of India and the Employees Provident Fund Board and various other Public and Private Sector Banks..Rohit Kochhar, Managing Partner of Kochhar & Co. said, “With Bidan’s addition to the Kochhar family, our offices stand substantially strengthened in the area of infrastructure, corporate advisory and litigation. I look forward to the value addition he brings to our firm”..In May, Mumbai Partner Rajarshi Chakrabarti had left Kochhar & Co. to join Vodafone India as Associate Vice President-Legal.
Former Partner at Singhania & Partners, Bidan Chandran has recently joined the Mumbai office of Kochhar & Co. to further strengthen its banking and project finance practice..Former Partner at Singhania & Partners, Bidan Chandran has recently joined the Mumbai office of Kochhar & Co. to further strengthen its banking and project finance practice..Bidan has almost 22 years of experience in Banking Finance, Project Finance and Dispute Resolution. He has been advising multinationals, government companies as well as regulatory authorities on legal issues related to drafting of various documents..His key practice areas include Banking, Securities, Corporate, Foreign Exchange, and Arbitration and Litigation..Speaking to Bar & Bench, Bidan said, “Kochhar is a big law firm with a huge clientele. I think this is a great opportunity and with my experience, I plan to further enhance the firm’s banking and project finance practice”..Bidan worked with Singhania & Partners (a breakaway from Singhania & Co.) as a Partner in the the Mumbai office for three years before joining Kochhar. Prior to that he has worked with Singhania & Co. for almost four years..Bidan started his career as a trial lawyer in 1991 and later moved his practice to the Kerala High Court in 1993. He set up his own firm in 1996 called Chandran & Chandran in Cochin, which was later merged with Delhi-based firm John & Company. In 2002, Bidan moved to Mumbai and joined R. Bhargava & Assocates. He worked with them for two years before joining Singhania & Co..Bidan is also a counsel for the Securities Exchange Board of India and the Employees Provident Fund Board and various other Public and Private Sector Banks..Rohit Kochhar, Managing Partner of Kochhar & Co. said, “With Bidan’s addition to the Kochhar family, our offices stand substantially strengthened in the area of infrastructure, corporate advisory and litigation. I look forward to the value addition he brings to our firm”..In May, Mumbai Partner Rajarshi Chakrabarti had left Kochhar & Co. to join Vodafone India as Associate Vice President-Legal.
