Luthra bolsters partnership with 6 promotions 3 new Partners each in Corporate and Litigation

Luthra & Luthra Law Offices has recently announced its 2012 promotions. Managing Associates Aparna Mittal and Manmeet Singh from the Delhi office and Shishir Jose Vayttaden from the Mumbai office have been promoted to partnership on the corporate side..Luthra & Luthra Law Offices has recently announced its 2012 promotions. Managing Associates Aparna Mittal and Manmeet Singh from the Delhi office and Shishir Jose Vayttaden from the Mumbai office have been promoted to partnership on the corporate side..The other newly promoted partners at the Delhi office include Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, Tarun Dua and Suyash Srivastava. All three are from the litigation team..Speaking to Bar & Bench, Managing Partner Rajiv Luthra said, “Each one of them richly deserved their promotion. Clearly, with such an abundance of talent, the Firm is fortified with a strong foundation for the future and will undoubtedly scale greater heights.”.Aparna, Manmeet and Shishir are graduates of National Law School of India University, Bangalore and they all started their careers with Luthra & Luthra and have been with the firm ever since..Aparna joined the firm in 2005. She has 7 years of experience and specializes in Cross-border M&A, Business/Asset Transfers, Joint Ventures and Private Equity transactions..Manmeet has over 8 years of experience and specializes in Infrastructure & Project Finance, Aviation and Private Equity. Manmeet also holds an LLM from Columbia Law School..Shishir joined the firm in 2005 and is part of the general corporate advisory team in the firm’s Mumbai office. He advises extensively on private equity and M&A transactions with a special focus on investments in listed Indian companies. Shishir has also written a book on SEBI’s Takeover Regulations, which was published in 2010..Tarun joined the firm in 2010 and is part of the litigation team in the Delhi office. Prior to joining Luthra, he was working at Singhania & Partners..Sanjeev has been working with the firm for the last 7 years. He has extensive experience of handling litigation matters including matters related to various contractual and commercial disputes, suits, writ petitions, arbitration matters (domestic as well as international), company matters, HR related dispute/opinions and securitization and debt recovery matters. Sanjeev is a graduate of the University of Delhi..Suyash is part of the litigation team in the Delhi office and specializes in Employment & Labour Law..The firm has also promoted 9 of its Senior Associates to Managing Associate level and 30 of its Associates to Senior Associate level..Amit Shetye, Karan Chandhiok, Manish Gupta, Manu Yadav, Prashant Mishra, Sachit Mathur, Sandeep Grover, Tanmay Amar and Vaibhav Kakkar have been promoted to Managing Associate level..Aditya Periwal, Aneek Bangabash, Akansha Agarwal, Alok Shankar, Amit Upadhyay, Ajay Sondhi, Anant Garg, Bhupender Singh, Divyakant Lahoti, Karan Mitroo, Kanika Chaudhary, Mriga Solanki, Mahfooz Nazki, Mumtaz Bhalla, Mihira Sood, Neha Priya, Neha Sachdeva, Pulkit Sharma, Rohan Shah, Rohit Raghavan, Shikhar Kaicker, Sidhartha Srivastava, Saurabh Tiwari, Surya Bala, Sumit Mangal, Tulika Sen, Vaishali Kakra, Varun Shankar, Yohan John Balan and Wasim Beg have been promoted to Senior Associate level..The firm also awarded the ‘Managing Partner’s Solitaire Award’ to the newly promoted Managing Associate Vaibhav Kakkar..The firm has also promoted 21 of its staff members..The promotions were announced on Saturday August 25, 2012 at the Oberoi, New Delhi. The entire firm along with all the staff members was present at the event.