Co-founder of Samvad Partners and Saakshya Law Advocates Siddharth Raja has merged his practice with Vertices Partners..He will join the firm as a Senior Partner in its Bengaluru office along with his team..A senior lawyer with decades of experience in private equity/venture capital as well mergers and acquisitions/joint ventures transactions, Raja’s expertise extends to cross-border movements in this space of legal advisory. He will be co-heading Vertices Partners' practice in the South..Raja is a 1997 graduate of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) Bangalore. He earned his LL.M. in International Economic Law from the University of Warwick in 1998..In 2013, Raja had co-founded Samvad Partners. Prior to joining Vertices, he was the co-founder of Saakshya Law Advocates along with Aditya Narayan, and Megha Malhotra Narayan. In the past, he has worked in the Hong Kong office of O’Melveny & Myers, where he specialized in cross-border mergers and acquisitions. He has also been Partner at Udwadia & Udeshi and Senior Partner and Executive Director at Argus Partners..Commenting on the move, Founder & Managing Partner of Vertices Partners Vinayak Burman said on behalf of the partnership,“Siddharth is a friend and has been known to me for several years. He brings with him a seniority and pedigree that further bolsters the partnership's strength in terms of practice and industry expertise. This addition will be of tremendous tangible and intangible value for our focus on the relevant practice areas, cross-border, pan-India, as well as at a local - regional level. Our clients stand to benefit from the breadth and depth of knowledge that our core brings with a collective of hundred human experience years of professional expertise amongst the partnership. We are excited to kick off this phase of growth in the VERTICES family.”.On joining the firm, Raja said, “I've known Vinayak since 2008 when we worked across each other on a transaction -- and many more since. My team and I have had the pleasure of getting to know many of his partners and colleagues during these deals. Our respective practices, teams, and cultures are an ideal fit with each other. Together we will now have, I truly believe, the foremost PE/VC and M&A practices in the country -- the undeniably strongest and cutting-edge Indian and cross-border law firm, delivering genuine value for our clients. For me personally, this move represents my deepest affirmation of building a legacy practice collectively as a Firm, far into the future. My commitment to achieving that objective is steadfast; and, daresay infectious.”.The firm recently announced an addition to its partnership with the joining of Rajat Agarwal in the Banking & Finance as well as the Disputes Resolution Practice at Mumbai. Other partners who have joined recently include Regulatory & Secretarial Compliances Partner Manasi Pathak Verma in Delhi NCR and Jayesh Karandikar, Real Estate Partner at the Mumbai headquarters of the firm..If you would like your Deals, Columns, Press Releases to be published on Bar & Bench, please fill in the form available here.
Co-founder of Samvad Partners and Saakshya Law Advocates Siddharth Raja has merged his practice with Vertices Partners..He will join the firm as a Senior Partner in its Bengaluru office along with his team..A senior lawyer with decades of experience in private equity/venture capital as well mergers and acquisitions/joint ventures transactions, Raja’s expertise extends to cross-border movements in this space of legal advisory. He will be co-heading Vertices Partners' practice in the South..Raja is a 1997 graduate of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) Bangalore. He earned his LL.M. in International Economic Law from the University of Warwick in 1998..In 2013, Raja had co-founded Samvad Partners. Prior to joining Vertices, he was the co-founder of Saakshya Law Advocates along with Aditya Narayan, and Megha Malhotra Narayan. In the past, he has worked in the Hong Kong office of O’Melveny & Myers, where he specialized in cross-border mergers and acquisitions. He has also been Partner at Udwadia & Udeshi and Senior Partner and Executive Director at Argus Partners..Commenting on the move, Founder & Managing Partner of Vertices Partners Vinayak Burman said on behalf of the partnership,“Siddharth is a friend and has been known to me for several years. He brings with him a seniority and pedigree that further bolsters the partnership's strength in terms of practice and industry expertise. This addition will be of tremendous tangible and intangible value for our focus on the relevant practice areas, cross-border, pan-India, as well as at a local - regional level. Our clients stand to benefit from the breadth and depth of knowledge that our core brings with a collective of hundred human experience years of professional expertise amongst the partnership. We are excited to kick off this phase of growth in the VERTICES family.”.On joining the firm, Raja said, “I've known Vinayak since 2008 when we worked across each other on a transaction -- and many more since. My team and I have had the pleasure of getting to know many of his partners and colleagues during these deals. Our respective practices, teams, and cultures are an ideal fit with each other. Together we will now have, I truly believe, the foremost PE/VC and M&A practices in the country -- the undeniably strongest and cutting-edge Indian and cross-border law firm, delivering genuine value for our clients. For me personally, this move represents my deepest affirmation of building a legacy practice collectively as a Firm, far into the future. My commitment to achieving that objective is steadfast; and, daresay infectious.”.The firm recently announced an addition to its partnership with the joining of Rajat Agarwal in the Banking & Finance as well as the Disputes Resolution Practice at Mumbai. Other partners who have joined recently include Regulatory & Secretarial Compliances Partner Manasi Pathak Verma in Delhi NCR and Jayesh Karandikar, Real Estate Partner at the Mumbai headquarters of the firm..If you would like your Deals, Columns, Press Releases to be published on Bar & Bench, please fill in the form available here.
