Deepto Roy, one of the founder Partners of PXV Law Partners who later merged his firm with Khaitan & Co, has resigned. Deepto was not available for comment at time of publication of this story..As per our sources, Roy is likely to join Shardul Shroff in Mumbai, making him the third high-level lateral hire following Iqbal Khan from Khaitan and Radhika Periera..Last year, Deepto Roy, GT Thomas Phillippe and Mohit Abraham had merged their firm PXV Law Partners with Khaitan & Co. Post-merger, Deepto had joined the firm as Associate Partner in the infrastructure team in Mumbai..PXV was started under the banner RDA Legal in 2008 by NUJS graduate Rohit Das. The firm was later renamed as PXV Law Partners. In 2010-11, Deepto Roy, Phillipe Thomas and Mohit Abraham joined the firm. However, a year later Rohit Das left PXV to restart his firm under the banner RDA Legal..Prior to joining PXV, Deepto was a Principal Associate with the Projects and Infrastructure team at Amarchand Mangaldas..Khaitan & Co’s Rabindra Jhunjhunwala was not reachable for comment at the time of publication.
Deepto Roy, one of the founder Partners of PXV Law Partners who later merged his firm with Khaitan & Co, has resigned. Deepto was not available for comment at time of publication of this story..As per our sources, Roy is likely to join Shardul Shroff in Mumbai, making him the third high-level lateral hire following Iqbal Khan from Khaitan and Radhika Periera..Last year, Deepto Roy, GT Thomas Phillippe and Mohit Abraham had merged their firm PXV Law Partners with Khaitan & Co. Post-merger, Deepto had joined the firm as Associate Partner in the infrastructure team in Mumbai..PXV was started under the banner RDA Legal in 2008 by NUJS graduate Rohit Das. The firm was later renamed as PXV Law Partners. In 2010-11, Deepto Roy, Phillipe Thomas and Mohit Abraham joined the firm. However, a year later Rohit Das left PXV to restart his firm under the banner RDA Legal..Prior to joining PXV, Deepto was a Principal Associate with the Projects and Infrastructure team at Amarchand Mangaldas..Khaitan & Co’s Rabindra Jhunjhunwala was not reachable for comment at the time of publication.