Wadia Ghandy ups Partner count; Five Senior Associates made Partner

Wadia Ghandy has promoted five of its Senior Associates Kingshuk Banerjee, Sayantani Dutta, Dhruv Khanna, Nitesh Ranavat and Swapnil Khatri to partnership..Joint Managing Partner Dhawal Mehta commented,.“All these lawyers have been groomed and nurtured by Wadia Ghandy for atleast 7-8 years. They all are a dedicated and hardworking team of lawyers and are true professionals. We have always nurtured young talent and given them the platform and stood by them.”.Kingshuk is a graduate of Government Law College, Mumbai and is a qualified Bombay solicitor. He joined the firm as articled clerk in 2007 and has been with the firm ever since. He is part of the firm’s dispute resolution practice and has been trained under Managing Partner Ashish Ahuja and Partner Bindi Dave..Sayantani, who is a graduate of NUJS, Kolkata, started her career at the firm in 2006. She focuses on General Corporate advisory, Capital Market fund and Private Equity. She also works in Ashish Ahuja’s team..Dhruv joined the firm as an articled clerk in 2004. He qualified as Solicitor in 2007. He works with Partner Marylou Bilawala and specializes in Private Equity, Aircraft leasing, Aviation finance and asset planning..Nitesh graduated from Government Law College, Mumbai and joined the firm as articled clerk in 2007 and qualified as Solicitor in 2009. He works with Dhawal Mehta and specializes in real estate transactions..Swapnil joined Wadia Ghandy in 2008 after graduating from Symbiosis Law School. She too works with Dhawal Mehta and focuses on real estate litigation and arbitration..This round of promotion takes the total number of partners at the firm to 28.