PXV Law Partners to be dissolved; Deepto Roy, Thomas Phillippe and Mohit Abraham to join Khaitan as Associate Partners

NUJS graduates Deepto Roy, GT Thomas Phillippe and Mohit Abraham are winding up their firm PXV Law Partners. The three will be joining Khaitan & Co as Associate Partners. This has been confirmed by reliable sources. However, partners at both the firms were not available for comment.

Deepto is joining the infrastructure team in Mumbai while Thomas and Mohit will be joining the Delhi office.

It is understood that a team of about 8-10 associates and senior associates are also moving to Khaitan.

PXV was started under the banner RDA Legal in 2008 by NUJS graduate Rohit Das. The firm was later renamed 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.

Thomas Phillippe, who specialises in corporate laws joined PXV as an Equity Partner from AZB & Partners where he was a Senior Associate. Thomas has also worked with Trilegal in Mumbai.

Mohit initially worked with Amarchand Mangaldas after graduating from NUJS, which was followed by a masters from Harvard Law School after which he practiced in the Supreme Court for five years before joining PXV.