Argus Partners is on an expansion spree. Siddharth Raja, co-founder of. Samvad Partners, is joining Argus Partners as Senior Partner and National Executive Director. He will be based in Bangalore and also head the firm’s Chennai office..Aditya Narayan and Megha Malhotra Narayan, partners at Aditya Narayan & Co. are also merging their practice with Argus in Bangalore. Aditya joins as an equity partner while Megha joins as a salaried partner..Raja, a graduate of NLSIU Bangalore, also holds an LLM from Warwick University in International Economic Law where he was a Foreign & Commonwealth Office Chevening Scholar and a JN Tata Scholar..Raja co-founded Narasappa, Doraswamy & Raja in late 2005, which was later rebranded as Samvad Partners. Prior to starting the firm, Raja was a partner at (then) Udwadia & Udeshi. Raja specializes in Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity & Venture Capital Investments, Banking & Corporate Finance..Aditya and Megha are too graduates of NLSIU Bangalore. Aditya focuses on disputes resolution, general corporate, real estate and IPR while Megha is an indirect tax practitioner. She has worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers for over seven years..In a press release, Argus Partners Managing Partner Krishnava Dutt stated,.“Siddharth, who shall also be a member of the Firm’s National Executive Committee, will greatly strengthen the leadership at Argus Partners. Siddharth, Aditya and Megha share our core values and I am extremely excited to have them on board.”.As for Raja, the press release quotes him as saying,.“I believe this is a key turning point in my close to 20-year legal career, especially since 2004 when I returned to India and then co-founded Samvad (and its predecessor firm), which will continue to be in my DNA. .The move marks a well-thought through shift towards both a niche practice area as well as a continuing national and cross-border presence; a tremendous strategic advantage.”.Aditya Narayan commented, “We believe that our deep domain-expertise and entrepreneurial instincts will enable us to contribute significantly to the Firm’s next phase of growth.”.Merger.In Mumbai, P&P Legal headed by Prakash Panjabi and Pratish Panjabi have merged their practice with Argus Partners..P&P Legal focuses on Banking & Finance, Project Finance, Infrastructure and Real Estate and they regularly receive instructions from corporates, builders/developers and banks..On this merger, Krishnava Dutt said, “This, with the recent joining of Mr. R. Vedasagar in our Bangalore office, definitely gives the Firm a strong competitive edge in the Banking & Finance space, besides the Infrastructure and Real Estate practice.”
Argus Partners is on an expansion spree. Siddharth Raja, co-founder of. Samvad Partners, is joining Argus Partners as Senior Partner and National Executive Director. He will be based in Bangalore and also head the firm’s Chennai office..Aditya Narayan and Megha Malhotra Narayan, partners at Aditya Narayan & Co. are also merging their practice with Argus in Bangalore. Aditya joins as an equity partner while Megha joins as a salaried partner..Raja, a graduate of NLSIU Bangalore, also holds an LLM from Warwick University in International Economic Law where he was a Foreign & Commonwealth Office Chevening Scholar and a JN Tata Scholar..Raja co-founded Narasappa, Doraswamy & Raja in late 2005, which was later rebranded as Samvad Partners. Prior to starting the firm, Raja was a partner at (then) Udwadia & Udeshi. Raja specializes in Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity & Venture Capital Investments, Banking & Corporate Finance..Aditya and Megha are too graduates of NLSIU Bangalore. Aditya focuses on disputes resolution, general corporate, real estate and IPR while Megha is an indirect tax practitioner. She has worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers for over seven years..In a press release, Argus Partners Managing Partner Krishnava Dutt stated,.“Siddharth, who shall also be a member of the Firm’s National Executive Committee, will greatly strengthen the leadership at Argus Partners. Siddharth, Aditya and Megha share our core values and I am extremely excited to have them on board.”.As for Raja, the press release quotes him as saying,.“I believe this is a key turning point in my close to 20-year legal career, especially since 2004 when I returned to India and then co-founded Samvad (and its predecessor firm), which will continue to be in my DNA. .The move marks a well-thought through shift towards both a niche practice area as well as a continuing national and cross-border presence; a tremendous strategic advantage.”.Aditya Narayan commented, “We believe that our deep domain-expertise and entrepreneurial instincts will enable us to contribute significantly to the Firm’s next phase of growth.”.Merger.In Mumbai, P&P Legal headed by Prakash Panjabi and Pratish Panjabi have merged their practice with Argus Partners..P&P Legal focuses on Banking & Finance, Project Finance, Infrastructure and Real Estate and they regularly receive instructions from corporates, builders/developers and banks..On this merger, Krishnava Dutt said, “This, with the recent joining of Mr. R. Vedasagar in our Bangalore office, definitely gives the Firm a strong competitive edge in the Banking & Finance space, besides the Infrastructure and Real Estate practice.”
