NEW PARTNER ANNOUNCEMENT

We are pleased to announce that Ms. Veena K. will join the partnership effective 17th October to lead the Firm's Pan-India Real Estate practice. Veena brings with her a rich experience of 23 years in Real Estate and POSH areas. She will be based in Bengaluru and will help further strengthen the Firm's Real Estate and POSH practices across the country.

WE CONGRATULATE OUR RECENTLY PROMOTED LAWYERS

We are stoked to share recent promotion announcements across our various offices. The lawyers who have been promoted cover several practice areas like Mergers & Acquisitions, General Corporate Advisory, Private Equity & Venture Capital transactions, Banking & Financing, Dispute Resolution, Fintech, Competition Law, and Real Estate.
 
We look forward to being part of their successful onward journey and wish them the best of luck!

SAMVAD PARTNERS BROAD BASES EQUITY PARTNERSHIP STRUCTURE 

As we complete 10 years of our journey as a pan-Indian, full - service law Firm, we are delighted to see our lawyers grow into next-generation leaders of the Firm.
 

We are now happy to announce that  Ashwini Vittalachar, Natasha Mahajan, Neela Badami, Nivedita Nivargi and Rohan K George will be taking up leadership roles in the Firm, as full equity partners.

We have broad based our equity structure to give these partners larger stake in the Firm. They will each play a key role in providing leadership and direction within the Firm.

NEW PARTNER ANNOUNCEMENT

Samvād: Partners (www.samvadpartners.com) is pleased to announce that Ms. Jeeta Nayak will be joining its partnership with effect from 02nd August 2021. She will be based in Mumbai. This takes the total number of partners in the Firm to 17. The complete press report can be read here.

New Partner Announcement

Samvād: Partners is pleased to announce that Ms. Savani Gupte will be joining the Mumbai office of the Firm as a Partner with effect from March 15, 2021. Ms. Gupte will strengthen the disputes practice in Mumbai for the firm both in arbitration and litigation. This takes the total number of partners in the Firm to 17. The complete press report can be read here.

Announcement

We are proud to announce that Samvad Partners has won the “Chambers Diversity & Inclusion Asia-Pacific Awards 2020: Outstanding Pro Bono Programme – Regional Category Award”. This award is intended to recognize firms dedicated to undertaking impactful and ongoing pro bono work in their local or global community.

You can read full announcement it here. 

News

We at Samvad Partners have been working with Aapti Institute to create an app for tracking government notifications relating to the Covid-19 Crisis. The app uses resources from the 'Covid-19 Legal Resources' Google Drive folder created by us at Samvad and provides an easy way to search and view all Central and State legislations, notifications and court/tribunal orders related to the Covid-19 crisis.

As with the Google Drive folder, this app is also being made available as a public resource. We're happy to announce that the app is now ready for launch. 

You can access it here. 

This app is also a work in progress, but we will be updating it daily and are seeking suggestions for its improvement. Please let us know if there's anything we should be adding, updating or changing here. You can  provide us your suggestions  at contact@aapti.in and expertise@samvadpartners.com

Announcement

We are delighted to announce that our partners Mr. Harish Narasappa, Ms. Poornima Hatti and Ms. Vineetha MG have been consecutively ranked by Vantage Asia's India Business Law Journal among India’s Top 100 Lawyers: The A-List 2019. 

The complete report can be accessed here.

Webinar: RECENT AMENDMENTS TO THE ARBITRATION ACT

The recent amendments to the Indian Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 are likely to bring major changes to arbitration in India. In this webinar, we discuss some of these changes, which have been quite controversial and seen as 'regressive' by some arbitration practitioners.

Webinar : DAMMING THE FOUNTAINHEAD: A DISCUSSION ON STATUTORY LICENSING FOR ONLINE TRANSMISSION OF MUSICAL WORKS

The introduction of statutory licensing for musical works has had widespread and deep-rooted implications for the Indian music industry. The recent efforts to extend statutory licensing to online music transmission through a DPIIT notification has caused further turmoil. This webinar seeks to outline the recent history of statutory licensing for musical works in India and to examine the viability of extending such a regime to online music transmission.

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Announcement - Mediation
Samvād: Partners  is pleased to announce that our Partners Ms. Poornima Hatti and Ms. Ekta Bahl have been appointed as members of the Specialist Mediator Panel (India) by the Singapore International Mediation Centre (“SIMC”). Both Poornima and Ekta completed the Specialist Mediator Workshop conducted by the SIMC earlier this year.

Announcement 

Samvād: Partners is pleased to announce that Ms. Nisha Mallik will be joining its partnership with effect from August 2019. She will be based in Mumbai. This takes the total number of partners in the Firm to 15.

Announcement 

We are pleased to announce that Ms. Junaira Rahman, has joined the partnership with effect
from May 01, 2019. Junaira is based out of the New Delhi office. This takes the total number ofpartners in the Firm to 14.