Khaitan & Co
Firm Overview:
Founded in 1911, Khaitan & Co is one of the oldest Indian law firms. It combines a rich heritage of over a hundred years with modern, cutting edge and solution-oriented legal practice and offers full service legal solutions to its domestic and international clients. The firm has a strength of 540+ fee earners, including 113 partners and directors across its four offices.
Main Areas of Practice:
The firm is one of India's most recognised full service law firms offering specialised advisory services to clients across all practice areas. The firm's Corporate/M&A practice and several other practice areas including banking and finance, capital markets, competition/ antitrust, dispute resolution, energy, infrastructure and resources, private clients, funds, hospitality, intellectual property, labour and employment laws, real estate, taxation, technology, media and telecom and white collar crime feature prominently in various leading international and Indian publications. The firm has received several awards and recognition in recent times for its work by various leading international rankings and publications, some of which include:
- Tier I Indian law firm – Corporate & M&A, Competition/Antitrust and Private Equity - Chambers Asia Pacific 2017
- Tier I Indian law firm – Corporate & M&A and Capital Markets - IFLR 1000 2017
- Tier I Indian law firm – Antitrust and Competition, Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution, Investment Funds, Labour and Employment, Projects and Energy, Tax and White Collar Crime - Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2017
- Law Firm of the year and M&A Law firm of the year – IDEX Legal awards 2017
- Law Firm of the year - Indian Business Law Journal – Indian Law Firm awards 2016
- Firm of the year – India, The Asian Lawyer Emerging markets awards 2016
Over the years the firm has attracted and retained some of the best legal talent in India to provide the high-quality legal counsel expected from it. The strategic hiring of partners has resulted in the addition of new practice areas, strengthening of the existing practice areas and also bringing in the best international practices.
Clients:
The firm’s clients include business and financial enterprises, large business houses, banks, financial institutions, private equity funds, government bodies, educational and charitable trusts, cultural institutions, individuals, and estates and trusts from India and overseas.
International:
Khaitan & Co is an independent law firm and routinely works with several leading law firms internationally on inbound and outbound assignments across various jurisdictions on multiple transactions across all its practice areas.