Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM), India’s leading law firm, announced the adoption of a permanent dynamic working policy that allows teams to work in a combination of onsite (WFO), and offsite (WFH/WFA) that is focused on enhancing talent and client experience.

The world is undergoing a fundamental transformation of jobs and the workplace. Keeping in mind the evolving aspirations of talent, the digital transformation of the ‘office’, and the criticality of diversity for success and growth, the Firm has delved deeply into the future of work and re-imagined its processes to be future-ready. This follows extensive consultations and deliberations over the last few months. The Dynamic Working Policy sets out 5 models ranging from ‘work from office’ to ‘work from anywhere’ and even introduces ‘Flexi Lawyering’.

Managing Partner Cyril Shroff, Managing Partner, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas said ‘We have adopted dynamic working models that are aligned with the future of work, built on a world-class digital infrastructure and aimed towards enhancing productivity and our talent experience. We are ready to bring in the transformative change to lead the legal industry.’

In multiple surveys of our lawyers and future lawyers (including law students from 16 Law Schools) and other stakeholders, we found that a significant majority expressed a strong preference for flexibility in ways of working. With diversity as a central pillar of our organization, we have opted for a policy that recognizes that “no one size fits all” and enables an environment that sets our talent up for optimal productivity and success.

Rishabh Shroff, Partner, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas said: “I am delighted with the new policy. With this model, we continue to nurture and protect our diverse talent and also caters to millennial expectations.”

The new working model is built on physical and technological infrastructure that preserves the firm culture, furthers our ‘ahead of the curve’ mindset, promotes collaboration, continues the apprenticeship model, and protects the personal space of our staff. The Firm will progressively strive towards operating on a paperless basis and has increased its confidentiality and cybersecurity protocols.

Reeba Chacko, Partner and Head of Corporate, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas said “This is a new mindset which we will internalize by innovative and progressive practice and alignment of all stakeholders.”

L Viswanathan, Chair – Finance, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, said: “This dynamic policy is a massive leap and facilitates a working environment that meets the preference of our talent and the needs of our clients.”

At the start of the pandemic, the Firm transitioned overnight to a remote-only model and has seamlessly advised clients through this model for over 7 months. Pending the resolution of the health crisis, the Firm will continue the current work-from-home arrangement till March 31, 2021. The new long term dynamic working policy will become effective in due course thereafter. We believe we are the first law firm to announce this and expect that this will set the benchmark.