Arush Khanna, George Thomas, Lakshmi Raman and Chaitanyaa Bhandarkar have announced the formation of their new firm ‘Numen Law Offices’ with effect from November 1, 2019. Numen Law Offices is a multi-disciplinary Dispute Resolution and Criminal Litigation firm with dedicated verticals covering inter-alia Commercial Law, Insolvency & Bankruptcy, Arbitration, Real Estate, Anti-Trust and serious criminal offences including White Collar Crime. The firm shall be operating from its offices at Delhi and Mumbai.
Arush Khanna who is India’s National Representative at the Young Lawyers Committee of the IBA and also on the steering committee of the Young Members Group (YMG) of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (India Branch) will head the firm’s Commercial Disputes and Anti-Trust practice. George Thomas will be leading the firm’s Supreme Court practice from its office in New Delhi. Chaitanyaa Bhandarkar will be leading the Real Estate, Commercial and Insolvency & Bankruptcy Laws practice from the firm’s office in Mumbai and Lakshmi Raman will head the firm’s criminal practice.
Commenting on the development, Arush Khanna shared, “I’ve known George, Lakshmi and Chaitanyaa from college days and collaborating with them to set up a firm seemed like a natural progression. Right from our first discussions to simultaneously open offices in Delhi and Mumbai, we knew we were on the same page. The like-mindedness and commonality of vision paved the way towards formally joining hands to establish Numen Law Offices. The name ‘Numen’, which implies ‘spiritual force’ or ‘influence’, is symbolic with our vision to be recognized as a cultured, competent and a solution-driven law office in the coming years.”
The Firm was advised by Legal League Consulting, a management consultancy company founded and headed by Bithika Anand, towards the Partnership Structuring. Nipun Bhatia, Vice President of Legal League Consulting, who designed the Partnership Structure & Governance Model of Numen Law Offices commented, “My association with Arush goes back to almost 7 years now. To help him establish Numen Law Offices was a fulfilling experience, both on personal and professional fronts. The Partners are young, with palpable energy, drive and camaraderie to jointly leverage each other’s strengths. All of us brainstormed over designing a partnership structure that would promote financial performance, without compromising on the true spirit of sharing amongst partners. We are glad that we’ve been able to create a merit-cum-parity based structure that will ensure Partners’ growth in alignment with Firm’s growth.”
