Mumbai based firm Solomon & Co. has promoted four of its Associate Partners – Anagha Subramaniam, Germaine Pereira, Kinjal Champaneria and Saurabh Gupta to Partners in the Firm. The Partnership took effect from 1st December, taking the partnership strength of the firm to 8, located across two offices in Mumbai and one in Pune.

Congratulating the newly promoted Partners, Managing Partner Aaron Solomon shared, “From a journey that started in 1909, we are entering the 110th year from our inception. Anagha, Germaine, Kinjal and Saurabh have each been with our firm in excess of 10 years, and it’s a delight to witness their evolution into experienced legal professionals. With the legacy and ethos of our firm imbibed in our next generation of partners, I have no doubt that our firm will continue to excel and grow for many decades to come”.

Senior Partner, Jonathan Solomon, added, “We take pride in being a ‘one of its kind firm’ that blends a great ensemble of vintage partners and young talent. Anagha, Germaine, Kinjal and Saurabh have been seasoned lawyers in true sense, and are an integral part of our firm. With all four of them joining the leadership, we are fully geared to represent and service complex, intricate, multi-lateral and high-end mandates of our clients.”

Anagha Subramaniam will spearhead the Banking and Finance practice, with a special focus on Corporate & Commercial laws. She will continue to handle a wide array of corporate, commercial and banking matters including FDI, Compliances, M&A, Financing transactions, Regulatory Communications and Compliance, Foreign Investment & Exchange Control Laws. Germaine Pereira will head the Intellectual Property practice at the firm, not only taking charge of the patent, trademark and copyright matters, but also technology and commercial transactions including licensing, technology transfer, trademark licensing and assignment, distribution agreements and development of in-house IP protection programs. Kinjal Champaneria will take the mantle to grow firm’s Corporate and M&A practice, and apart from the traditional nuances of the practice relating to M&As, JVs, Collaborations, Corporate Structuring, Due Diligence and Corporate Compliance, he will also be widely dealing with cross-border acquisition, representing international clients, including advice on foreign investment & exchange control regulations. Saurabh Gupta will be the face of firm’s Real Estate practice. With over ten years of experience in this sector, he has been a name to be reckoned with, providing 360 degree services ranging from property title due diligence, acquisition, development, leasing to joint venturing, financing, local property laws and regulations of various states of India.

Founded in 1909, the Firm is one of the oldest and most reputed law firms in the country, with over 65 lawyers and 3 offices in Mumbai and Pune.

The team of Legal League Consulting comprising of CEO Bithika Anand and Vice President Nipun Bhatia assisted the firm in creating the Partnership Structure and Governance Model.