L&L Partners has hired Advani & Co partner Shonali Choudhry in Mumbai, we understand from two sources and as first reported by Bar & Bench.
The 1999 NLSIU Bangalore graduate has spent just under a year at Luthra & Luthra in Mumbai in 2006 as a senior associate, and has since also worked in-house at Trimex International as general counsel across Asia.
She also had a stint at Larsen & Toubro as deputy general manager legal in Mumbai, two years as a self employed consultant in London, and had then joined Advani & Co in 2019 as a partner.
We understand that Choudhry’s hire has taken place under managing partner Rajiv Luthra, after senior partner Mohit Saraf was allegedly (but practically) ousted from the firm, over which Saraf has filed a claim in the Delhi high court, which is currently pending mediation.
Separately, two corporate partners of Luthra have also resigned since the start of the dispute.
We have reached out to Luthra and Saraf for comment.