Wadia Ghandy & Company
| No. of offices | 7 |
|---|---|
| Major practice areas | General practice |
| Key people | Ashish Ahuja, Hamid Moochala, Ankit Majmudar, Farid Karachiwala, Marylou Bilawala, Bindi Dave, Dhawal Mehta |
| Revenue | $ |
| Date founded | 28 November 1883 |
Wadia Ghandy & Co., is one of the oldest law firms of India. It was founded on 28 November 1883 with an office in what was then Bombay. It currently holds offices at Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Delhi, Mumbai, Pune and Singapore.[1]
History
The law firm was started by Mr. Wadia and Jiwaji Dinshaw Ghandy.Despite losing one of their senior partners Anand Bhatt in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack, the firm has continued to prosper. Nihar Mody, once a partner at Wadia Ghandy & co, has gone on to found Platinum Partners. Currently, Mr. Farid Karachiwala is one of the leading partners in litigation law in the High Courts, Supreme Court, City Civil Court, Small Causes Court, Consumer Court, Magistrate Court, amongst various arbitration.
Structure
The firm is a partnership firm with various partners for each office. For offices other than the Mumbai office, there is a junior resident partner and the partners of Mumbai have cross-partnerships in such local offices. Currently the position of managing partner of the firm is shared between Ashish Ahuja and Dhawal Mehta.
Articleship Programme
The firm is well known for its article-ship training programme which is similar to the one followed in U.K (Solicitor trainee). It's a three-year programme whereby an articled clerk is assigned to a department for a year and rotated at the end of each year (Conveyancing, Corporate, Litigation; not in particular order)and thereby providing holistic training. the firm follows three round process in selecting articled clerks wherein the first round consists of shortlisting candidates on the basis of their C.V., selected candidates then proceed to the second round which consists of personal interview with the head of H.R and then the candidates selected from the second round proceed to the third round which consists of personal interview with a Senior Partner.
References
- ↑ Ardeshir Jamshedji Chanji Mistry, Forty years reminiscences of the firm of Messrs. Wadia, Ghandy & Co (A.J.C. Mistry, 1925)