Singhania & Co. today has announced the joining of the Competition and Antitrust veteran, Mr K K Sharma, to boost the Competition Law Practice of the Firm.
Mr K K Sharma is an eminent global expert of competition law and was the very first Director-General of the functional Competition Commission of India (CCI) and also a retired Commissioner of Income Tax. Mr Sharma was the first Head of the Merger Control and Antitrust Divisions of CCI and one of the few individual members of the RPP Platform of UNCTAD; He was also on the Global Antitrust Advisory Board of Bloomberg.
He holds a PhD. Fellow (Competition Law) from Bangor University (UK) and is an alumnus of King’s College (London) and IIT. In addition to being a lawyer, he also earned a Master’s degree in Economics. He was recently appointed Senior Counsel by the President of India to deal with complex matters of Govt. of India.
He will be joining the New Delhi office of the Firm. As part of its strategic growth plan, the Firm has been on an expansion spree, with the opening of new offices in Delhi and Dubai to provide local support to its clients in the MENA region. Last month, the firm also added a Private Client Practice team to advise clients on estate planning and structuring.
Mr Pradeep Kumar Jain, the Managing Partner of the Firm, said, “I am delighted to have him on board; he is exceptional and will support driving our expansion into the competition and other contentious practices in India and across global markets. Our clients will benefit from his expertise, knowledge, and commitment”.
Mr Rohit Jain, Partner, Delhi NCR, said, “It is an absolute honour to have Mr Sharma with the Firm. His experience will be an unparalleled value addition to the knowledge repository of the Firm.”
Commenting on this, Mr K K Sharma said, “I have always admired Singhania’s legacy, professionalism, culture, and remarkable growth as a leading law firm in India. I am excited to join and hope to contribute to the future growth of the Firm.”
ABOUT SINGHANIA & CO.
Singhania & Co., established in 1969, is one of India’s leading full-service law firms and has come to stay as a multi-disciplinary organisation having offices in Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai and overseas offices in Dubai and London.
S&Co. has been constantly identified as one of the premier law firms in the country and was ranked amongst the top 20 law firms in India by Asian Legal Business (ALB) in its latest 2021 annual rankings.S&Co. was one of the first law firms in India to have overseas offices in New York and London. S&Co.founder, Mr D.C. Singhania, is a legend in the field of corporate and commercial laws.
The Firm, to its credit, has a number of landmark judgments, such as Erusian Equipment v. State of West Bengal, UOI v. Raman Iron Foundry, Marwar Tent Factory v. UOI, NTPC v. Singer Company etc.
The Firm has represented several important international and domestic arbitration cases, such as Western Company of North America v. ONGC, Alstom v. Railway Board, Saipem S.p.A. v. ONGC etc. The Firm has a celebrated legacy in advising multinational companies, including a number of Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies such as Microsoft, Airbus, LG, British Airways, Xerox, Ricoh, Benetton, Givo etc.
