In a significant move, US-international law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher has promoted Rahul Saha, an NUJS Kolkata 2008 Graduate to Partner level.

He is a part of the firm’s Competition Practice and one of two London promotions at the firm.

As per the firm’s press release he “advises on all aspects of EU and UK competition law, including EU and UK merger control, cartels, competition litigation, and UK market investigations."

The Press read:

He frequently represents clients before the European Commission and the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority, as well as a range of UK sector regulators. Rahul advises clients across a wide range of sectors, including retail/consumer goods, e-commerce, finance, payments, pharma, telecoms, and energy. He also has experience advising on EU and UK sector-specific regulation, in particular in relation to energy and telecom matters.

SAHA'S CAREER BACKGROUND

While at NUJS, Saha had interned at erstwhile Amarchand Mangaldas, but he has spent most of his legal career outside of India since graduating.

He completed his training contract at Hong Kong-Australian firm King & Wood Mallesons, which absorbed UK firm SJ Berwin in 2013 in an ill-fated merger that fell apart by 2016.

Saha then moved to Wilkie Farr which is said to be a highly profitable US law firm as a Senior Associate in 2016. The firm has six offices in European business capitals.

ABOUT Willkie Farr & Gallagher

It had a total of 146 Equity Partners and 10 non-equity partners, with average profits per Equity Partner of $3.1m and total revenues of $817m in 2018, according to the American Lawyer.

The firm introduced the non-equity partnership tier in 2019.

It is yet uncertain whether Saha has been promoted to Equity Partnership or the recently-launched Non-Equity tier.

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Source: Legally India