Amar Sinhji, who was previously Group Head of Human Resources (and Member of the Management Committee) at Tata Capital, has joined Khaitan & Co as an Executive Director, Human Resources. He has spent 15 years with the Tata Group in various group companies, prior to which he has also worked with the Essar Group and Bharat Petroleum. Khaitan & Co has been ahead of the curve in law firm management practices. Sudhir Bassi, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley had also joined Khaitan & Co in 2013 as an Executive Director in Capital Markets Practice. Last year, KPMG Partner Gautam Chemburkar was hired by Khaitan & Co to lead the Strategy function. Like Gautam, Amar will join the Management Team of Khaitan & Co which includes the Chief Operating Officer and the Chief Financial Officer. The Management Team reports to the Executive Committee of Khaitan & Co, which comprises of a group partners across all its offices elected on a three-year term to run the management of the Firm. 

On his joining, Haigreve Khaitan, Partner, Khaitan & Co said “This is another milestone for us in our journey towards professionalising the Firm. Amar brings in wealth of experience as an HR professional and coming from the Tatas, it will give the much needed impetus to take the HR practices of our Firm to the next level.” He further added, “Human capital is most important asset of any services firm, like a law firm. Amar’s move is more a strategic decision to give us thought leadership on several issues, be it employee engagement, hiring practices, partner compensation or generally bringing the Firm in line with international best practices.”

Amar Sinhji said “I am very excited & honoured to join the venerable firm of Khaitan & Co. It has been carefully built over a 100 years, based on value systems that I strongly identify with. I look forward to working with the Management Team and putting in place world class HR practices, while ensuring that we retain and nurture the ethos, culture and value systems that have sustained the firm for over a 100 years.”