RECRUITMENT COMMUNICATION FOR THE

GRADUATING BATCHES OF 2018 AND 2019

STATEMENT OF OUR VISION
In the 21st century, time is at a premium; competence is said to be a commodity; and loyalty is
for sale. We accept none of that.
Organisations and systems make time manageable.
Excellence is rare, it cannot be equated with competence.
We have seen the legal profession grow and change with growth.
We believe that growth cannot be at the cost of excellence.
To the contrary, growth must foster excellence. We will not be part of any system where values
or quality may be impaired in the rush to get the deal done.
We have come together based on immutable principles of truth, ethics, and excellence.
We will not compromise.
Growth will be driven by these principles. We will select the right people, groom them, invest
in them. We will not just invest money.
We will invest our time and our commitment. Some will fall by the way, as they must, but a
few will make the grade. Those who share our values and our vision will be partners. They will
be lawyers who will succeed in any jurisdiction.
Within ourselves we have the capabilities of a full service law firm.
We will grow our capabilities to better serve our clients.
We are proud of every member of our Firm, be they professionals, fee earners, or support staff.
Each is a flag bearer. We are committed to going forward and each constituent of our Firm is
proud to belong to the Law Firm that delivers excellent value to its clients and enriches the
profession.
THE PREMISE
THE WORLD ECONOMY IS EVOLVING and the legal industry is playing catch-up, leading to new avenues for lawyers with a multitude
of career options to choose from. The business of law has been created with specialisation being the word of the times.
 
WE THINK DIFFERENTLY at Bharucha & Partners. We have always believed that a lawyer is an advisor, an Advocate, an officer of the
Court, and a professional. We train our people to practice the law and become lawyers with the same belief.

We are not concerned with what law school you come from – we believe that quality lies in a person.

We want people who want to be holistic lawyers, not just practice area specialists.

We want people who stay ahead of the curve by developing commercial expertise, embracing technology, and working on evolving
areas of law.

We want people who love the law as we do, for its challenges and intricacies, and understand that work may sometimes take long
hours, but is worth it.

We work as one organisation: you can work from any city or office or shift from one to the other and have access to the same
quality of work and mentorship.

In this brochure we want to give you a perspective on the Firm, on what we offer and what we expect – to help you make an
informed choice about the direction your career will take if you join us.
B&P IN NUMBERS
DIVERSITY
PEOPLE
1:1 OFFICES

120 Members Women Men 2 Mumbai

Delhi
70 Lawyers 35 Number of Law Schools
represented
Cities

50 Staff 3 Hague Building & Cecil Court

Equity Mansion

17 Indian States where our

Lawyers come from
Offices

CLIENTS
PRACTICES

19 Practice Areas
150 We work with Law Firms and
Clients in 150 jurisdictions

13 Practices are ranked by Chambers, Legal 500

and other International Publications
136 Industry Sectors in which our
clients operate

04 out of our newest 7 Partners

joined us as Associates
THE WORK WE HAVE DONE
And the kind of work you can expect to be a part of at B&P.

We have represented Idea

We have represented clients in
Cellular on their proposed
We advised General Atlantic on multi-crore arbitrations including
merger with Vodafone and have
its investment in Billdesk & IIFL institutional arbitrations in
advised Twitter, Inc. on the
Wealth. London, Singapore and Hong
acquisition of ZipDial Mobile
Kong.
Solutions.

We represent various sports

We are the only Firm to have
represented 5 separate entities
in the 2G scam.
We have advised the production
leagues, including the leagues
teams of well-known movies,
for Badminton, Table Tennis,
such as Rustom, Toilet – Ek Prem
Kabaddi, Polo, Snooker, as well as
Katha, Manto, and most recently
teams in the Indian Premier
Padmavati.
League and Indian Super League.

Our employment law practice

We have conducted legal audits, We are also recognised and
advises a number of large
a risk assessment and alleviation ranked for several other practice
transnational corporations with
technique, for large multi- areas including our Banking and
respect to employment relations
national companies, including Finance, Capital Markets, IPR,
with key managerial personnel
Vodafone, United Spirits Ltd., Infrastructure, and Corporate
including Evonik and Harris
and Alchem. Advisory Practices.
Corporation.
WHAT DOES B&P OFFER YOU?
WE TRAIN YOU TO LAWYER
HOLISTICALLY
WE GIVE YOU THE ROAD TO
PARTNERSHIP
WE GIVE YOU PREDICTABLE
FINANCIAL PROGRESSION
TOGETHER, WE INFLUENCE THE LAW
WE OFFER YOU DIVERSITY
TOGETHER, WE GIVE BACK TO
SOCIETY
 We produce lawyers who are capable of understanding, interpreting, and working with the law in its entirety; we
do not pigeon-hole our lawyers into super-specialised practice areas.
 Our goal is to train future leaders of the Firm and to help our associates achieve this, we give them a transparent
roadmap which spells out the expectations B&P has of everyone who works with us and how they can progress.
 Along with our expectations for your progress we also give you a transparent map of your financial growth
prospects at the Firm, thus allowing you to plan your personal life and future better.
 Our commitment to the law has led us to work with the Government on conceptualising and amending legislation.
This allows our lawyers to think about the law not as it is but what it can be, gives them critical insight into the
working of the Government, and provides a fantastic opportunity to work on policy.
 We are proud of the diversity of our workplace and maintaining this diversity means acknowledging that every
individual is different and that there is no boilerplate for success.
 The Firm empathises with the exigencies of life; our policies and processes place value on each lawyer with us and
thus gives them the time and space to address their personal requirements.
 We have an active pro bono practice which spans both institutional pro bono work as well as work for undertrials
and the underprivileged. It is something we encourage all our associates to actively participate in.
 The Firm is actively involved with Toolbox India, a not-for-profit organization started with the purpose of offering
consulting services on a pro bono basis to other non-profits in change process management.
 B&P also works with Shakti Dhara for the betterment of disadvantaged rural communities by providing them skill
training, such as computer labs and sewing training centres.
TRAINING
A Lawyer’s duties cannot be performed in a vacuum, nor can lawyers flourish in stagnation. At B&P, we have worked hard to create a
holistic, continuous training program for our lawyers. This includes:

A basic requirement for each lawyer, including Partners and Paralegals. This will also include technical training, such as
Continuous Legal Education
developing an understanding of company accounts, interpreting stock market deals, etc.

We encourage our lawyers to learn from their mistakes on every single assignment, to ask for constructive feedback and
take criticism in a positive spirit. Our Partners spend time on your training every single day. Bi-annually, you are given
Learning Through Feedback
the chance to sit with your Partner to undertake a more detailed analysis of your work and progress and speak freely
about your overall growth and development.

We bring in experts who have spent their lives working in a particular industry sector, to help us understand the specific
Industry Knowledge
needs and concerns of our clients who operate in that area and learn the language that they speak.

Effective communication is at the heart of being a good lawyer and we help you learn, among other things: how to
Soft Skills communicate with clients, seniors, and peers; how to conduct yourself in a professional setting; and how to ensure that
your deportment always matches the highest levels we expect of our lawyers.

We bring in successful people from all walks of life to tell you their life stories, to inspire you, make you think, and
Life Coaching
hopefully help you learn more about how people succeed in life.

Personality Development We also bring in professionals to train you on personality development, leadership skills, and interpersonal skills.
WHAT WILL WE WANT FROM YOU?

CONSTANTLY IMPROVE  Knowledge of the law is expected of you, as is execution ability. We also expect you to continuously
YOUR TECHNICAL SKILLS work on improving your legal skills.
 B&P stands by its reputation as a Firm which has never compromised on its ethical standards; it is a
DISPLAY INTEGRITY promise we make not just to our clients but even to counter-parties and opposing counsel. It is the
foundation that we demand from all our people.
COMMUNICATE  We ask you to be clear in how you communicate: keep your team informed of your work status and
EFFECTIVELY whereabouts, air out grievances respectfully, and trust the Firm to listen to your concerns.
 Effort should underscore every moment you are at work. We ask you to put in the most effort you
MAKE AN EFFORT can, not towards the number of hours you write down in a timesheet, but in the quality of work
you produce day after day.
 Our lawyers are business strategists and advisors to multi-national organisations and we expect
DEVELOP COMMERCIAL you to develop the ability to analyse, interpret, and understand the commercial world since
AWARENESS without it, any advice you give will be half-formed at best.
 We are a Firm with a vision to create an organisation that stands generation after generation on a
SHOW US YOUR DRIVE & foundation of unparalleled client service provided by the sharpest legal minds in the country. We
AMBITION want lawyers who will partner with us for the long run and work with the same passion and
ambition that has brought us this far.
WORK ON  To ensure your progression into future leaders of the Firm we want to inculcate an understanding
of how a firm is administered. Thus, we ask each of you to participate in Firm development work,
FIRM DEVELOPMENT
which for us is as important as any client work that you may execute.
YOU ARE NOT A NUMBER TO US

 
We look at you, not your grades - because personality defines a
lawyer, not numbers. Every person who joins our team does so with
their own personality and brings something different to the table.
The onus thereafter is on us to provide you with the training to
become the Ideal B&P Lawyer without having to change the
positive qualities that make you unique.
Everything you do adds to your qualifications, from your GPA,
to your prior internship experience, to your participation in co-
curricular activities. However, nothing takes away from your
application or disqualifies you in any way – apply if you have the
right attitude and we will assess you holistically.

 
 WORK WITH B&P IN 2018
We are recruiting up to 16 graduates from the Batch of 2018.
Ensure your Recruitment Committee sends in the consolidated applications and profiles from your
law school by the 19th of January.

We will revert with the shortlisted students from your law school by the 25 th of January.

Your attendance for physical group interactions will be coordinated at either the Delhi or Mumbai
offices during the first 2 weeks of February.

One-on-one interactions will be conducted with the shortlisted students within the month of
February.

Your law school will be informed of the offers that we would like to make latest by the 28 th of
February.

TRAIN WITH B&P IN 2018

We are offering 4 trainee contracts to the Batch of 2018.

 If you want to take some time to make up your mind about what you truly want to do or get a better sense of how a law firm operates, apply to us for a 6-month
training contract.

 It is also a great opportunity to those who not make it to the first list of selected associates. They get a chance to make an impression through a consistent
display of good quality work.
WORK WITH B&P IN 2019
We are offering 10 long term internship spots (per month), to the batch of 2019.
We are giving the students of the graduating batch of 2019 the chance to undergo an assessment internship with the Firm.
Students showing potential in their assessment internship will be made an offer to join the Firm as an Associate upon their
graduation.
• All assessment internships will be offered for a minimum period of 12 weeks, over the course of your final year.
• Their timing will be scheduled in the coming months depending upon your University guidelines and openings at the Firm.

Ensure your Recruitment Committee sends in the consolidated internship applications from your law school by
the 15th of March.

We will send across the list of shortlisted students from your law school by the 15 th of April.

Individual, telephonic interactions will be conducted with the shortlisted students within the month of April.

Your law school will be informed of the internships being offered, along with the timelines of the same, within the
month of April.
All communication to be addressed to ‘Career
Coordinator’ at careers@bharucha.in

Cecil Court, 4th floor, M. K. Bhushan Marg,

Colaba, Mumbai 400 039. India.
Tel: +91 22 2289 9300
Fax: +91 22 2282 3900

Hague Building, 9, S. S. Ram Gulam Marg,

Ballard Estate, Mumbai 400 001. India.
Tel: +91 22 6132 3900
Fax: +91 22 6633 3900

Equity Mansion, R-1, Nehru Enclave,

New Delhi 110 019. India.
Tel: +91 11 4593 9300
Fax: +91 11 4593 9399