{"id":34922,"date":"2014-08-27T13:45:28","date_gmt":"2014-08-27T08:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=34922"},"modified":"2014-08-31T12:57:29","modified_gmt":"2014-08-31T07:27:29","slug":"j-sivanandaraaj-kochhar-co-chennai-litigation-head-senior-equity-sharing-partner-going-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/j-sivanandaraaj-kochhar-co-chennai-litigation-head-senior-equity-sharing-partner-going-independent","title":{"rendered":"J Sivanandaraaj (Kochhar &#038; Co Chennai litigation head and senior equity-sharing partner) is going independent."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/sivanandaraaj.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"34923\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/j-sivanandaraaj-kochhar-co-chennai-litigation-head-senior-equity-sharing-partner-going-independent\/sivanandaraaj\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/08\/sivanandaraaj.jpg?fit=354%2C269&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"354,269\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sivanandaraaj\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/08\/sivanandaraaj.jpg?fit=300%2C227&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-34923\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/sivanandaraaj-300x227.jpg?resize=300%2C227&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"sivanandaraaj\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/08\/sivanandaraaj.jpg?resize=300%2C227&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/08\/sivanandaraaj.jpg?resize=150%2C113&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/08\/sivanandaraaj.jpg?w=354&amp;ssl=1 354w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>J Sivanandaraaj (Kochhar &amp; Co Chennai litigation head and senior equity-sharing partner) is going independent with his team of 15 lawyers.<\/p>\n<p>As per him, all the major law firms like Amarchand, AZB [and other big firms] were sending their work to him but because of this arrangement with Kochhar &amp; Co, they had stopped sending their work. So, he has decided to work once again with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sivanandaraaj asserted that Kochhar would continue referring matters of its Chennai clients to him.<\/p>\n<p>On this matter Mr. Sivanandaraaj has sent an e mail to the managing partner of Kochhar &amp; Co, Mr.Rohit Kochhar, but he has not received any response to an email seeking comment.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2010, Sivanandaraaj had joined Kochhar\u2019s Chennai office of 36 lawyers and six other partners to head up the litigation practice of the firm as an equity partner.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>J Sivanandaraaj (Kochhar &amp; Co Chennai litigation head and senior equity-sharing partner) is going independent with his team of 15 lawyers. 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