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Rohit Kochhar

Rohit Kochhar

Work Department

Aerospace & Defence Corporate M & A Dispute Resolution Education Employment Law Manufacturing Private Clients,Trusts & Estate Planning White Collar Crime

Position

Chairman & Managing Partner

Career

Rohit Kochhar is the Founding Member & Managing Partner of Kochhar & Co. In addition to his pivotal role as the Managing Partner of the Firm, Rohit is actively involved in advising leading multinational and large domestic corporations on a wide range of legal matters.

Rohit has rich and diverse professional experience of over 34 years and his practice areas include complex Corporate and transactional matters, mergers and acquisitions, high-stake commercial litigation, and White-Collar Crime.

Rohit heads the Anti-Corruption and White-Collar Crime practice of the Firm. Over the years, he has represented numerous Indian and multinational companies on some of the most complex and high-profile disputes as well as white-collar crime cases / fraud cases that have been reported in corporate India. Rohit is regarded as one of India’s master strategists in such cases that involve the dual dimensions of criminal and civil remedies to be pursued by the aggrieved clients. Prior to setting up Kochhar & Co. in the year 1994, Rohit practiced as a criminal lawyer for seven years.

Rohit regularly advises numerous Fortune Global 500 corporations including prominent companies from North American, Europe, Middle East and Japan on a host of complex law issues and is also a board member of the Indian subsidiaries of many such multinational clients.

He is a frequent speaker at various international and domestic conferences. He also conducts workshops, trainings and townhall sessions for clients on workplace discrimination & POSH, anti-corruption & anti-bribery matters. He also regularly writes for business and financial newspapers and is invited as an eminent panelist on legal issues of national importance by leading news channels.

Rohit is one of the founding members and currently serves as the Honorary Secretary of the Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF).

Languages

English, Hindi

Memberships

Honorary Secretary of the Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF) Regional President, The Indo-American Chamber of Commerce, India - North India Council (IACC - NIC) Delhi High Court Bar Association Supreme Court Bar Association

Education

LL.B, University of Mumbai - Merit Scholar (ranked 3rd out of 3000 students) B.Com (Honours), University of Delhi - Merit Scholar

Mentions

India

Corporate and M&A

Hall of fame
India

Dispute resolution: arbitration

India

Dispute resolution: litigation

India

Labour and employment

India

White-collar crime

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