With a large team and significant geographic spread, Kochhar & Co.‘s dedicated labour and employment team handles a robust mix of advisory, contentious, and transactional work for domestic and international corporates. The team is jointly led by New Delhi-based Rohit Kochhar and Bengaluru’s Suhas Srinivasiah; Kochhar specialises in sexual harassment matters, whilst Srinivasiah is an experienced litigator with a focus on tech and outsourcing. Also in Bengaluru, Debjani Aich acts for global IT companies on their workforce-related operations in India in addition to her anti-sexual harassment advisory work. At the same office is senior associate Sidharth Santosh, who assists on workforce restructurings and social security compliances. In Chennai, Savitha Kesav Jagadeesan is the key name for labour disputes and termination contracts.

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Key clients

Ciena Corporation
Foundry Digital LLC
GEA Group
GoGuardian
IG Infotech (India) Private Limited (IG)
Lexmark International, Inc.
Maersk No
META (Facebook)
National Basketball Association (NBA)
Nuance Communications
Rackspace
Ramboll
Softbank
Standard & Poor’s (S&P)
Willis Towers Watsons
Yahoo!
YOP Factory LLC (YOP LLC) and Digimarket Operations Private Limited (DOPL), Wabi

Work highlights

Advised on key legal issues for S&P such as downsizing and streamlining employee strength across its various offices in India, settlement of deceased employee benefits, including cases with contesting claimants and no clear nominations.
Advised Yahoo! who had laid off around 800 employees in India as part of a restructuring in its advertising tech division, ensuring a successful and well-managed layoff process.
Provided the client with legal advice and support in respect of dealing with a serious fraud committed by 20 personnel deployed by a manpower agency.