Firm Matters
BackKhaitan & Co acted as India legal counsel to The University of Western Australia, one of the top-ranked universities in the world, on setting up campuses in Mumbai and Chennai in India.
UWA will offer a number of undergraduate and postgraduate courses at its Mumbai and Chennai campuses, including AI, data science, IT, and business administration. It is expected that the campuses will become fully operational later this year.
Deal Team
The core team consisted of Vivek Sriram (Partner), Sanchit Agarwal (Partner), Ritu Shaktawat (Partner), Shivangi Mishra (Associate), Anuraag Bukkapatnam (Associate), Rexey Soosan Sabu (Associate) and Krisha Ajay Shah (Associate)
The deal was assisted by:
Education: Sanchit Agarwal (Partner), Romit Kohli (Senior Associate), and Shivangi Mishra (Associate)
Direct Tax: Ritu Shaktawat (Partner), Sneh Shah (Partner), and Anuraag Bukkapatnam (Associate)
Indirect Tax: Mayank Jain (Partner), Ayush Mehrotra (Partner), Sudipta Bhattacharjee (Partner), Brijesh Kothary (Partner), Arjyadeep Roy (Principal Associate), Upkar Agarwal (Principal Associate), Rajshree Lohia (Senior Associate), Saundarya Sinha (Senior Associate) and Varsha Goel (Senior Associate)
Employment Labour & Benefits: Abhinav Rastogi (Partner), Vinay Joy (Partner) and Darsha Prakash (Associate)
Intellectual Property: Shailendra Bhandare (Partner), Shamika Bhagwat (Senior Associate), Vaishali Adhikari (Senior Associate)
Real Estate: Avnish Sharma (Partner), Nilesh Chaudhary (Counsel), Hardik Harjani (Senior Associate), Subhashini Pandey (Senior Associate)
Privacy and Data Protection: Supratim Chakraborty (Partner), Shramana Dwibedi (Principal Associate)
