It is often said that law as a practice and profession is a success story when there is a legacy in place or in particular a lineage to follow. Well, times have changed and the fraternity has in the recent times seen a flood of entrepreneurial setups that have mushroomed up. Amidst earlier benchmarks, Lex Witness identified a firm which has been unique in itself and interacted with Dr. Manoj Kumar, Founding and Managing Partner, Hammurabi & Solomon on his professional journey so far.
My pursuit for law as a career is driven by my vision to “Think” & “Lead”. Law is a vocation which enable one to bring a change in the system for the better through thought leadership. Thus, the only entrance exam I took in my life was that of the National Law School.
Founded in 2001, Hammurabi & Solomon has a legacy of 15 years of excellence and has made its mark in Corporate and M&A, Dispute Management; Public Policy, Strategy & Regulatory; Environment & Pollution Control Laws; Technology, Media and Telecommunications. Towards firm’s objective of scaling up our capability to provide quality legal, regulatory and strategic advisory services across the globe, H&S is proud to associate itself with eminent and distinguished law firms in different jurisdictions all around the world, specifically with firms in: London & Europe, Singapore, Russia/CIS Georgia, Shenzhen, and UAE/MENA.
Being the first-generation lawyer, many things were rough for me while founding H&S however the same now seem to be very smooth. According to me, building a team that offers “out-of-the box” solutions was a major roadblock when we set out to create something new. Our clients have shown tremendous faith and trust in us which has led us to become one of the leading law firms of the country. Needless to say, the team’s commitment has enabled the firm to evolve as an institution which functions on well created and structured systems and processes.
The process of reforms in the legal services sector should clearly be driven by the needs and impact on a multitude of stakeholders:
Thus, the paradigm shift on the issue of opening up of legal services is a recognition of the needs of all the stakeholders. As a result of Government of India’s focus on creation and strengthening of young entrepreneurs (like Start-Up India, Digital India, Mudra Yojana, Skill Development etc.), India is on way to achieving a $5 trillion GDP in the next 6-7 years, the corresponding rise in trade and commerce would require legal services support to be increased multifold. Start-Up India’s success thus far can be measured from the fact that India now ranks 3 with over 4200 start-ups and over $18 billion investments till 2015.
The legal services sector has to gear up to meet increasing needs of these emerging entrepreneurs in their global multi jurisdiction initiatives. Additionally, reforms in the legal services sector must also be driven to make India the service capital of the world for legal services sector in the Asia-Africa region. This would require an enabling regime which encourages global participation, scalability and growth in the legal services sector in India by opening our doors to foreign lawyers to practice in India in a phased manner.
Deeper knowledge sharing, enhanced employment opportunities for legal professionals and law students, transfer of skills and knowledge between foreign law firms and domestic firms, access to diverse legal training for law schools and students/interns, reverse the brain drain and retain legal talent in India and competitive pricing of legal services resulting from liberalisation of legal services cannot be ignored any more.
Since inception we have adopted various models and tools with an aim to deliver quality, professional and innovative solutions to our clients and to achieve the same it is imperative to think creatively and look beyond the traditional practices.
We focus on delivering as per existing needs of the client and provide thought leadership by developing in-house capabilities pertaining as we have done in areas of Public Policy, Strategy & Regulatory, Start-Ups, Competition Commission, Environment Law and NGT etc.
Commitment, Commitment and more Commitment. To seek perfection and an eye for the detail in everything. Have clear short- and long-term goals.
Favourite writing instrument – Mont Blanc
Favourite reads – Promise of Immortality (J. Donald Walters)
Favourite travel destination – Europe
Favourite cuisine – Everything Indian
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