Panag & Babu Elevates Vidhi Khanijow, J.S. Bhullar To Partnership

Panag & Babu has elevated Vidhi Khanijow and J.S. Bhullar to partnership and promoted 5 lawyers as senior associates. 

Vidhi Khanijow and J.S. Bhullar are both members of Panag & Babu's Governance, Investigations and White Collar Crime Defence practice. They have acted on some of the country's most marquee matters involving significant overlap with a multitude of jurisdictions. 

Announcing the promotions, the Firm's managing partner - Sherbir Panag said, “Vidhi Khanijow and J.S. Bhullar are phenomenal lawyers and have been critical to the Firm and our clients’ success. It remains one of my greatest honours to have been in the trenches with them defending our clients and having a front row seat to watch their brilliant advocacy in action. They represent the first of our partner track, which includes a deep bench of exceptional talent. Congratulations also to our new senior associates who are the future custodians of Panag & Babu’s legacy. Each of them, reflect our core values of quality, integrity and exceptional advocacy, and most importantly the trust of our clients.”

J.S. Bhullar read law at the Faculty of Law, Delhi University and has conducted several large internal investigations involving several countries for a wide spectrum of manufacturing companies. These matters predominately for Fortune 500 and DAX 40 companies have had complex interplays with domestic and foreign laws involving bribery, fraud and money laundering. J.S. Bhullar has served on the Bureau of Indian Standards committee to draft an India anti-corruption standard, was seconded to a DAX 40 financial institution and has been a critical member of the P&B team securing two declinations from the U.S SEC.

Vidhi Khanijow also read law at the Faculty of Law, Delhi University and has acted on several contentious regulatory matters involving financial institutions before the RBI, SEBI, Hong Kong SFC, U.S. SEC and the UK's FCA. These matters have ranged from impairment of loans, to falsification of accounts and violation of Indian securities laws. Ranked by Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500, Vidhi most recently secured a settlement for a global asset management company with the Securities and Exchange Board of India. 

P&B also announced promotions of Riya Kalra, Saksham Kumar, Srishti Gupta, Rashi Verma and Shaurvi Kapur to senior associate across its Complex Disputes & International Arbitration and Governance, Investigations and White Collar Crime Defence practices. 

Samudra Sarangi, Senior Partner and chair of the Complex Disputes & International Arbitration practice group added, “We are delighted and exceptionally proud to welcome Jaskaran and Vidhi to our partnership. Their journey from associates to partners epitomizes our firm’s commitment towards nurturing talent internally and finding our future partners in the process. Our senior associates are custodians of future partnership. Congratulations to all new promotees and wishing everyone the very best for the next role.”