INTRODUCTION

Known to his clients as the “big picture guy” Raian Karanjawala is the co-founder and managing partner of Karanjwala & Co, which he started with his wife Manik. Read his amazing journey from a barsati (a one-room apartment on the terrace with a verandah outside) in Maharani Bagh, New Delhi, with two desks, to one of India’s most influential law firms, serving everyone from governments and companies in trouble to celebrities and street vendors in distress.

ON WORKING WITH JAITLEY & SIBAL (Part-2)

In so far as working with both of them is concerned, I did far more work with Kapil when I was junior, than with Arun, because Kapil was senior to Arun in the profession, was much more busy, and therefore used to be briefed by our firm a lot.

One of the things that I always learnt from Kapil was to have a positive attitude in so far as the client’s case was concerned. He always focussed on the strengths of the case rather than on the weaknesses, and that enabled him to give it his best in court.

It is something that I have myself learnt and always tried to imbibeto my children, namely don’t be too negative when you are dealing with a client and his case, focus on the strengths of the case, and develop them to the best of your ability.

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In conversation with Sangeeth Sebastian

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