The fundamentals of international legal business practice part 5: Law firm of the future

Tahera Mandviwala is qualified as a Solicitor of India, Solicitor of England & Wales and Attorney of the State of California (USA). She is a Senior Partner of TDT Legal (a full service law firm in India). Tahera has been leading TDT Legal’s development and strategy initiatives since 2014. She also heads the firm’s International and Private Client practices, and she is part of the Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity and Real Estate practices of the firm. Tahera advises a highly reputed clientele including multinational corporations, funds, foreign governments and prominent high net-worth individuals worldwide. Tahera has been recognised in several reputed international rankings – she has been recognised as a Global Thought Leader by Who’s Who Legal, and she has been ranked by Chambers & Partners High Net-worth Guide, IFLR, Chambers & Partners Corporate and M&A, and many others. The Association of International Wealth Management has recognised Tahera as a Leading Woman in India, and Rotary International has awarded her the highly prestigious Vocational Excellence Award for outstanding services in the field of law. Tahera has authored and contributed to some of the bestselling national and global legal publications, and she has spoken at and chaired various international events and programs. Tahera also sits on the management committees and boards of various globally prominent legal and business organizations. Tahera inter alia holds the following positions in the International Bar Association: Secretary and Treasurer of the Law Firm Management Committee and Co-Chair of the India Working Group.

Author of 'The Agile Law Firm', published May 2021. My work as a consultant, retained advisor, speaker and author is focused on how legal and professional organisations achieve fundamental and sustainable change in 4 areas: - Strategy Execution: equip organisations to clearly define and deliver their business strategy for the 2020s - Legal Operations: future-proofed operating environments - Business Services Excellence: ensure organisations get the highly integrated and efficient business services they need - Performance Improvement – analyse & identify solutions for improving firm, practice or office financial performance, process & reporting My advice draws on a career working in and with multiple leading businesses at the highest level: • I have worked for all four of the Big 4 accounting / professional firms • In my 12 years on the Board at leading European law firm Osborne Clarke I was Finance Director, COO and Chief Executive through a period of incredible growth • I worked at Alternative Legal Service pioneers Integreon as COO for US and Europe, • I returned to consulting with Edge International and in September 2018 allied with Lights-On Consulting and Hyperscale Group, to form the Intuity Alliance, bringing an unrivalled capability in business and technology change to the sector https://www.intuityalliance.com/ • I advised a series of the largest and most high profile businesses to form early Alternative Business Structures (ABS) • I present or chair at 15-20 public events each year. I regularly curate conference programmes and author Best Practice Guides on legal business topics

Rajat Mukherjee is a Partner in the Corporate and M&A practice group at Khaitan & Co LLP, one of India’s largest and oldest law firm. With over 20 years of experience, Rajat concentrates primarily on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and cross border transactions. After completing his LL.M. from Columbia University, Rajat worked in New York and Hong Kong before joining Khaitan in 2010 to help build the Firm's M&A practice in New Delhi, which has been ranked as a Band 1 Corporate/M&A practice in India by Chambers & Partners. Rajat is recognized as a Leading Individual for corporate & M&A in Chambers and Partners 2022 Asia Pacific rankings. Rajat was in the Asian Legal Business “40 under 40” list for 2017. He also featured in the Asian Legal Business Super 50 Indian Lawyers list in 2020 and was ranked as Next Generation Partner and identified as a key lawyer in the firm’s corporate practice for several years by Legal 500 including in 2021 and 2022. Rajat represents various domestic and international clients across a range of sectors including technology, media, pharmaceutical and healthcare, FMCG, defense, logistics, education and retail.