Sunanda Pushkar (Tharoor) had asked Rohit Kochhar to prepare a will

Rohit Kochhar, the eminent corporate lawyer, has revealed the fact that Sunanda Pushkar, the deceased wife of Union HRD Minister Shashi Tharoor, had asked him to prepare the will three months ago. At that time, she also told Rohit Kochhar, who was also her good friend, in the context of her illness that life is unpredictable. She asked Kochhar to prepare a will when she was not having any tiff with Shashi. She had left a major portion of her asset for her son from second marriage and something for Shashi Tharoor also.

In 2012-13, Sunanda stated her assets to the tune of more than Rs 112 crore while Shashi had only Rs 6.34 crore. Her wealth made her one of the richest among wives of Indian ministers. According to Rohit Kochhar, she was favorably disposed to Shashi Tharoor at that point of time and even when later her relations turned sour with Shashi, she did not alter her will. Mr. Kochhar said she was in no way insecure as far as wealth and financial solvency is concerned.

Sunanda who was found death in one of the South Delhi’s five star hotel, had taken heavy dose of anti depressant drugs, according to postmortem report.

Kochhar & Co., Chennai Office inducts Solicitor Hufriz Wadia

Hufriz Wadia has joined Kochhar & Co as a Partner in the Chennai office and will be part of the firm’s Banking & Finance, Corporate and Capital Markets practice. Mr. Rohit Kochhar, Chairman and Managing Partner of Kochhar & Co. announced “I am delighted to welcome Hufriz on board and am confident that she will make a valuable contribution to the Kochhar Chennai office and will help us consolidate our leadership position in Tamil Nadu”. 

Prior to joining Kochhar & Co., Hufriz was a partner at Juris Corp where she headed the Corporate and Commercial team and was a co-partner in the Banking and Capital Markets practice. In her previous incarnation, Hufriz also worked with Al Tamimi & Company in Dubai, Wadia Ghandy, Mumbai and Udwadia & Udeshi, Mumbai.   Hufriz is admitted to the Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa and is also a Solicitor with the Bombay Incorporated Law Society, as well as in England and Wales.

Kochhar LexServe is the renowned LPO entity of the Kochhar & Co.

Kochhar LexServe (“KlexServe”) is the legal process outsourcing entity of Kochhar & Co., a leading and reputed Indian group specialised in imparting diversified services of global and international standards to multinational companies and their Indian subsidiaries, including various Fortune 500 companies based out of North America, Canada, Europe and Japan.

The Kochhar & Co. enjoys the distinction of being the only Indian legal firm with full service offices in the six prominent Indian cities, including, New Delhi, Mumbai, Gurgaon, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad, and seven offices in the United States of America (Atlanta, Georgia), Tokyo, Singapore, Dubai, Riyadh and Jeddah. Last month, Kochhar LexServe opened the office in the Tokyo. The company also partnered with other two prestigious companies and opened its offices in Saudi Arabia & UAE and became the first and the only Indian law firm to open offices in both these countries.
Kochhar & Co. provides a wide gamut of legal services in the areas of corporate and commercial laws and is a specialist in representing major foreign and domestic companies with varied business interests in India. The firm is also actively discharging the duties as the Indian counsel for some of the largest multinational corporations from Europe, North America, South-East Asia and Japan (including various Fortune 500 companies).

Memberships

• Indo German Chamber of Commerce (IGCC)
  
• Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC)
  
• Indo-Canadian Business Chamber
  

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Awards & Recognition

• In the year 2008, The Chairman of the Law Commission of India awarded the Kochhar & Co. with the "National Bar Award" by the All India Bar Association for being "The Most Dynamic and Progressive Indian Law Firm"
  
• Kochhar & Co. is awarded with the DealMakers Award 2011: Management Labour and Employment Law Firm of the Year.
  
• Legal Era Magazine presented the Best Law Firm award for IT & TMT for 2011-12 to Kochhar & Co
  
• Kochhar & Co. is the winner of the Legal Era Award for the “Best Real Estate and Construction Law firm of the Year”
  
• In 2010, Kochhar & Co. was presented the award for the Insurance & Re-Insurance Law Firm of the Year in India by Corporate INTL
  
• Kochhar & Co. is the proud recipient of the DealMakers Award 2011 “Management Labour and Employment Law Firm of the Year”