Lawyer at Kalyanshetty & Co., Bengaluru [1-2 Years PQE]

Kalyanshetty & Co., Advocates and Solicitors, has announced that it is looking for lawyers with 1 to 2 years of post-qualification experience to join its Bengaluru office. The announcement is put out by the firm itself on its own page and asks interested candidates to write in with a CV.

This is a qualified lawyer's position rather than an internship, so the firm expects candidates to already be enrolled and to have spent a year or two in practice.

Kalyanshetty & Co. is a full-service law firm headquartered in Bengaluru, with associate offices in Mumbai, New Delhi, Ahmedabad and Chennai. The firm describes itself as a one-stop shop for individual, corporate, industrial and financial clients, and says it aims to handle matters promptly and effectively.

It was established by Madhur Kalyanshetty, a first-generation litigation lawyer enrolled with the Bar Council of India, whose practice covers commercial disputes, corporate advisory, banking law and arbitration, and who appears before High Courts, Commercial Courts, City Civil Courts and tribunals.

The firm states that the role covers:

• Commercial and civil litigation
• Advisory work
• Insolvency and company law
• Real estate matters
• White collar criminal matters

The firm's own expertise pages list a wider set of practice areas that the office works across, including commercial litigation, arbitrations, corporate advisory, banking law, constitutional law, insolvency and bankruptcy, white collar crimes, consumer protection, information technology and intellectual property.

• 1 to 2 years of post-qualification experience (PQE).
• An interest in commercial and civil litigation, advisory, insolvency and company law, real estate and white collar criminal matters.
• A proactive and detail-oriented approach to work.
• Strong communication skills in Kannada, both spoken and written.

The Kannada requirement is stated by the firm and is worth taking seriously for a Bengaluru litigation practice, where drafting instructions, client conferences and court appearances often run in the local language.

The position is at the firm's Bengaluru office, at 407, Level Four, Commerce House, 9/1 Millers Road, Bangalore 560 052. The announcement does not offer a remote or hybrid arrangement.

On pay, the firm has not stated a salary, a band or any other figure in its announcement. Candidates should raise compensation directly with the firm during the process rather than assume a number.

Interested candidates are asked to email their CV to madhur@kalyanshetty.com. There is no online form and the firm does not run a separate careers page on its website, so email is the only route stated.

Write a short covering note naming the position, your year of enrolment and total post-qualification experience, and the areas of the firm's practice you want to work in. Mention your Kannada proficiency explicitly, since the firm has singled it out.

The firm has not published a last date to apply and has not said how many positions are open. Applications are therefore open on a rolling basis until the firm fills the role, and applying early is worthwhile.

Before you write in, confirm from the firm's own page that the announcement is still current. If you do not hear back within a reasonable period, a single polite follow-up to the same address is appropriate.