Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co has added Sarika Raichur and Shruti Khanijow as partners in the general corporate and dispute resolution-litigation practices, respectively, in Chennai. Raichur specialises in cross border and domestic transactions and advisory, like M&A, joint ventures, private equity and venture capital, venture debt, divestitures, business transfers, asset sales and fund structuring, as well as setting up business or operations in India, shareholders’ and investment disputes and a wide range of general corporate, commercial, employment and regulatory issues. With close to 18 years of experience primarily in Corporate/M&A, PE&VC and JV, she has previously worked as a partner at Luthra and Luthra Law Offices and Kochhar & Co, and as a senior consultant at Noerr. On the other hand, Khanijow is a commercial disputes lawyer with focus on international disputes, and has represented private parties and state entities in institutional (ICC, UNCITRAL, LCIA and SIAC) and ad hoc arbitrations in India, the MENA region, London, Paris, Singapore and Geneva. She is regularly involved in complex high-stake engineering and construction disputes, and has represented third-party funders in cross border high-stake arbitrations and insolvency financing. She is empanelled as Specialist Mediator with the Singapore International Mediation Centre, and is a steering committee member of the Young International Arbitration & Mediation Centre India.