Ajoy Halder to be a new HSA Partner

HSA Advocates has declared the appointment of Pinsent Masons Singapore Senior Associate Ajoy Halder as a Partner, effective from 1 August.

The 2004 NLSIU Bangalore graduate, Mr Halder began his career at Lexadigm in Gurgaon, moved to Amarchand Mangaldas Delhi, in 2007, followed by Trilegal Delhi in 2010, and DSK Legal in 2011.

Between 2011 and now he has been at Pinsent Masons in Singapore, where he focused on project development, project finance, construction and M&A

HSA founding partner Hemant Sahai said, "Mr Halder was also a projects M&A lawyer, which would add to the M&A side of the projects practice at the firm that had already been bolstered with Amitabh Sharma's arrival from Khaitan & Co as managing partner".

"Mr Halder already has some deep relationships in South East Asia", added Sahai, which "would be a perfect fit for us, not just to add strength to our infra practice but as a result of this we will also see some [greater] geographical spread," added Mr Sahai.

"From outside it might look dangerous that hiring spree without looking at revenues," acknowledged Mr Sahai, "but when we're looking at our topline [revenue], we may even double our topline, with the cost not increasing significantly."

Consequently, the firm would be bidding on more projects in South East Asia, also in collaboration with local firms.