Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (HSF Kramer) and Khaitan & Co advised The University of Western Australia (UWA) on setting up campuses in India, specifically Mumbai and Chennai.
The University of Western Australia (UWA), one of the top-ranked universities in the world, plans to offer undergraduate and postgraduate courses, including AI, data science, IT and business administration, through its proposed campuses in Mumbai and Chennai. The campuses are expected to become fully operational later this year.
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer advised UWA on all aspects of the project.
The team was led by Partner and Head of the India Practice Siddhartha Shukla and Partner Lucy Curran, along with Partners Josh Lom, Nick Wright, Kathryn Coveney, Nick Pantlin, Jonathan Turnbull and Tim Healey.
The wider cross-practice team included Miriam Everett, Adelaide Luke, Hayley Brady, Kate Meakin, Meera Thakrar, Ananya Bajpai, Iris Gao, Charles Cunningham, Terence Lau, Duc Tran, Adam Janmohamed, Emma Sherratt, Adam Morris, Perminder Gainda, Mark Khouri, Lachlan Taylor, Eleanor Swift, Toni Mathers, Ryu Long, Holly Regan, Rahul Prakash, Ieva Fiddes and Georgie Green.
Khaitan & Co acted as India legal counsel to UWA.
The core team comprised Partners Vivek Sriram, Sanchit Agarwal and Ritu Shaktawat, and Associates Shivangi Mishra, Anuraag Bukkapatnam, Rexey Soosan Sabu and Krisha Ajay Shah.
The education team comprised Partner Sanchit Agarwal, Senior Associate Romit Kohli and Associate Shivangi Mishra. The direct tax team comprised Partners Ritu Shaktawat and Sneh Shah, and Associate Anuraag Bukkapatnam. The indirect tax team comprised Partners Mayank Jain, Ayush Mehrotra, Sudipta Bhattacharjee and Brijesh Kothary; Principal Associates Arjyadeep Roy and Upkar Agarwal; and Senior Associates Rajshree Lohia, Saundarya Sinha and Varsha Goel.
The employment, labour and benefits team comprised Partners Abhinav Rastogi and Vinay Joy, and Associate Darsha Prakash.
The intellectual property team comprised Partner Shailendra Bhandare and Senior Associates Shamika Chandrashekhar and Vaishali Adhikari.
The real estate team comprised Partner Avnish Sharma, Counsel Nilesh Chaudhary and Senior Associates Hardik Harjani and Subhashini Pandey.
The privacy and data protection team comprised Partner Supratim Chakraborty and Principal Associate Shramana Dwibedi.
