Leading global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (HSF Kramer) has appointed a new leadership team for its India practice.
Partner Alan Montgomery, who was previously Co-Head of the firm’s India practice, has been appointed as Chair, and Partners Siddhartha Shukla and Dhananjaya Chak have been appointed as the new Co-Heads of the practice. Their roles came into effect on 1 May 2026.
Collectively, they take over from former Chair Chris Parsons who has retired from the firm and former Co-Head Roddy Martin who will continue to be a key member of the India practice.
Alan Montgomery is a leading international M&A practitioner with 30 years of experience and has been instrumental in building and shaping the firm’s India practice over the last two decades.
Sid Shukla is a leading partner in the firm’s global M&A practice advising clients on high-profile, award-winning M&A deals globally and in India and is the first from the firm’s Indian internship programme to be promoted to partner.
Dhananjaya Chak is a partner in the firm’s Finance practice and a key member of its market-leading team in the energy transition, natural resources and infrastructure sectors. He has extensive experience acting for clients on complex, award-winning financing transactions with a particular focus on India.
Jeremy Walden, Executive Partner for UK and EMEA, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, said:
“Our new leadership team is perfectly positioned to deliver on the next phase of growth in our market-leading India practice.
We owe Chris Parsons and Roddy Martin sincere thanks for their outstanding leadership and contribution to our India practice over many years. We wish Chris the very best in his retirement from the firm and are delighted that Roddy will continue to be a part of the practice through his client work.”
Alan, Sid and DJ, the new India leadership team, said:
“We are excited to be leading our Band 1 India practice and to continuing to work closely with our key clients on their most important matters in India and internationally. We are really looking forward to building on the strong foundations established by the firm over the last 30 years and to driving the next phase of strong growth.”
