Amit Desai

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Amit Desai is an Indian senior advocate at the High Court of Bombay, India.He was born into a family of lawyers; his grandfather and father both were lawyers.During his childhood, he used to be a shy boy.After completing his graduation, he wanted to do an MBA, but after talking to his parents, he decided to pursue law.After pursuing a degree in law, he worked with Indian senior lawyers such as Bhai Rege, Dilip Udeshi, and Ashok Modi.In 1982, advocate Amit Desai joined the Bar Council of India.He defended the then non-executive chairman of Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) Keshub Mahindra in the Bhopal Gas Tragedy Case 1984, and soon after, he became a famous name in the world of Indian advocates.In Bofors Imbroglio (the 1980s-1990s) and Securities, he represented and worked as the advisor of Harshad Mehta, Bhupen Dalal, and other convicts.In 2007, Amit Desai was designated as the senior advocate.During the tenure of the former Attorney General of India K Parasaran, from 2012 to 2018, Desai assisted him in the LIC versus Escorts case. During an interview, he shared his experience while working with K Parasaran. He said, Sitting in the last row behind numerous counsels, solicitors and client representatives, I watched Mr. Parasaran in action. The proposition of laws on commercial laws, corporate laws, foreign exchange laws, administrative laws, constitutional principles etc. kept leaping out of this intellectual giant, which meant 2-4 sleepless nights in a row for all of us..