Kill the Lawyers

First of its kind, funny and clever stories set in a Bombay law firm, exposing legal and financial shenanigans.The author has deep knowledge of the world he writes about: he is a partner at India's largest legal firm, regularly advises Fortune 500 companies and has written a book on SEBI's takeover regulations. This adds to the fun and value of the book.Shishir Vayttaden is an alumnus of the National Law School, Bangalore. In Kill the Lawyers, he transforms the staid worlds of industry and finance into colosseums where takeovers are fought with a blood sport's ferocity, and treats his readers to seats in the emperor's box. This is his first work of fiction.Set around the guns for hire at a fictional Bombay law firm, Kill the Lawyers renders a hilarious account of Big Law-the industry term for large, full-service corporate law firms. It debuts Edamarra Edwin, an irreverent junior partner who frolics with the law while helping friends and clients through their direst straits. In nine droll stories, Edwin wiles out victory from the most hopeless situations with a little help from his spunky young associate and an old Bombay 'operator'. In their wandering timeline these stories chart the arc of Edwin's astonishing rise in life. Shishir Vayttaden's long experience as a corporate lawyer gives authenticity to this work of pure fiction, and his skill as a storyteller makes it both deeply engaging and immensely amusing.A smartly plotted cycle of stories set in a high-end Bombay law firmEssential reading for two kinds of people-those who know lawyers and those who don't.Remarkable amalgam of cynicism of corporate law, caustic wit in analysis of human traits, insightful description of life in the fast lane. Scintillating mastery of language and plot make the stories riveting.A pleasure to read . gives us new metaphors with which to reimagine corporate lawAn epic poem on corporate law with enlivening doses of naughty humour thrown in