Law firms

DSK co-founding partner Satish Kishanchandani’s start-up is now live as Pioneer Legal in Mumbai, coming out of the gate with a partner promotion, a headcount of 20 fee-earners, 4 partners and plans for national expansion.

Three-year-old firm Vertices Partners has promoted two senior associates to associate partner and has laterally hired one associate partner, according to the firm’s press release.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas Delhi disputes partner Surjendu Sankar Das is going independent to set up a Supreme Court advocate-on-record and arbitration practice.

J Sagar Associates (JSA) has hired Rishabh Gupta as a retained partner in its private equity, corporate and securities practices.

Anoma Legal, the firm started in May 2018, by an exodus of seven partners from K Law, has promoted five of its principal associates to partner level:Anisha Jayaram – Bangalore (corporate / PE)Aparnaa Bhalotia – Mumbai (corporate / debt)Apeksha Amin – Mumbai (real estate)Arjun Sharma – Bangalore (corporate / pe)Natasha Rao – Bangalore (commercial / corporate)

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) Bangalore private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) partner Siddharth Nair has resigned, we understand from sources.

Former Economic Laws Practice (ELP) partner Anay Banhatti, whom we had reported went independent at the Bombay bar in March, has joined DMD Advocates as a tax partner in its Mumbai office.

Amitabh Sharma, the managing partner of HSA Advocates who had joined in April 2016 from Khaitan & Co, has laid down his management duties at the firm.

It is well known that nearly every Supreme Court case is in want of an advocate-on-record (AOR), and several lawyers and law firms have made this a core part of their Supreme Court practice. After analysing more than 120,000 of the Supreme Court’s daily orders from 2018, we have now compiled a list of the busiest advocate-on-record (AOR) firms in the apex court, according to the number of orders mentioning their names.