Law firms

Argus Partners has continued its steady hiring policy and bulked up its Mumbai corporate and private equity practice with Global Infrastructured Partners (GIP) India legal counsel Vinod Joseph.

DLS Law Offices founder Dipti Lavya Swain, who was previously general counsel at Azure Power and partner at Luthra & Luthra, has joined HSA Advocates as a partner.

HSA Advocates has hired Gurgaon-based Kochhar & Co corporate partner Gaurav Sahay in its Bangalore office, that had recently seen the departure of partner Sharath Chandrasekhar (along with six others) to DSK Legal.

AZB & Partners Mumbai competition counsel Rahul Rai, who we had reported in February to have resigned from AZB’s partnership to take up an of counsel position at the firm, has joined the chambers of senior advocate Gopal Subramanium in Delhi last month, we understand from several sources.

OP Khaitan & Co founding partner Gautam Khaitan has secured bail on Tuesday after his second extended stint in jail relating to the long-running AgustaWestland chopper deal investigation, reported The Hindu and others.

Indian Supreme Court lawyers Arundhati Katju and Menaka Guruswamy, both also NLSIU Bangalore graduates, have been selected for the prestigious US-based TIME magazine’s list of 100 most influential people of 2019, cited in particular for their work in overturning section 377.