Law firms

Chetan Nagendra, former Bangalore partner of AZB & Partners, has joined Big 4 consultancy E&Y best friend law firm PDS Legal as a partner, to open up its Bangalore office, according to sources with knowledge of the move.

Argus Partners has hired HSA Advocates Mumbai-based senior partner Abeezar E Faizullabhoy and his team of two associate partners Shahen Pradhan and Murtaza Kachwalla, as well as three associates.

Gautam Khaitan, managing partner of OP Khaitan & Co, is back in jail, after a special court re-extended his Enforcement Directory (ED) custody over the weekend by another six days, to a total of 11 days now, following fresh black money allegations made by the ED that are apparently not related to the dodgy Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland chopper deal.

Bangalore-headquartered venture capital advisory powerhouse Themis Associates has hired former Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) principal associate Vinayak Mishra as a partner-equivalent consultant in Delhi to spearhead its expansion into the city.

J Sagar Associates (JSA) has hired Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Delhi partner Asim Abbas as a partner, after the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) specialist had left the firm late last year.

The managing partner of Gurgaon-headquartered Kaden Boriss Legal, Hemant Batra, said he would be taking a back-seat in future, having bestowed the managing partner title to four of the firm’s lawyers, each of whom will be responsible for a practice vertical.

Two former Indian Angel Network (IAN) lawyers, Ankita Singh and Ajay Anand, and ex-Phoenix Legal senior associate Shikha Bhardwaj have set up a new law firm as co-founding partners to focus on giving start-up founders good legal advice, hoping to grow with the companies.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas partner Rahul Goel, who specialises in technology, media and telecoms, as well as competition law, has resigned together with his team, which includes partner-level director Anu Monga.

Neha Sinha, who was made partner at L&L Partners (formerly Luthra & Luthra) in 2017, has joined Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas in a boost to its corporate practice, together with Trilegal counsel Karun Prakash, who is joining as a partner designate.

Link Legal India Law Services banking and finance partner Anurag Dwivedi has joined Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas as a partner in Delhi.

IndusLaw has hired Manishi Pathak as a Delhi partner after he had resigned from Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) last month.

Top Mumbai litigation and real estate solicitors partnership Federal & Rashmikant has officially dissolved on 1 January 2019, as we had first reported in June 2018.