Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) has hired AZB & Partners partner Vivaik Sharma as a funds partner in Mumbai.

Mumbai-headquartered Argus Partners has hired Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) counsel Udit Mendiratta as a partner in its Delhi office’s disputes practice.

From 1 Nishith Desai Associates is extending its unlimited leave policy to all lawyers come 1 January 2021. This is an expansion of the flexible leave / unlimited holiday model the firm had trialled since 2017 for all lawyers who had worked at the firm for longer than 1,000 days.

On 9 December 2020, the Delhi high court reserved its judgment in the saga of the acrimonious split between the co-founders of L&L Partners, Rajiv Luthra (often referred to as RKL) and Mohit Saraf (referred to as MS in court filings).

Economic Laws Practice (ELP) partner Tushar Ajinkya and his team including associate partner Ankita Kashyap and three others, have set up a boutique corporate law firm in Mumbai.

Khaitan & Co has hired HSA Advocates partner Akshay Malhotra as a partner in its energy, infrastructure and resources (EIR) practice in the Delhi office, making him the second partner hire announced by the firm this week.

L&L Partners under managing partner Rajiv Luthra, still embroiled in a bitter high court legal battle about the future of the partnership with senior partner Mohit Saraf, has added another partner with Prabjot Singh Bhullar in Delhi.

Khaitan & Co has hired Sudipta Bhattacharjee as an equity partner with his team of three lawyers in its indirect tax practice, to be based in Delhi.

Algo Legal has partnered with NUJS Kolkata to start a “legal innovation and technology” eight-week course for third- to fifth-year students from 15 December 2020.