Three-partner firm Spice Route Legal, which had been founded in 2016 by former K Law partner Praveen Raju, has revealed its remuneration for associates from 0 to 7 years of post-qualification experience (PQE).

Jerome Merchant + Partners advised IIFL India Private Equity Fund led by a team of partner Sameer Sibal along with associates Rishabh Amber Gupta, Nirav Bakshi and Paralegal Gayathri Kamath.

Link Legal India Law Services has hired Abhishek Sharma as associate partner specialising in land and real estate, according to a press release from the firm.

Delhi-based four-year-old start-up law firm Palit & Co has expanded to five partners after hiring Amit Jain, who was formerly an executive partner at Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (LKS), as a partner in Delhi on 2 November.

DMD Advocates has promoted counsel Kuber Dewan in its dispute resolution practice to partner.

Nishith Desai Associates (NDA) has revised its base pay for freshers to Rs 17.4 lakh, including a guaranteed annual bonus of Rs 1.2 lakh, from the previous total level of around Rs 15 lakh, which had last been revised around four years ago.

IndusLaw competition partners Rahul Goel and Anu Monga are in the process of leaving the firm, we understand from authoritative sources.

DSK Legal has widened its management, appointing Sajit Suvarna as deputy managing partner alongside the firm’s managing partner Anand Desai as the firm has completed over two years in its new equity system.

Orbit Law Services has promoted four of its partners into equity, following the retirement of co-founding partner PV Rao and a corresponding widening and redistribution of equity.

As the novel coronavirus is gearing up for a second wave and wreaking renewed havoc in much of the world and economies continue teetering on brinks barely held back by government stimulus packages, a number of law firms have recently eased restrictions on their fee-earners.