Law firms

Corporate associate Sunandan Majumdar has been promoted to salaried partnership in Platinum Partners’ Mumbai office, effective 1 April 2018. specialises in corporate M&A and is a 2008 graduate of NUJS Kolkata.

HSA Advocates has re-hired disputes lawyer Kanika Chugh as associate partner in Delhi, after Chugh had left in 2017 to work with her husband in his law firm SKV Law Offices.

DSK Legal has grown to 22 partners, promoting 3 from associate to salaried partner level, while making five new associate partners, a designation that is equivalent to partner designate and just below salaried partner.

AZB & Partners has promoted 4 of its associates to partner level, three of whom in Mumbai had all joined AZB from Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) in the last two years, with or shortly after partner Ashwath Rau had moved.

In a very Amarchandian of steps, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas has promoted the only three of its “partner designates” to salaried partner level, in a promotion that is generally expected to be automatic from year-to-year.

“In a deal led by Reliance Jio director Akash Ambani, Reliance Industries today signed an agreement for merging the digital music service Saavn with JioMusic to create a digital media platform with global reach having total value of over $1 billion,” reported PTI.

Delhi-based intellectual property (IP) boutique Care Intellect promoted senior associate Sanchay Mehrotra to associate partner.

Argus Partners has promoted four associates to various associate rungs. Name Promoted to City Debopam Dutta Managing Associate Mumbai Prerana Amitabh Managing Associate Delhi Swapnil Gupte Senior Associate Mumbai Ekta Bhasin Senior Associate Delhi

J Sagar Associates (JSA) senior associate Puja Priyadarshini, is set to join HSA Advocates in mid-April as associate partner.