Law firms
Law firms
Nihal Kothari, executive director in Khaitan & Co’s indirect tax team in Mumbai, passed away yesterday.
Law firms
Khaitan & Co principal associate and IP Delhi 2008 alumnus Abhishek Sanyal has joined Economic Laws Practice (ELP) as associate partner in Delhi.
Litigation
Karanjawala & Co has filed a criminal defamation complaint for parliamentarian MJ Akbar today against a female journalist who had alleged in Tweets on 8 October that she had been sexually harassed by him while he was her boss and a senior editor.
Law firms
Khaitan & Co has hired NLSIU Bangalore associate professor and chair of the undergraduate council Rahul Singh as a partner for its competition practice.
Corporate M&A
Ananya Birla is in advanced negotiations to acquire Micro Housing Finance Corp, which provides home loans to urban households with lower income, for around Rs 300 crore, reported ET and according to AZB’s press release.