Wadia Ghandy Delhi head Kunal Vajani becomes independent counsel, possible barristry-style chamber
Wadia Ghandy partner Kunal Vajani, who has been heading its Delhi office, has started up an independent chambers to focus purely on disputes, with an eye to build a UK-style barristers chambers practice.
ICC arbitration court boosts Singapore chapter with secretariat, as India makes up 19% of Asian disputes (behind Korea, ahead of China)
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Court of Arbitration (ICA) has ramped up its Asia presence, opening a secretariat - primarily concerned with case management - in Singapore, in a bid to continue boosting its Asia footprint.
Magnah Law started in Bangalore by Khaitan partner Nalini Mayegowda + 3 from Tatva
Khaitan & Co Bangalore partner Nalina Mayegowda, who had left in late March, and Tatva Legal partners Raghunath Ananthapur, R Vasudev, and Raghavi BS have together set up new Bangalore-based firm Magnah Law Partners, reported Bar & Bench.
Shardul Amarchand long-time Delhi star equity partner Akila Agrawal resigns
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) long-time partner Akila Agrawal has resigned from the firm, according to authoritative sources.
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CJI Dipak Misra impeachment attempt by Congress over? Spokesperson says they’re totally done with that
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SAM on $19m Tata Chemicals buy in Allied Silica
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KKR finance behemoth & legal advisory goldmine gets first India general counsel: JP Morgan GC Jigar Shah
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Netflix India gets GC Ashish Chandra with Snapdeal, Astro Malaysia experience
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Ex-IDFC, Luthra partner Rajesh Chavda joins Essar Oil UK refinery in-house
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Former GE Power GC Manjaree Chowdhary joins Maruti India as GC
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Diageo VP legal Nischal Hindia to leave drinks giant
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Bharat Vasani permanently leaves behind Tatas with legal function of 450-lawyers, will join private practice
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Breaking: K Law to see 7 partners exit across 3 cities, possibly with entrepreneurial ambitions • Firm recruiting into 50% gap
K Law will be losing five of its partners in Mumbai, and one partner each in Delhi and Bangalore.
Legally Social Delhi: Tonight, Thursday, 19 April 2018, happy hours, incredible live band for lawyers at TC Cafe, Aurobindo Road
It’s time to be legal and social again. In association with the brand-new and amazing TC Cafe, we are hosting Legally Social in Delhi again.
NUJS continues Day Zero secrecy, despite possible record 84 job offers so far • AZB, CAM, Trilegal make whopping 14 - 19 offers each
NUJS Kolkata, which continues to maintain an omerta over its campus recruitment figures and declined to confirm, deny or otherwise speak about Day Zero recruitment figures citing long-standing “policy”, has so far received possibly up to 84 job offers from nine domestic law firms, including more than 20 PPOs.
Benchmark your compensation across the Indian legal sector • Plus 24 key partner, 42 GC moves of the year
In 2017, we witnessed high levels of hiring activity in general corporate and M&A space across levels. Other transactional areas such as banking, capital markets and structured finance were busier than the previous years, but hiring at the mid-level especially was limited to replacing leavers rather than growing that practice area. The litigation market remained steady and so did other practice areas like IPR, taxation and competition law.
AZB Delhi promotes 80% women in partnership round of 5 • 3 made counsel [UPDATE-1: Alma mater]
AZB & Partners Delhi partnership, following four recent promotions in Mumbai and Bangalore, has promoted five to partner (pictured above, left to right):
IC Universal promotes 3 to partner post-merger, grows to 18
IC Universal Legal has promoted three to partner in its first promotion round after the merger of IC Legal and Universal Legal, also elevating 6 to principal associate and 9 to senior associate across its offices.
Nalsar Day Zero: 34 early jobs for 77 grads • AZB biggest • [...]
Nalsar Hyderabad has already placed 34 out of 77 students who will graduate the LLB degree next year, as first published by Bar & Bench.
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