Job moves

Former Khaitan & Co partner Gauri Rasgotra has rejoined the firm's Delhi office after working for two years in the US as the head of the George Washington University Law School's India Studies Center.

Paras Kuhad & Associates' ex-Mumbai head has started a new firm under the banner Vidhii Partners, along with one partner and three associates from the firm which merged with Hemant Sahai earlier this month.

A senior associate has rejoined Lall & Sethi Advocates as partner after a two-year stint at Luthra & Luthra.

Bangalore headquartered Universal Legal has hired a Luthra & Luthra senior associate as a Delhi partner while the firm prepares to open in Mumbai as a precursor to becoming a fully national firm.

AZB & Partners has promoted its first new partner after its Bangalore merger and vowed to grow its fledgling Chennai and Hyderabad presences after moving into a new office in Chennai.

Titus & Co has hired two associates and re-hired an associate after completing an LLM degree abroad.

ALMT Legal Mumbai partner Vivek Daswaney has left the firm to start up his own practice called V Law Partners.

FoxMandal Little Delhi's senior real estate partner Saroj Jha has resigned. The news follows this week's the resignation of five associates and the firm's corporate head Vineet Aneja, with two senior associates set to join Aneja at Luthra & Luthra.

Luthra & Luthra has hired FoxMandal Little corporate partner Vineet Aneja in Delhi.

Amarchand Mangaldas has hired the former general counsel of private equity firm Sun Apollo as a partner for its Mumbai private equity and M&A practice.

Seth Dua & Associates has hired a senior associate from arbitration specialists Kachwaha & Partners, continuing to grow its contentious practice.

Amarchand & Mangaldas' former Kolkata office head is set to start up his own law firm, three months after his resignation from Amarchand.

Delhi firm APJ-SLG Law Offices has hired a non-lawyer as a "principal advisor" in its trade law practice.

Trilegal has recruited seven final-year students from National Law University (NLU) Jodhpur, almost filling up its fresher quota for the year.