Law firms

Economic Laws Practice (ELP) has promoted two senior associates to associate partner level: both Rajat Chhabra and Vivek Bajaj are based in Pune in the tax practice.

Juris Corp disputes partner Detty Davis has left the firm to go in house.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has streamlined its complex internal structure that was first launched in September 2015.

IndusLaw promoted principal associate Nikhilesh Rao to partner in its litigation and disputes practice in Bangalore. The firm also made seven new principal associates and three new senior associates.

Advaita Legal has promoted Shailendra Singh to the principal level, which is similar to a salaried partner and the fourth rung in the firm’s eight-level fee-earner designation structure.

OP Khaitan & Co managing partner Gautam Khaitan - who had spent more than three months in jail during the CBI’s AgustaWestland chopper scam investigation in late 2014 - had provided a reference for a client to work with the controversial Panama-headquartered law firm Mossack Fonseca, reported the Indian Express as part of its ongoing Panama Papers coverage.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has hired JP Morgan executive director and assistant general counsel Ruetveij Pandya as a Mumbai corporate partner.

J Sagar Associates (JSA) has promoted Manvinder Singh, Trisheet Chatterjee and Poonam Verma to its equity partnership, while partner Akshay Nagpal will joined Indigo as associate general counsel.

Three Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas non-equity partners - Ganesh Rao, Anu Tiwari and Dhruv Singhal - have handed in their notice today and will join AZB & Partners with the head of their team, Ashwath Rau, who announced his departure earlier this month.

While the Delhi office of Fox Mandal may have seen better days, Som Mandal, its Delhi region managing partner has stood for West Bengal assembly elections in Shyampukur on a BJP ticket.