Former Link Legal India Law Services employment law partner Raunak, whom we had reported in June to have resigned from Link Legal, is in the process of starting a new law firm.

Tata Steel has signed a definitive agreement to buy the steel business of specialty steel and wire rope maker Usha Martin, which could be valued at Rs 4,600 crore, reported moneycontrol . Tata Steel had reportedly beaten rival bidders Vedanta, JSW Steel and Kalyani Steels to the steel assets of the ...

India’s first real estate investment trust (REIT) has filed its preliminary prospectus today, four years after the regulation had been notified, with the Blackstone Group and Embassy Group cooperating on the issue, which could yield $720m, according to Bloomberg . REITs allow investors to take stake...

Trilegal Mumbai finance partner Srinivas Parthasarathy has left the firm, reported Bar & Bench, with him apparently “taking a break from law practice”.

Bharti Axa Life Insurance vice president and head legal Sachin Kalra joined HT Media on 4 September as the media company’s second deputy general counsel.

HSA Advocates has expanded further in Bangalore by absorbing local firm Atman Law Partners, adding four new lawyers including partner Chinmay Mirji.

After an unnamed Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) source had told the Times of India in April that the agency might file a case against Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) over Nirav Modi files it had held, Reuters has today run a follow-up scoop that has been widely picked up by nearly all Indian media.

Trilegal Mumbai-based counsel Shaswata Dutta has joined Goldman Sachs as executive director, legal, in its Asia special situations group on Monday (17 September).

Rajani Associates Mumbai-based associate partner Amit Kolekar has joined Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company as its head real estate advisor in its legal team earlier this month.

Hammurabi & Solomon (H&S) Delhi senior partner Pathik Arora has joined German wind turbine maker Senvion Wind Technology as its director legal and general counsel India.

“Bonfleet Solutions Pvt. Ltd, which runs fintech startup Bon, has raised a seed round of funding led by impact investment firm Omidyar Network. The company has received Rs 7.8 crore ($1.03 million) from investors that also include early-stage investment firm Axilor Ventures and Better Capital’s AngelList India Syndicate,” reported VC Circle.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Delhi-based corporate partner Harsh Kumar has resigned, Bar & Bench has first reported, noting that he is “likely to join another top law firm”.

DSK Legal Mumbai partner and head of its employment practice Maneesh Upadhyay is joining J Sagar Associates (JSA) as a partner from today.

Former Khaitan & Co partner and PXV Law Partners co-founder GT Thomas Phillippe has today joined technology and food delivery giant Zomato, which has been using AZB as its adviser, in Delhi as general counsel (GC).

Atlas Law Partners, which was founded by former Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas partners Harry Chawla and Niti Paul in 2016, has promoted managing associate Maureen Z Ralte, to associate partner level.

Online lender Kissht has raised a Series C round of $30m from Singapore’s Vertex Ventures and Russia’s Sistema Asia Fund, as well as from existing investors Fosun RZ Capital, Ventureast and Endiya Partners, reported Mint . Rajaram Legal acted for Kissht led by principal associate Prasad Subramanyan ...

HT Media has invested Rs 10 crore to buy 10 per cent of equity in Editorji Technologies, a company promoted by Vikramaditya Chandra that owns and operates a platform for creation and distribution of personalised video, news and related content through electronic means, as reported by Television Post...

Hyderabad-based building materials company HIL Ltd has bought Parador Holdings of Germany, which is worth Rs 687 crore, from existing shareholders NORD Holding, Deutsche Mittelstandsholding, Lubert Winnecken and Hendrik Voß for 72.3m Euros. Khaitan & Co acted for HIL , with a team led by partne...

AZB & Partners senior associate Esha Pruthi has joined Home Credit India’s legal team of 16 as assistant vice president (AVP) legal in Delhi.

Denmark-based Maj Invest Financial Inclusion Fund together with existing strategic shareholder, Muthoot Finance have invested around Rs 202.6 crores ($28m) in NBFC-MFI, Belstar Investment and Finance Private Limited, as reported by Business Standard . As per the reports, Maj has picked up an 11% sta...