Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas has hired Economic Laws Practice (ELP) associate partner Yogesh Chande in Mumbai, reported Bar & Bench . Chande had joined ELP in 2012 with PR Ramesh , with whom he had started Prism Partners & Advocates. We have reached out to ELP and Shardul Amarchand for comm...

DSK Legal advised Klenzaids Contamination Controls in selling 49 per cent stake to Robert Bosch Investment Nederland which was advised by Khaitan & Co. DSK Mumbai co-founding partner Anand Desai, managing associate Pragya Dhamija and associate Prachi Garg acted for Klenzaids, which has a turnov...

AZB & Partners’ private equity (PE) practice again won it the top place in the half-yearly league table of data provider Venture Intelligence, making the firm the half-yearly league leader in this space for the third consecutive year.

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”)*Endless jobs? Sacks of money for all? Better working conditions for everyone? Young lawyer Dhruv Balai Paul ponders the implications of the possible entry of foreign law firms to India.

The Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF) will complain to the Bar Council of Delhi in the coming week against PDS Legal, Advaita Legal and other Indian law firms that are best friends with accountancy firms, as a follow-up to its recent complaints in the council against the Big Four consultancies E&Y, KPMG, PwC and Deloitte for their alleged unauthorized practice of law.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has hired former Amarchand Mangaldas Delhi principal associate Mekhla Anand as an indirect tax salaried partner in its new Delhi office.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas partner designate Nidhi Parekh will join Citi India’s legal team as senior vice president.

Jeet Sen Gupta, who left Economic Laws Practice (ELP) in April , has joined Juris Corp as its eighth partner, managing partner H Jayesh told Bar & Bench , saying: “As a firm, we are implementing growth drivers and as part of that strategy, Jeet has joined us and will help us take the firm to th...

J Sagar Associates (JSA) and PRA Law won in the Delhi high court for luxury condom maker Reckitt Benckiser which will now not be subject to ceiling prices on its condoms fixed by the government. The Delhi high court has ruled that even though condoms fall within “essential medicines” under the Drugs...

Aijt Mishra, who had joined Wragge & Co as a close best friend focusing on Indian law, has joined Penningtons Manches as its London-based India group co-head.

The Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF) elected Lalit Bhasin as its president for the third-consecutive time, in an uncontested election on Saturday. Bhasin will preside over the 15 year old society for another three-year term. Kochhar & Co founder Rohit Kochhar was elected the general secretary...

Desai & Diwanji advised British media conglomerate Daily Mail & General Trust’s investment arm DMG Information on its Rs 12.7 crore ($2m) infusion in Mumbai-based, non-brokerage, real estate company Liases Foras which was advised by DM Harish & Co. D&D partner Siddharth Mody, sen...

AZB & Partners Delhi partner Gautam Saha with senior associate Heena Singh has advised Hector Beverages, which has found big success in selling traditional Indian soft drinks in trendy and hygienic packaging and [ has raised Rs 107 crore ($17m) from Belgium’s Sofina and China’s Hillhouse Capita...

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas had advised the Grofers Group - a start-up that delivers groceries and other sundry items to homes from nearby shops - on its $36m investment by Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital and Apoletto Asia, which closed this week . Tiger Global was advised by ARA Law managing partner ...

Former MV Kini & Co partner Prateush Sharma joined Kochhar & Co in Mumbai as a partner in its tax practice. Sharma, who has twenty-two years of indirect tax practice experience has also worked with the Federal Department of Revenue.. Kochhar managing partner Rohit Kochhar said in the press...

Rajani Singhania & Partners advised surgical sutures maker Stericat Gut Strings on the acquisition of a majority stake in it by French firm Groupe Peters Surgical which was advised by Tatva Legal. Rajani managing partner Prem Rajani, partner Poorvi Sanjanwala and associates Nishtha Mehta and Ka...

BMR & Associates Delhi indirect tax head partner Puneet Bansal left the firm on 15 June with BMR associate director Kulraj Ashpnani, to start up his independent indirect tax boutique Nitya Tax Associates, said Ashpnani. Bansal, who started his legal career at Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (LK...

Litigator Udayarkar Rangarajan has joined Khaitan & Co as an associate partner based in Bangalore, from where he will focus on building the practice in Chennai.

J Sagar Associates (JSA) and Perkins Coie advised global e-commerce giant Amazon in buying for $40m - a 20 per cent stake - in bankbazaar.com-owner A&A Dukaan Financial Services, which was advised by Bangalore-based firm Themis Associates. JSA also advised Fidelity Growth Partners in buying a 2...

Delhi Suri & Co partner Shashank Garg has rejoined Advani & Co, which he had left around 18 months ago to explore growth opportunities outside Advani, where he was a partner.