Kochhar & Co has hired former associate director legal (South Asia) of the Carlson Rezidor Group, Sumit Phatela, as a partner in its Gurgaon office’s corporate, banking and finance practice. Phatela was previously working with the office of general counsel of Ernst & Young India, and had b...

As managing partner Berjis Desai’s exit nears and after the departure of senior Mumbai rainmaker Akshay Chudasama, concerns mount over the firm holding on to its democratic structure and how it can remain competitive for the next 25 years.

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Universal Legal partner Gaurav Chatterjee has joined Kochhar & Co as partner in Chennai. Chatterjee obtained his LLB from Bangalore University in 2005, had worked at HSB Partners until 2007 and joined Universal Legal in January 2008. Universal Legal managing partner Partha Mandal commented: “Ga...

Erstwhile Amarchand Mangaldas’ Delhi-region principal associate and NLIU Bhopal grad Bishwajit Dubey, who had left the firm several months ago, has joined Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas’ Delhi office as a partner designate in litigation.

AZB & Partners advised global Argentina-founded IT and software development company Globant on buying, for up to around $25m, Pune-based product engineering firm Clarice Technologies which was advised by Khaitan & Co. AZB Bangalore partner Anind Thomas and senior associate Percis Anklesari...

Bharucha & Partners Delhi disputes partner Kapil Arora will join Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas with a team of three associates.

J Sagar Associates (JSA) advised and assisted NIIT Technologies on investing for 51 per cent stake in Incessant Technologies which was advised by DSK Legal. JSA partner Lalit Kumar, senior associate Bharati Joshi and associate Ritika Arora acted for NIIT Technologies. DSK partner Ajay Shaw and manag...

Former Amarchand Mangaldas Gurgaon-based IP partner Ranjan Negi, who resigned from the Shardul Shroff managed region of the firm last month, will join Shardul’s brother’s split firm Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas with his team of five.

“)Four J Sagar Associates (JSA) salaried partners - Ashoo Gupta, Mithun Thanks, Ashni Roy and Gaurav Singhi – and around 13 to 14 other fee-earners will be joining senior JSA partner Akshay Chudasama in his move to manage Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas’ Mumbai office.

AZB & Partners advised International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Desai & Diwanji (D&D) advised GIC in their Rs 1,020 crore equity infusion, alongside Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), into microfinance institution Bandhan, which was advised by Khaitan & Co. AZ...

Altum Law advised Exfinity Ventures on infusing Rs 12 crore in cyber security start-up Uniken, which was advised by LegaLogic Consulting. Altum Bangalore-based co-founder and senior partner Anindita Phukan acted for Exfinity, which is backed by ex-Infosys veterans V Balakrishnan and TV Mohandas Pai....

Akshay Chudasama, senior partner in J Sagar Associates (JSA) Mumbai, has handed in his notice and will be Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas’ new Mumbai managing partner.

Linklaters, Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy and Baker & McKenzie are the highest profile foreign law firms operating in India, according to the latest analysis of foreign law firms’ India businesses.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas is in advanced discussions with senior J Sagar Associates (JSA) Mumbai partner Akshay Chudasama to head its Mumbai office but nothing concrete has been signed or agreed between the parties according to several authoritative sources.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) advised Aditya Birla Retail on its acquisition of Jubilant Agri and Consumer Products’ retail hypermarket business Total Super Store, which was advised by Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM). CAM managing partner Cyril Shroff, Bangalore partner Nivedita Rao and Mumbai p...

White & Case has hired Linklaters managing associate Pradyumna Mysoor as a local partner in its Hong Kong office.

Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan added a third office in the Delhi region, opening up in Gurgaon.

Luthra & Luthra Mumbai corporate partner Sudipta Routh will join Vaishali Sharma’s corporate law start-up as its first lateral partner.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Mumbai-based principal associate Manisha Shroff is set to join Khaitan & Co, according to authoritative sources.

Luthra & Luthra Mumbai corporate partner Sudipta Routh has resigned while litigation partner Ashish Prasad, who was promoted only three months ago, has quit for Economic Laws Practice (ELP).