Krishnamurthy & Co (K Law) has promoted five associate partners to partners, effective from 1 April, doubling the number of partners at the firm to 10.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, as the new partnership under Mumbai-based brother Cyril Shroff is set to be known when started from 1 April, has finalised a list of seven new equity partners, and 12 new salaried partners to be promoted in its existing offices.

Khaitan & Co Delhi litigation partner Gauri Rasgotra is set to join Amarchand Mangaldas in Delhi, as part of Amarchand Mumbai managing partner Cyril Shroff’s new Amarchand.

According to authoritative sources, Udwadia Udeshi & Argus (UUA) will separate into what remains of the two pre-merger legacy-firm by next month.

Herbert Smith Freehills partner of 30 years and India country head Chris Parsons was on leave from the firm for a month starting 10 January to “sleep under buses, [do] physiotherapy lying on dust [and] eat in Dhabas” as he walked 42km everyday from Mumbai to Bangalore to raise $1m for Indian widows.

by: JSA advised multiplex giant PVR in buying back private equity firm L Capital’s stake held in PVR Leisure which was advised by AZB & Partners. JSA Delhi partner Sidharrth Shankar and associates Shantanu Jindel and Priyam Singh acted for PVR. AZB Delhi partner Vinati Kastia and senior associa...

Amarchand Mangaldas Bangalore, managed from the Mumbai, has recruited Avinash Umapathy as a partner consultant from ICICI Bank, where he was joint general manager (legal), reported Bar & Bench , following the recent departure of Amarchand Bangalore partner Prashanth Venkatesh who resigned for p...

The firm of former AZB & Partners CEO Abhijit Joshi, Veritas Legal, has advised German specialty chemicals company Evonik on its acquisition of Mumbai-based catalyst supplier Monarch Catalyst, which was advised by J Sagar Associates (JSA) partner Sandeep Mehta. The value of the purchase of the ...

Rahul Dwarkadas, who had resigned from Wadia Ghandy’s partnership on 4 March, will be joining the Mumbai-based firm of ex-AZB & Partners CEO Abhijit Joshi, Veritas Legal.

J Sagar Associates (JSA) made up eight equity partners in Delhi Gurgaon, Bombay and Bangalore effective 1 April, according to a press release.

Cyril Shroff, Mumbai-based managing partner of Amarchand which is set to split in two, has finalised a lease in Delhi’s Saket area.

Amarchand Mangaldas advised Suzlon Energy on the Rs 1,800 crore acquisition of 23 per cent stake in it by Sun Pharmaceuticals promoter Dilip Shanghvi and family who were advised by PH Bathiya & Associates. Amarchand Mumbai managing partner Cyril Shroff and partner Yash Asher acted for Suzlon. S...

Schneider Electric group general counsel Suprio Dasgupta joined Dr Reddy’s laboratories as its general counsel.

Two Singhania & Co senior associates, Meenakshi Acharya and Ashish Satpute and shipping company legal consultant Ravindra Avhad, have started up Mumbai full service firm RMA Legal last month. Acharya told Legally India that “good contacts” to help bring them clients was what gave the three part...

Apar Gupta, litigation partner at Advani & Co in Delhi, will go independent after having handed in his notice two weeks ago. Gupta commented: “Essentially I am leaving to start a solo litigation practice. “I have had a wonderful time in Advani and was involved in a lot of the firms work centere...

Juris Corp, which has suffered from major attrition in recent years hitting its partnership numbers , has internally promoted two principal associates to its partnership, reported Bar & Bench . Shan Bottlewala had started his career at the firm in 2008, while Durgesh Khanapurkar had joined in A...

J Sagar Associates (JSA) advised Reliance Infra on its Rs 819 crore ($130m) acquisition of 18 per cent stake in Pipavav Defence and Offshore Engineering which was advised by K Law and Crawford Bayley.

Law minister https://www.legallyindia.com/Law-firms/legal-market-liberalisation-investigation-into-lobbying-and-policy told The Hindu : “Yes, Japan has written to us. We are taking the issue of opening up our legal sector on a positive note, but on the condition that it will increase the face-value ...

Legally India investigates in Mint how special interests have succeeded at and could end up indefinitely stalling reform of legal services, despite the government’s best laid intentions.