Amarchand Mangaldas has hired former IIFL Wealth Management director Mugdha Sahal as director in its private client practice in Mumbai.

Bhatnagar Economic Laws Practice (ELP) has hired Ravinder Narain & Co consultant Sonu Bhatnagar as a partner to head its Delhi indirect tax litigation team on 7 November, according to a press release from the firm. Bhatnagar graduated as a lawyer from Delhi University in 1993 and did a diploma ...

The CCI has rejected allegations of unfair business practices against legal process outsourcing (LPO) company Pangea3 made by former Pangea3 employee Larry Lee Mccallister against it, reported the PTI . Mccallister, who resigned on 12 July from the LPO that was bought by Thomson Reuters in 2010 , ha...

J Sagar Associates (JSA) advised Info Edge on Rs 57 crore, Themis Associates Sequoia on Rs 170.6 crore investments in Zomato.

Clasis Law has added an energy and infrastructure practice with former Dhir & Dhir Associates energy and infrastructure partner Jay Cheema, who joined the firm as partner in Delhi effective today.

Tatva Legal advised Bangalore-based post natal clinic Cloudnine in raising Rs 100 crore ($16m) from Sequoia Capital and Matrix Partners. Sequoia was advised by Luthra & Luthra. Tatva Bangalore partner Manav Nagaraj and senior associate Bhargava KS acted for Cloudnine, which is owned by Kids Cli...

Tatva Legal advised Xander Finance in investing Rs 200 crore ($33m) in Gurgaon-based realty company Orris, which was advised by DSK Legal. Tatva Delhi partner Simran Singh and managers Neha Chhabra and Seher Ali acted for Xander, which structured its investment as a senior secured non-convertible de...

Trilegal competition head Rahul Singh has left to Oxford University for a PhD but will continue to work part time as of counsel.

J Sagar Associates (JSA) advised Indian commercial food equipment supplier Celfrost in selling out to the US-based The Middleby Corporation, which was advised by Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Luthra & Luthra. JSA Gurgaon partners Upendra Nath Sharma and Nitesh Bhasin and associate ...

Amarchand Mangaldas advised Singapore Airlines in its 49 per cent Rs 615 crore ($100m) joint venture (JV) with Tata Sons, which was advised by AZB & Partners. Amarchand Mumbai managing partner Cyril Shroff and corporate partner Indranath Bishnu acted for Singapore Airlines on this first-ever tr...

Desai & Diwanji advised Indore-based steroids manufacturer Symbiotec Pharmalab and shareholders in the Rs 292 crore ($48m) PE investment by Actis Medal Sports, advised by Platinum Partners.

Chennai law firm Vichar Partners advised Chennai-based auto parts manufacturer Susira Industries in its sale to the Japanese Usui Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha, which was advised by Bangalore law firm Crestlaw Partners. Vichar partner Chitra Narayan with associate Raj Jabakh acted for Susira, according to a...

Amarchand Mangaldas advised IDFC Alternatives – the alternate investment arm of infrastructure financier IDFC Private Equity Fund - in its Rs 125 crore investment ($20m) in Bangalore-based health insurer Medi Assist Healthcare. Medi Assist was advised by Nishith Desai Associates. Amarchand Mumbai pa...

The proposed takeover by Gurgaon-based Apollo Tyres of Ohio-based Cooper Tire & Rubber remained on tenterhooks, as the US company’s bid in a Delaware court to force the deal to close continued unresolved. Amarchand Mangaldas Delhi and Sullivan Cromwell represented Apollo on the M&A deal, a...

Delhi’s Singhania and Mumbai’s Rajani & Partners will become one firm of 100 lawyers and 20 partners.

Kirkland & Ellis with Khaitan & Co have acted for private equity firm Apax Partners in its $420m purchase of California-headquartered offshore software services provider GlobalLogic. Khaitan partners Haigreve Khaitan and Aakash Choubey acted for Apax, assisted by competition law partner Av...

J Sagar Associates (JSA) advised German chemical distributor Brenntag to buy the chemical distribution division of Mumbai-based Zytex Group for $13.7m (Rs 83 crore), , according per a company statement . JSA Mumbai partner Sandeep Mehta with senior associate Arup Pereira and associates Hoshedar Have...

NLSIU Bangalore 2003 graduate Mukund Dhar was made up in White & Case’s 18-strong round of partnership promotions on Friday. London-based Dhar was named a partner in the firm’s global project finance practice, according to its press release , which added that he is dual qualified in India and E...

Amarchand Mangaldas Mumbai has been instructed by the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) on the record $1bn (Rs 6100 crore) offshore Rupee bond programme, which is hoped to shore up the Rupee capital markets and foreign investment. Mumbai region managing partner Cyril Shroff and de...

Amarchand Mangaldas advised Jindal Power in buying a Nellore thermal power plant from Bangalore-based Kineta Power, which was advised in-house. Amarchand Delhi partner Amit Kumar with principal associates Varun Sehgal and Sunando Mukherjee and senior associate Ananda Malhotra acted for Jindal which,...