Tatva Legal advised India’s largest real estate developer DLF in selling its stake in Star Alubuild to Japan’s Lixil Corp, which was advised by Talwar Thakore & Associates (TTA). Tatva Delhi partner Simran Singh, manager Neha Chhabra and senior associate Natasha Tuli acted for DLF which, accord...

Trilegal advised the Tata Group’s power utility Tata Power in buying AES Saurashtra wind farms from the US-based private power producer AES Corporation which was advised by Desai & Diwanji. Trilegal Delhi partner Charandeep Kaur with senior associates Ramakant Rai and Anuja Tiwari and associate...

Desai & Diwanji has acted for US NASDAQ-listed Philadelphia-headquartered bank Customers Bancorp, which invested $22m in Religare Enterprises that was assisted by AZB & Partners in Delhi. This was Desai & Diwanji’s first instruction for Customers Bancorp, which bought a 5 per cent sta...

Amarchand Mangaldas has reported the most M&A activity among Indian law firms this year, according to data provider mergermarket’s Q1-Q3 rankings.

Khaitan & Co Mumbai partner Murali Neelakantan has joined Indian pharmaceutical giant Cipla as its global general counsel (GC).

NLSIU Bangalore, Delhi University (DU), GLC Mumbai and ILS Pune have given India’s biggest law firms more than three times as many partners than most other younger law schools since 2009.

Gnarus Partners advised German media company Burda Druck in buying out its joint venture partner HT Media’s 51 per cent stake in HT Burda Media for Rs 60 crore ($9.6m). HT Media was advised by S&R Associates. Gnarus managing partner Rishi Anand with associate Jitendra Soni acted for Burda Druck...

Delhi-based intellectual property firm Lall & Sethi (L&S) turned into a partnership after 20 years as a sole proprietorship firm since established in 1993. Three partners were internally promoted at the firm. Senior associates Raghav Malik, Jyotideep Kaur and Tia Malik were promoted to the...

Naik Naik & Co and London-international firm Lawrence Graham (formerly known as LG) have entered into a preferred referral relationship.

HSB Partners advised US firm Bayada in buying a 26 per cent stake in Chennai’s India Home Health Care (IHHC), which was advised by Chennai law firm VNS Legal. HSB Partners partner TK Bhaskar, principal associate Varun Sriram and associates Aishwarya Krishnamurthy and Sahana Chandrika acted for Bayad...

Corporate principal associate Ashish Razdan and banking and finance principal associate Kumar Saurabh Singh have been promoted.

Thomson Reuters, advised by Khaitan & Co, has bought Bangalore trading software company Omnesys, advised by Samvād Partners. AZB & Parters and Vaish Associates acted for minority investors. The buyer Thomson Reuters was advised by Khaitan & Co, with partner Rabindra Jhunjhunwala and a...

Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has entered into associations with NLS, NUJS, Nalsar, NLU Jodhpur and Delhi so far.

PXV Law Partners and French best friend law firm DS Avocats advised French defence electronics group NSE Industries in a joint venture with Bangalore-based Hical Technologies, which was advised by J Sagar Associates (JSA). PXV Delhi partner GT Thomas Phillippe and DS Advocats Paris partner Olivier M...

AZB & Partners, J Sagar Associates (JSA) and Khaitan & Co have advised on the Baring Private Equity Asia buy-out and open offer of IT and BPO firm Hexaware Technologies for a total of around Rs 2,745 crore ($440m). AZB Mumbai partners Abhijit Joshi and Essaji Vahanvati acted for Hexaware a...

Advani & Co will merge with Pune-based disputes firm Nehru & Co to create Advani Nehru & Co, reported the Economic Times today. Nehru founder Ranjan Nehru told the paper that there was a “vacuum in Pune when it comes to serving local corporate clients and we intend to plug that gap”. ...

PDS & Associates has acted for steel maker Mukand Limited in its Rs 160 crore rights issue, which was filed with the Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE) last week. Board approval was granted in June . PDS Mumbai partne...

Obhan & Associates acted for publisher Penguin Random House in its purchase of Ananda Publishers’ stake in Penguin Books India.

Link Legal advised GMR whose road development arm GMR Highways sold 74 per cent stake in its special purpose vehicle GMR Ulundurpet Expressways to IDFC’s India Infrastructure Fund for Rs 222 crore ($35m). IDFC was advised by Udwadia Udeshi & Argus Partners.

His firm mourns OP Vaish’s death, who passed away this morning after heart bypass surgery and a brief illness.