J Sagar Associates’ (JSA) executive committee vote brings together five veterans for the job.

HSA Advocates has elevated partner-designate Harvinder Singh – one of the two people promoted to the firm’s principal associate-equivalent designation last year – to its partnership effective 1 April 2013.

Selection process at firm still continuing.

Big project M&A in the project space with Desai & Diwanji and Amarchand, while a project finance take-out scheme keeps Dhir busy.

JSA partner to power ultra-mega-power project as CEO.

ALMT Express Towers partnership at 10; globally 20.

No new partners in Vaish’s annual promotions this year-end, but five new principal associates and eight new senior associates.

Bumper crop of salaried partner promotions at JSA.

Khaitan & Co has begun the month-long process of evaluating which existing associate partners will be inducted into the firm’s equity partnership across offices, after promoting a total of five principal associates in Mumbai and Delhi to associate partner level effective today (1 April).

Seth Dua & Associates bags three new partners in competition, TMT & tax.

Principal associates Adheesh Nargolkar and Niren Patel, specialising in intellectual property (IP) and in corporate and M&A respectively, were given the nod to the pre-equity associate partner rung, legal website Bar & Bench reported today. Nargolkar began working at WS Kane & Co as a...

NDR + AZB alum MG = new national firm Samvad Partners.

Vaish Associates and Crawford Bayley advised Delhi-based liquor firm Globus Spirits in raising Rs 70 crore ($13m) from Templeton Strategic Emerging Markets Fund IV LDC (TSEM) which was advised by BMR Legal’s new hire from Desai & Diwanji.

Kumar to join team of Cyril and Vandana Shroff in Mumbai on 5 April.

6 deals spanning private equity and high finance with Amarchand, AZB, Lexygen, Luthra, KSP, SNG…

Agarwal sets up India-UK law firm-consultancy hybrid.

Dua Associates v Saikrishna in trademarks; PXV, Desai & Diwanji in PE.

Senior counsel Anil Divan wants practical position paper on liberalisation from government.

Rajani Associates advised brokerage house Motilal Oswal Private Equity (MOPE) which invested Rs 35 crore ($6.4m) in concrete blocks maker Magicrete Building Solutions, which was advised by Luthra & Luthra. Rajani Associates founding partner Prem Rajani with partner Poorvi Sanjanwala, senior ass...

Recent deal & case highlights: The Bombay high court ordered the producer of Bollywood film Knockout to pay Rs 1.5 crore ($275,760) for copyright infringement of 20th Century Fox’s Hollywood movie Phonebooth, represented by Neolegal Associates. Plus Khaitan, Wadia Ghandy, Dhir & Dhir and more…