Corporate
AAS, DMY acts on pre-Series A angel round into Ecobillz AI documents platform
Themis, Indus, Khaitan, AZB act on $120m Series B investment into fintech Cred
Khaitan, L&L act on IIFL Wealth $33m buy of L&T Cap Markets
JSA acts on Indian leg of Hain Celestial sale of Tilda rice to Ebro
DMD promotes 6 lawyers to more-senior associate levels
Vedanta group general counsel (+ ex JSA partner) Nitin Banerjee exits; destination, replacement TBC
Vedanta Limited group general counsel (GC) Nitin Banerjee has resigned from the company last week, we understand from authoritative sources.
Khaitan partner Abhishek Sinha starts-up legal learning business for youngsters
Khaitan & Co partner and 2006 ILS Pune graduate Abhishek Sinha has resigned from the firm to start-up an a new learning provider for young lawyers and law students.
L&L CM to see reinforcements post Lahoty: A&O’s Jitesh Shahani (Nalsar ‘05) to join from Singapore
L&L Partners has begun the process of rebuilding its capital markets practice and is finalising the hire of Jitesh Shahani, currently Allen & Overy (A&O) senior associate in Singapore, as well as Luthra alumnus and Nalsar Hyderabad 2005 graduate.
Netflix stream of hires continues: Ex-Googler Sheetal Kapur to join as director legal for business
Google in-houser Sheetal Sawhney Kapur has joined Netflix’s rapidly growing in-house team in India as senior counsel and director legal.
IndusLaw ramps up corporate with JSA’s Revathy Muralidharan • Opens new Bombay HC office
IndusLaw has hired J Sagar Associates (JSA) principal associate Revathy Muralidharan as a corporate transactional partner in Mumbai, as well as opened a new Mumbai litigation office near the high court.
Trilegal, SAM help Kora invest $75m into Edelweiss Financial Services with 6 foreign firms
HSA, DSK acts on $6m Auroma Logistics buyout by Chennai’s ProConnect
Ikigai, Rajaram, Goodwins act on $50m Stanza Living Series C from Falcon, Matrix, Accel
Desai & D acts on winning BR Shetty’s insolvency buy of SevenHills Healthcare for $147m
Ikigai, Burgeon act on Alkemi Ventures $2m Series A into Akiva Superfoods
JSA, Khaitan act on India leg of US’ Avalara buy of Canada’s Portway
CAM partner Sourav Kanti De Biswas joins unicorn Indus-AZB-client Oyo as VP with transactions focus
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Delhi-based partner Sourav Kanti De Biswas has joined gazillion-dollar-valued hotel chain Oyo as vice president legal last month.
CAM competition partner Bharat Budholia resigns for pastures new
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) Mumbai-cum-Delhi-based competition partner Bharat Budholia has resigned several weeks ago, we have learned from authoritative sources.
Indus’ partner Sandeep Grover, SAM’s Aditya Nayyar start lit boutique Ortis
IndusLaw Delhi disputes partner Sandeep Grover has left the firm and started dispute resolution firm Ortis Law Offices with Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas principal associate designate Aditya Nayyar as co-founding partner.