Ex-Azure GC, Luthra partner Dipti Lavya Swain starts firm with 2 offices, 3 partners
Mumbai-based Dipti Lavya Swain, who had been general counsel (GC) at Azure Power until around six months ago, has set up law firm DLS Law Offices.
Ex-ALMT-JurisCorp’s Hitesh Jain, ex-JSA Ravi Hegde start 7-partner tri-city firm Parinam
Juris Corp partner Hitesh Jain and his team, as well as recently-exited J Sagar Associates (JSA) partner Ravichandra Hegde, are setting up a new law firm, with offices in Mumbai, Pune and Delhi.
Tributes remember the man in a hurry: Pathbreaking GC, DSK consultant Girish Gokhale
On 27th November 2008, a day after the worst terror attack on Mumbai (and India), when the working folks of Mumbai were not to be found at their work places, among the few to be found working was Girish Gokhale.
Samvad scores 1st reported deal for Zomato on $210m Series I funding, with Trilegal for Ali, Themis, SAM
“Alibaba’s payment affiliate Ant Financial has pumped in another $210 million in restaurant discovery and food-delivery platform Zomato, as the company ramps of spending for its market leadership battle against rival Swiggy,” reported the Economic Times, about the unicorn’s Series I round of fundraising.
NUJS brings #nationaliseNLUs movement to life with NLU consortium and law day demonstrations
NUJS Kolkata students staged a campus demonstration yesterday (26 November) to lend voice to national law university (NLU) students’ common demand that NLUs should be given Institute of National Importance (INI) status.
LI 2018 Live League Tables (work in progress)
LI's live corporate league tables have currently captured 272 deals for the 2018 calendar year. More are being added daily.
Click here to explore the full domestic and foreign firm league tables and to complete submissions, or click through to the firms below to see more detailed breakdowns of deals activity.
| Firm | Deal Count |
Deal Values ($m) |
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| Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas | 61 | 31,547 |
| AZB & Partners | 56 | 15,099 |
| Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas | 52 | 38,350 |
| Khaitan & Co | 33 | 24,007 |
| J Sagar Associates (JSA) | 27 | 24,664 |
| Trilegal | 19 | 25,424 |
| Themis Associates | 18 | 929 |
| Nishith Desai Associates | 16 | 2,975 |
| Link Legal India Law Services (LLILS) | 16 | 1,170 |
| DSK Legal | 15 | 518 |
| IndusLaw | 14 | 462 |
| Jerome Merchant + Partners | 11 | 323 |
| Samvad Partners | 10 | 499 |
| Argus Partners | 9 | 16,689 |
| Veritas Legal | 8 | 479 |
Deals Feed
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AZB assists Nykaa on $15.8m investment by Lighthouse -
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AZB acts on $19.5m Rabo investment in LT Foods, Nature-Bio Foods -
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AZB acts on $88m TPG investment in RR Kabel -
Corporate M&A
Khaitan assists Aqualite shoes on $35.5m VC investment by Lighthouse -
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AZB acts on TCS buy in London design studio W12 -
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AZB acts for India Equit Partners on $78.5m buy of Spoton Logistics -
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AZB acts on $120m sale of Brazilian Gerdau’s Indian steel mine subsidiary of to PE funds -
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AZB acts on $832m Tata Power buy of Jaypee’s distressed Prayagraj Power
In-house counsel and GCs
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Cairn GC Nitin Banerjee elevated to Vedanta group GC, plugs gap of 3+ years post-Mukesh Bhavnani
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Khaitan PA Soumyadri Chattopadhyaya joins client Parkway Pantai as 1st lawyer post Fortis-IHH buyout [CORRECTION]
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Ex-Inox Leisure legal head Dhanraj Mulki joins Mahindra Hols in leadership group as GC, CS
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Trilegal counsel Arpan Chowdhury joins SSG Advisors as VP legal, following Praveen Thomas
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Tributes remember the man in a hurry: Pathbreaking GC, DSK consultant Girish Gokhale
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Khaitan associate partner Abhimanyu Ghosh (NUJS ‘07) joins NDB as senior in-houser
Admin keeps quiet as KIIT evacuated in state of emergency: Brutal riots between engineering, law students injure dozens
Nearly all 400-odd law students and a number of engineering students of KIIT Bhubaneswar were evacuated from campus last night, following several days of tensions and violent clashes with the engineering college.
GLC embargos use of its name on social media without prior approval
GLC Mumbai has put a blanket ban on unapproved use of its name by its students on social media, after ordering the take down of one such page against which it had received complaints, reported the Times of India and others.
Crafty WB gov’t attacks NUJS constitution: 30% state quota bill tabled today, could make CLAT optional
The West Bengal state government is in the process of quietly pushing through a bill that would triple NUJS Kolkata’s domicile reservation, taking advantage of the power vacuum at the top of the institution presided over by its appointee and acting vice chancellor (VC) Amit Talukdar, following the student-led ouster of previous VC Prof Ishwara Bhat eight months ago.
Samvad Mumbai partner Sudipta Routh joins Indus, grows firm to 29
Samvad Partners Mumbai corporate partner Sudipta Routh has joined IndusLaw as a partner.
Other Akila Agrawal SAM team-member Sourav De Biswas to join CAM, after near-4-month break
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas corporate and M&A salaried partner Sourav Kanti De Biswas, whom we had reported had resigned in July, is set to join Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas next week.
2 Cyril Amarchand Delhi partners, Kirat Singh Nagra, Rishi Anand, resign at same time, with 3 months’ notice
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) Delhi partners Kirat Singh Nagra and Rishi Anand have resigned from the firm last week, according to authoritative sources.
Khaitan associate partner Abhimanyu Ghosh (NUJS ‘07) joins NDB as senior in-houser
Khaitan & Co associate partner Abhimanyu Ghosh joined multilateral development bank New Development Bank (NDB) this month as senior professional, legal.
NLU J ‘08 AOR Anand Varma, father expand Delhi lit start-up APT to Mumbai, tier 2 cities with laterals
NLU Jodhpur 2008 alumnus Anand Varma and his father Tarun Varma’s Delhi-based litigation start-up APT Legal has now opened offices in Mumbai, Allahabad and Jaipur, with more office openings in the offing.
Karanjawala faces ‘innocuous’ bar council complaint in MJ Akbar case, apologises over missing lawyers’ details
Karanjawala & Co said it is unfazed by the Bar Council of Delhi (BCD) complaint against it over its client MJ Akbar’s defamation suit, and has apologised to the BCD.
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