Law firms

Advaita Legal added three senior principals to its Delhi litigation practice – NLSIU Bangalore 2002 alumnus Kamal Sawhney, former PDS Legal associate Arijit Chakravarty and former BMR Legal associate Dharnendra Kumar Rana.

After a meeting between the Bar Council of India (BCI) and the law ministry on the subject of the entry of foreign law firms.

Wadia Ghandy has shut its office in Chennai as the firm’s partner heading the Chennai practice, Shona Malvi, is going independent

The Supreme Court issued notice today on a challenge to the Muslim custom of immediate divorce for husbands on uttering the word “Talaq” thrice.

We caught up with Trilegal co-founder Anand Prasad, who will leave the firm to become an arguing counsel and potentially a politician, Legally India reported earlier this morning. Here’s more about his plans.

Trilegal Delhi-based co-founding partner Anand Prasad will leave the firm’s partnership to become an independent counsel and get into politics, three reliable, independent sources with knowledge of the development have confirmed.

Tatva Legal advised the Bangalore Elevated Tollway and NCC Infrastructure Holdings on the Rs 750 crore sale of stake in the tollway to India Infrastructure Fund II which was advised by Trilegal.

Tatva Hyderabad partner Ekta Bahl and manager Pratyush Singh acted for the Tollway and NCC

Trilegal Delhi partners Yogesh Singh and Saurabh Bhasin, counsel Ravi Mahto, senior associates Amar Narula and Tanya Mehta and associate Astha Srivastava acted for the fund.

NCC and Soma hold 38 per cent stake each in BETL, while Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services holds 24 per cent, according to Mint.

AZB & Partners has poached Luthra & Luthra M&A and corporate Delhi partner Aparna Mittal

The bar councils are the only remaining speed bump in the government liberalising legal services, the law ministry secretary responsible for implementing the entry of foreign law firms said today.

An American Bar Association (ABA) source told Legally India that the ABA president Paulette Brown had met with the law minister yesterday and talked about liberalisation.

TMT Law Practice opened its sixth and seventh national offices in Ahmedabad and Mysore, after merging with the practice of advocate Apurva Dave in Ahmedabad and assigning Bangalore partner Ashok GV the additional role of business development in Mysore.