Law firms

J Sagar Associates (JSA) has promoted seven principal associates to retained partner level (equivalent to salaried partner).

DSK Legal has promoted four associate partners to partner and five fee-earners to associate partner level.

AZB & Partners has promoted two to partner across Delhi and Mumbai: Pranav Atit, general corporate, Mumbai, andAbhimanyu Chopra, dispute resolution, Delhi.

Khaitan & Co has promoted a total of 22 principal associates and counsel to salaried partner positions.

Trilegal will promote five counsel into its equity partnership, we authoritatively understand, growing its partnership to a total of 63.

As many firms had frozen salaries (or recently unfrozen them), Trilegal has paid out an unconditional one month’s extra salary to all fee-earners and staff, on top of expected usual performance-related bonus payments and scheduled PQE increments, two sources with knowledge of the move have confirmed.

Khaitan & Co adding VoxLaw managing partner Udayan Choksi as a partner in indirect tax.

Clifford Chance Singapore capital markets and India group partner Rahul Guptan is set to join White & Case, according to two sources with knowledge of his move.

2006 NUJS Kolkata graduate Debolina Saha had started Internship Bank in December 2019 as a non-profit initiative to provide internships in the Indian legal profession to women, which we had covered in April 2020.

The latest partner of L&L Partners, Nirupam Lodha, has quit and will be joining Khaitan & Co.

Former AZB & Partners Delhi capital markets partner Madhurima Mukherjee Saha had joined J Sagar Associates (JSA) in June 2020 as an independent senior consultant.