•  •  Dark Mode

Your Interests & Preferences

I am a...

law firm lawyer
in-house company lawyer
litigation lawyer
law student
aspiring student
other

Website Look & Feel

 •  •  Dark Mode
Blog Layout

Save preferences
03 July 2012
Private equity / VC

Dutch-cheese-maidens Exclusive: J Sagar Associates (JSA), Nishith Desai Associates (NDA), Fox Mandal, international law firms Linklaters and two European firms, advised a consortium of investors led by Dutch pension services provider APG, in their Rs 770 crore ($141m) co-investment in Godrej’s Indian residential projects.

03 July 2012
Law firms

Saikrishna-Rajagopal Exclusive: Twelve-year-old intellectual property (IP) boutique Saikrishna & Associates aims to convert from a sole proprietorship to an equity-sharing by April 2013 and will aim to become a full service firm, said its founding partner Saikrishna Rajagopal, as ex-Luthra & Luthra partner Ameet Datta joined yesterday.

29 June 2012
Law firms

allen-overy-Jonathan-Brayne Aiming to rekindle a “constructive debate” on the liberalisation of the Indian legal sector, UK headquartered magic circle firm Allen & Overy (A&O) has started a public relations (PR) offensive with an independent survey that confirmed overwhelming support for the entry of foreign law firms among Indian corporate lawyers and clients.

28 June 2012
Litigation

Breaking: Fox Mandal advised nine international cricketers who yesterday filed in the Bombay high court to liquidate ALMT Legal-advised Essel Sports (ESPL), the sports-entertainment wing of business conglomerate Essel Group.

27 June 2012
Deals in brief

Tri-week packJuris Corp, I&S Associates, Indus Law, MDP & Partners, along with Amarchand Mangaldas, AZB & Partners, Khaitan & Co, Luthra & Luthra, Trilegal and others kept busy on 15 selected deals.

M&As and capital markets transactions take a marginal lead over litigation, competition and private equity and venture capital deals, in our three-week roundup.

25 June 2012
Law firms

FoxMandalExclusive: Fox Mandal Delhi corporate and capital markets partner Sumes Dewan, who joined the firm two-and-a-half years ago, has resigned, leaving only around four non-family partners in the firm’s Delhi office.

22 June 2012
Law firms

Ritesh Kanodia Exclusive: Economic Laws Practice (ELP) Mumbai indirect tax associate partner Ritesh Kanodia resigned last month after more than six years at the firm, to start up an independent tax practice of two or more partners.

21 June 2012
Law firms

JSA Aashit Shah JSA-Anish-Mashruwala Exclusive: J Sagar Associates (JSA) yesterday effectively promoted Mumbai retained partner Aashit Shah as its twenty-third equity partner, becoming an “equity partner elect” to sidestep the 20-equity-partner limit per firm, while Germany-India returnee Anish Mashruwala was made a retained partner.

20 June 2012
Law firms

InlineRepresentation7eefce6f-2abb-4df3-ab23-1966148a60bf[13]Exclusive: Economic Laws Practice (ELP) is considering implementing a bespoke report by a global human resources (HR) consultant, as the firm lifted four partners into the equity pool alongside its founding partners, while eight associate partners were promoted to non-equity partnership.

19 June 2012
Law firms

Ameet Datta Exclusive: Luthra & Luthra intellectual property (IP) and media partner Ameet Datta has left the firm for entrepreneurial opportunities, including the option of joining boutique IP firm Saikrishna & Associates.

15 June 2012
Litigation

PiratesBreaking: Following the recent trend set by the Delhi high court since 2011, the Bombay high court passed its first ex parte, unconditional “John Doe” order to pre-emptively ban the piracy of Viacom 18 Motion Pictures film Gangs of Wasseypur, said the company’s lawyers Naik Naik & Co.

15 June 2012
Law firms

AZB-SamirGandhi Exclusive: Economic Laws Practice (ELP) competition and trade law partner Samir Gandhi is joining AZB & Partners in Delhi as the first partner at the firm to focus on competition law full-time.

12 June 2012
Law firms

Exclusive: Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (LKS) moved to a new 15,000 square feet Bangalore office in the World Trade Centre (WTC) from its Anand Rao Circle office on Friday (8 June).

06 June 2012
Law firms

nusrat-hassanExclusive: DH Law Associates will open greenfield offices in Delhi and Patna on 1 July.

05 June 2012
Deals in brief

The rest of the week's deals in one packageThis fortnight’s deals package conspicuously features international investors, not only in terms of cross-border M&As and investments but also on the litigation side.