:)“)Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas lawyers again have access to Legally India from their work computers, after Legally India and Bar & Bench were inaccessible yesterday displaying the message “blocked by admin”.

:)“)Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas lawyers have found themselves unable to access Legally India and Bar & Bench from their work computers.

The Competition Appellate Tribunal (COMPAT) has stayed the roughly Rs 10,000 crore merger of cement giants Holcim and Lafarge, which in February had received Competition Commission of India (CCI) clearance with assistance from Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advising. Luthra & Luthra had applied for ...

Both sides of the now divided Amarchand Mangaldas family empire have considerably increased their recruitments for 2017 from top law schools, many top firms have filled up their quota from recruits from top law schools already.

Trilegal advised online entertainment content aggregator Hungama Digital Media Entertainment on its fundraising round which was led by smart device maker Xiaomi Singapore advised by Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas. The round also included infusions from existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners which w...

Khaitan & Co and Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) advised Kotak Securities, ICICI Securities and Citigroup Global Markets on brokering a $175m (Rs 1,165 crore) offer for sale (OFS) by the Container Corporation of India (CONCOR) which was advised by Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and Duane Morris. Khait...

NLSIU Bangalore’s 2017-graduating batch placed 33 out of 53 participating recruitment coordination committee (RCC) members, out of a total batch of 81, on 2 April.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas corporate partner Ashwath Rau has informed the partnership today that he would resign.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) beat 2015’s top three firms, and flew past Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas as well, to lead Mergermarket’s M&A value rankings this quarter (Q1).

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas principal associates Shyamali Singh and Harsh Maggon have joined AZB & Partners in Mumbai, with Singh becoming a partner and Maggon a counsel.

“)Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has promoted eight of its lawyers to partner with effect from 1 April, according to a press release:

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advised HCL Technologies on its $200m (Rs 1,325 crore) share swap deal buying Geometric which was advised by J Sagar Associates (JSA). CAM Bangalore corporate partner Nivedita Rao, Mumbai corporate partner Smruti Shah, Delhi corporate partner Harsh Kumar and Mumbai competit...

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advised Infosys founders S Gopalakrishnan and SD Shibulal on the Rs 862 crore ($130m) sale of 7.5 million equity shares of Infosys, with brokers Citigroup Global Markets India advised by AZB & Partners and Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF). CAM Mumbai capital markets partn...

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“He would have found it challenging,” says Pallavi Shroff, Delhi managing partner at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM), about how Mumbai managing partner Akshay Chudasama, hired from the very different J. Sagar Associates (JSA), would have fit into the legacy firm had he joined before the break-up.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and Allen & Overy (A&O), and tax firm Dhruva Advisors, advised former GE Capital executives Pramod Bhasin and Anil Chawla’s fund Plutus Financials and Aion Capital Partners on buying GE Capital Services India and GE Money Financial Services. The GE firms were advi...

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and Dorsey & Whitney advised the ministry of power on the National Thermal Power Corporation’s (NTPC) Rs 5000 crore Offer for Sale (OFS). The OFS was brokered by SBICAP Securities, ICICI Securities, Edelweiss Securities and Deutsche Equities India which were advised by...

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

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advised Kotak Mahindra Bank and IDFC Bank on the Rs 925 crore ($135m) private placement of 9250 of Sterlite Grid’s rated, senior, listed, taxable, secured, redeemable, non-convertible debentures. Sterlite was advised by K Law. CAM Mumbai infrastructure and project financing...

Grant Thornton is seriously miffed at and has threatened to sue for breach of contract former Grant Thornton senior forensics team member Kunal Gupta, who was poached by Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas as reported in the previous week.

Legally India reliably understands that Kunal Gupta, Gurgaon-based partner of international accountancy and consulting firm Grant Thornton India, is set to join Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas to head up its forensics team as a partner.