Dhir & Dhir
HSA Advocates has hired Dhir & Dhir disputes principal associate Abhirup Dasgupta as associate partner in Delhi.
India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL) has said to have provided a term loan of Rs. 156 crore (USD 23.8 million) to Gurugram based Mihit Solar Power under its Takeout Finance Scheme, for substituting the outstanding principal amount of the loan sanctioned by L&T Infrastructure Finance, for the purpose of developing and commissioning a 74 MW Solar Power Project in Mansa District, Punjab.
Dhir & Dhir Associates has hired as its Hyderabad head Kochhar & Co’s former local partner Siva K Gopinatham with a team of three associates, who had joined the firm in 2010 from Singhania & Partners but left several years later.
Dhir & Dhir Associates has launched its third national office, setting up in Hyderabad on 28 October.
The CEO of Dhir & Dhir, Manju Mohotra, who had joined the firm in 2012 from Singhania & Partners, has resigned.
Dhir & Dhir partner Raghul Goel with his team is to join the upcoming Delhi office of Amarchand Mangaldas Mumbai managing partner Cyril Shroff, according to two authoritative sources.
Dhir & Dhir partner Purti Marwah will set up her own law firm, reported Bar & Bench.
She had been a partner at Dhir since 2005, having been with the firm since 2001 after a year at Singhania & Co. The firm’s managing partner Alok Dhir told Bar & Bench that he wished her well, while Marwah commented: “I have been instrumental in the growth of the firm but now I decided to move on and set up my own independent practice.”
In India’s first judgement on medical aid for rare diseases, the Delhi high court today directed the Delhi government to provide monthly medical treatment, free of cost, to a minor child afflicted with a rare disease (gaucher).
Clasis Law has added an energy and infrastructure practice with former Dhir & Dhir Associates energy and infrastructure partner Jay Cheema, who joined the firm as partner in Delhi effective today.
Big project M&A in the project space with Desai & Diwanji and Amarchand, while a project finance take-out scheme keeps Dhir busy.
Recent deal & case highlights: The Bombay high court ordered the producer of Bollywood film Knockout to pay Rs 1.5 crore ($275,760) for copyright infringement of 20th Century Fox’s Hollywood movie Phonebooth, represented by Neolegal Associates. Plus Khaitan, Wadia Ghandy, Dhir & Dhir and more...
Exclusive: Former Seth Dua & Associates partner Rahul Goel has joined Dhir & Dhir Associates as a retained partner with Seth Dua senior associate Anu Monga. Goel will set up new practices at Dhir handling competition, anti-dumping and international trade, and advisory technology, media and telecommunications (TMT).
Dhir & Dhir Associates has appointed former Singhania & Partners chief executive officer (CEO) Manju Mohotra as its first ever CEO on 1 August, aiming to expand its insolvency and restructuring practice, and to set up in Chandigarh.