P&A Associates has won yet again in the Competition Appellate Tribunal (Compat) for its clients MCX against Amarchand representing the National Stock Exchange (NSE), after NSE appealed the Competition Commission of India’s (CCI) 2011 order against it . The Compat agreed with the CCI that the NS...

DSK Legal has opened up in Pune, taking its national presence to four offices. The Pune office will be headed by Mumbai corporate partner Narendra Dingankar and will cater to corporate and real estate clients.

Desai & Diwanji, DSK Legal and Universal Legal reprised their roles in Aster DM Healthcare’s second fundraising round. Universal Legal Chennai partners Kavitha Vijay and Sameena Chatrapatty acted for DM. On the repeat investor side, DSK partner Narendra Dingankar and associate Mayank Mehta acte...

The markets are picking up it looks like – here’s the round-up of what firms have been getting up to.

Indian Law Partners (ILP) and Ashurst acted for Japanese Toshiba in its investment in Delhi-based clean water solutions provider company UEM India.

The Competition Appellate Tribunal (Compat) has rejected an appeal by Jitendra Bhargava, a former executive director Air India, who complained that the Competition Commission had cleared the merger between the two airlines without a detailed assessment.

Deals round-up of more than a dozen recent instructions.

DSK Legal has appointed former Palladium Group South Asia head and director Rajesh Iyer as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the firm.

Tatva Legal advised Xander Finance in investing Rs 200 crore ($33m) in Gurgaon-based realty company Orris, which was advised by DSK Legal. Tatva Delhi partner Simran Singh and managers Neha Chhabra and Seher Ali acted for Xander, which structured its investment as a senior secured non-convertible de...

DSK Legal advised software firm Datamatics Global Services in partnering with multimedia solutions company PreMedia Global in data publishing and e-retail. Amarchand Mangaldas advised PreMedia’s parent Lexicon Publishing Services, and BMR Legal and IndusLaw advised its existing investors, which were...

AZB & Partners dropped off data provider Merger Market’s half-yearly (H1) M&A league table despite reporting 21 deals – the highest among India’s top ten law firms.

DSK Legal promoted Munaf Virjee, Sagar Kadam and Maneesh Upadhyay as associate partners in its Mumbai office [ Bar & Bench ] Permanent constitution bench: Chief Justice of India-designate P Sathasivam has advocated a permanent Constitution Bench for “authoritative pronouncements” on issues such...

DSK Legal advised Fortune 500 companies’ analytics provider Fractal Analytics in the Rs 150 crore ($25m) cash injection by private equity (PE) firm TA Associates, which was advised by Nishith Desai Associates (NDA) and Goodwin Procter. DSK Legal Mumbai partner Tushar Ajinkya acted for Fractal. NDA B...

AZB & Partners did the greatest number of deals (13) in the first quarter of this year, according to the mergermarket M&A deal rankings.

Breaking: Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) and DSK Legal advised old-client Strides Arcolab in the $1.6bn+ sale of its injectables subsidiary Agila Specialties to Nasdaq-listed generic drugs-maker Mylan Inc.

DSK Legal advised India Value Fund Advisors’ (IVFA) trustee IVF Trustee Company in its Rs 1000 crore ($181m) investment in Bangalore-based Manipal Health Enterprises which was advised by Tatva Legal.

DSK Legal, with German law firm Luther LLP, advised Switzerland-based road construction equipment maker Ammann group in its Rs 280 crore ($51m) buy of 70 per cent equity in Gujarat’s Apollo group’s road-equipment business. Apollo was advised by Desai & Diwanji. DSK Legal Mumbai partners Raksha ...

Trilegal, Amarchand Mangaldas, Singh & Singh, Link Legal, AZB & Partners, Vichar Partners, Universal Legal, Dua Associates, DSK Legal, White & Case, Nishith Desai & Associates, Desai & Diwanji, and more in the latest top instructions for law firms and lawyers…

Deals in private equity, corporate M&A, sports-media law, and competition law merger control in this update.