“ReshaMandi, an agritech startup digitising India’s silk supply chain, … announced that it has raised $1.7 million (Rs 12.25 crore) in seed funding. The round was led by Omnivore and Strive Ventures with participation from Axilor Ventures and Supply Chain Labs (Lumis).”, as reported by Yourstory Lak...

Delhi-based four-year-old start-up law firm Palit & Co has expanded to five partners after hiring Amit Jain, who was formerly an executive partner at Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (LKS), as a partner in Delhi on 2 November.

As the novel coronavirus is gearing up for a second wave and wreaking renewed havoc in much of the world and economies continue teetering on brinks barely held back by government stimulus packages, a number of law firms have recently eased restrictions on their fee-earners.

Facing heavy internal resistance after suggesting that staff should return from their hometowns where many had sheltered during the Covid-19 lockdowns, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (LKS) has changed course and scrapped the policy tonight, announcing it would continue working from home indefinitely.

Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (LKS) has hired Amritha Salian, who had been an associate partner at Themis Associates in Bangalore until June 2019, and Gaurav Dayal, who had been Gurgaon-based associate general counsel at the Oyo hotels group.

Singh & Associates has hired Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (LKS) Bangalore-based partner Neeraj Dubey in its local office there.

Bengaluru-based Mobisy, a SaaS-based distribution technology solutions provider is raising INR 11.4 Cr from B2B ecommerce platform IndiaMART and Triton Alternative Investment Trust. — Inc42 Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan advised Mobisy Technologies Private Limited led by a team of partner Neeraj Du...

From today, nearly all of Khaitan & Co lawyers and support staff will officially have the option of working from home, in a bid to reduce the risk of spreading the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) amongst its workforce.

J Sagar Associates (JSA) has hired Shafaq Uraizee Sapre as a Mumbai-based retained partner from Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (LKS).

Dua Associates has hired Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (LKS) dispute resolution partner Ganesh Chandru and his team of four lawyers in Delhi.

Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan has hired Ashwin Mathew as a M&A, private equity and general corporate and finance partner in Mumbai.

Mining market intelligence providers Metal One Corporation, Japan and Shanghai Ganglian E-Commerce Holdings Co. Ltd., China and three founder shareholders of India’s leading steel information company, SteelMint, have entered into a joint venture, selling a majority stake to the . Metal One and Gangl...

Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (LKS) has promoted eight of its joint partners to partner level, with effect from 1 April 2019, according to a press release.

Former Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (LKS) London partner Sumesh Sawhney has joined Essar Group in London as its general counsel this month, according to his Linked-in profile.

Homegrown private equity firm Carpediem Advisors Pvt. Ltd has led a Series A investment round of $7 million (Rs 51 crore) in online fashion jewellery brand Sukkhi Online Pvt. Ltd. — VCCircle Lex Consult advised Sukkhi Online Private Limited led by a team of partners Naresh Pareek and Majid Siddiqi ....

Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (LKS) is closing its three-year-old London office, after the UK’s negotiations to leave the European Union (EU) have proved more hairy than anyone could have anticipated.

HNLU Raipur placed 62 out of 150 students graduating their LLB this year, with a number of law firms, companies, policy organisations, LLMs and other places.

Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (LKS) Delhi-based partners Abir Roy and T Sundar Ramanathan have left the firm to start-up an independent firm in collaboration with former LKS senior partner S Seetharaman, who left the firm in October.

In the latest bi-annual rankings compiled by consultancy RSG India, AZB & Partners has topped the table ahead of Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) and Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM), which had topped the table in 2015 when still united in one firm as Amarchand Mangaldas before their break-up (see full table below).

Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (LKS) equity partner of 17 years S Seetharaman left the firm today to pursue other interests while continuing to practise independently.