A Delhi high court division bench has been hearing L&L Partners’ managing partner Rajiv Luthra’s appeal against the single-judge bench order reinstating the firm’s co-founder and senior partner Mohit Saraf. Both sides seemed to agree that separation was inevitable and Saraf might be paid to sta...

Following his victory on Monday in the Delhi high court, co-founding partner and de facto reinstated senior partner of L&L Partners, Mohit Saraf, has responded in kind to his co-founder Rajiv Luthra with a newspaper notice that of the favourable judgment and warning the public that the public should “exercise caution in dealing with Mr. Rajiv Luthra”.

The Delhi high court has “prima facie” and “tentative[ly]” stayed the termination of senior partner Mohit Saraf’s termination from L&L Partners, the partnership he had co-founded, by managing partner Rajiv Luthra.

L&L Partners capital markets lateral partner hire Jitesh Shahani has put in his resignation; meanwhile, the firm’s ex-capital markets partner Geeta Dhania, who had left the firm two months ago, is slated to return.

Food delivery company Zomato Media Pvt. Ltd has completed a staggered fundraise that added $660 million (Rs 4,851 crore) to its coffers at a post money valuation of $3.9 billion, its co-founder and chief executive Deepinder Goyal, tweeted… — VCCircle IndusLaw advised Zomato Private Limited led by a ...

On 9 December 2020, the Delhi high court reserved its judgment in the saga of the acrimonious split between the co-founders of L&L Partners, Rajiv Luthra (often referred to as RKL) and Mohit Saraf (referred to as MS in court filings).

ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India … said it has completed the acquisition of 500 Mega Watt (MW) Bhander power plant in Hazira, Gujarat. — Moneycontrol AM/NS India, a joint venture of ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel, is getting closer to securing ancillary units that were not part of the Essar Steel ac...

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.

Luthra litigation promotions L&L Partners has promoted Rudresh Singh to salaried partner level and five managing associates to partner designate. The new partner designates are: Anugrah Robin Frey, Shikher Deep Aggarwal, Aditya Vikram, Abhishek Ghai, and Prithvi Sindhu. Another four senior asso...

The turnover at L&L Partners’ corporate partnership (excluding the separate litigation and other partnerships) had increased by 12% between the 2018-19 and the 2019-20 financial years, revealed court filings by senior partner Mohit Saraf in the Delhi high court dispute with managing partner Rajiv Luthra.

J Sagar Associates (JSA) partner Asim Abbas is due to join L&L Partners in Delhi, according to two sources.

S urprising very few people, the mediation between the co-founding partners of L&L Partners, Rajiv Luthra and Mohit Saraf, has apparently yielded no constructive results, as the Delhi high court on Monday ordered Saraf’s Section 9 petition to proceed on Friday (6 November) and Monday (9 Novembe...

A fter having postponed the 2020 new recruits’ joining dates to 2021, L&L Partners has now promised to welcome all freshers by 12 November 2020 after the continuing and unresolved management turmoil at the firm had left hires on tenterhooks for weeks now. In a Zoom call held last evening betwee...

Shonali Choudhry to join Luthras L&L Partners has hired Advani & Co partner Shonali Choudhry in Mumbai, we understand from two sources and as first reported by Bar & Bench . The 1999 NLSIU Bangalore graduate has spent just under a year at Luthra & Luthra in Mumbai in 2006 as a se...

IDBI Bank… said it will sell part of its stake in IDBI Federal Life Insurance to Belgian multinational insurance company Ageas Insurance and Federal Bank. Ageas will acquire 23% stake, while Federal Bank will buy 4%, the lender said in a disclosure to the stock exchanges. — Mint Shardul Amarchand Ma...

The Delhi high court today did not interfere in the partnership dispute between L&L Partners co-founders Rajiv Luthra and Mohit Saraf, ordering both parties to continue mediating until 1 November, reported Bar & Bench.

Prateek Mishra goes independent in Delhi L &L Partners Mumbai-based litigation managing associate, Prateek Mishra, has left to become an independent advocate in Delhi. The 2013 NLIU Bhopal graduate had joined the firm after his 2014 LLM at Queen Mary, University of London. “After almost 7 years...

Two corporate partners at L&L Partners have given their notice to resign ahead of today’s court hearing following at least two days of mediation.

19:27: Apologies for the slight delay in updates. The order is out and has told the parties to mediate with Sriram Panchu tomorrow (Saturday 17 October) or by Sunday (18 October) at the latest, but without granting any stay orders to Saraf (which puts him in the position where he is locked out of his firm email and Luthra has notified all clients that they can’t work with him, even on ongoing matters).

L&L Partners managing partner Rajiv Luthra has written an email to clients notifying them that senior partner Mohit Saraf was “no longer authorised” to act on behalf of the firm. The email follows the removal of Saraf’s name from L&L’s website and the posting of armed guards outside the doors of the firm’s corporate office in Delhi.