partner hires

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) Delhi-based partner Sandeep Chilana, who is specialising in customs, GST, liquor and state excise laws, has resigned, we have learned.

Wadia Ghandy Mumbai partner and litigator Kingshuk Banerjee is set to join Khaitan & Co as partner, as part of a larger plan at the firm to scale up its disputes practice.

AZB & Partners senior partner Ashwin Ramanathan, who has been with the firm since 2004, will resign by 1 January 2019 to become an entrepreneur.

Economic Laws Practice (ELP) associate partner Tomu Francis has joined Khaitan & Co as partner in Mumbai.

IndusLaw senior partner and head of litigation and dispute resolution, V Srinivasa Raghavan, has received the senior counsel nod from the Karnataka high court.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Delhi partner Harsh Kumar, who had resigned in September, has joined Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas.

Khaitan & Co principal associate Shweta Dwivedi has joined Link Legal India Law Services (LLILS) as associate partner in the corporate team in Mumbai.

AZB & Partners 2016-promoted partner Sugandha Asthana has resigned and is set to join Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas.

Juris Corp partner Hitesh Jain and his team, as well as recently-exited J Sagar Associates (JSA) partner Ravichandra Hegde, are setting up a new law firm, with offices in Mumbai, Pune and Delhi.

Samvad Partners Mumbai corporate partner Sudipta Routh has joined IndusLaw as a partner.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas corporate and M&A salaried partner Sourav Kanti De Biswas, whom we had reported had resigned in July, is set to join Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas next week.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) Delhi partners Kirat Singh Nagra and Rishi Anand have resigned from the firm last week, according to authoritative sources.

Khaitan & Co associate partner Abhimanyu Ghosh joined multilateral development bank New Development Bank (NDB) this month as senior professional, legal.

NLU Jodhpur 2008 alumnus Anand Varma and his father Tarun Varma’s Delhi-based litigation start-up APT Legal has now opened offices in Mumbai, Allahabad and Jaipur, with more office openings in the offing.

DSK Legal senior partner Tushar Ajinkya has joined Economic Laws Practice (ELP) with a team of three in Mumbai.

Kochhar & Co has added former SWL Chambers London barrister Robert Sliwinski as senior partner in Dubai in its dispute resolution practice.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) Delhi-based principal associate Darshika Singh has joined Link Legal India Law Services as an associate partner.

Khaitan & Co disputes partner Sachin Mandlik is going independent, as had first been reported by Bar & Bench. Meanwhile, we understand that Khaitan is in advanced stages of finalising several senior hires in the space, and it vowed to expand its disputes presence both in Bangalore and Mumbai.

J Sagar Associates (JSA) Mumbai-based disputes equity partner Ravichandra Hegde will be the fourth JSA partner to leave the firm for independent practice, according to a JSA press release yesterday.

Allen & Overy’s Hong Kong-based India group lawyer Amit Singh, who had been promoted to A&O’s partnership in 2014, has joined Linklaters in Singapore as a partner, according to a Linklaters press release yesterday.