partner hires

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.

“Pradyuman Dubey, who had left Luthra & Luthra in 2011, has rejoined the firm as a Partner in the firm’s Litigation practice group confirmed Senior Partner Mohit Saraf,” reported Bar & Bench.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) Mumbai partner Anshuman Jaiswal, who handles corporate and also heads up knowledge management, is moving back to Hyderabad, folllowing office head Rahul Sarella having left a month ago.

International firm Ashurst’s local best friend Indian Law Partners (ILP) has hired sports and media lawyer Kiran Desai in Mumbai to head up its intellectual property, media, entertainment and sports law practice.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Mumbai partner Vijayendra Pratap Singh will join AZB & Partners Delhi, Singh has officially confirmed.

Link Legal India Law Services has hired two lateral partners, with Harish Kumar joining from DMD Advocates, and Shubha Karra joining from Argus Partners.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has hired AZB & Partners litigation partner Sidhartha Barua as a litigation partner in Delhi with seven AZB fee-earners.

Luthra & Luthra has hired Samvad Partners corporate partner Apurva Jayant in Mumbai, Bar & Bench has reported.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas partner VP Singh may join AZB & Partners.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas has promoted 16 to its partnership, and internally announced the promotion of ex-Cognizant Anand Bhushan that was first reported by us on 4 July.

Former Agram Legal Consultants partner Sudipta Routh, who’d joined the firm in May 2015 from Luthra & Luthra, will join Samvad Partners in Mumbai as its third partner.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas has scooped Cognizant Technology Solutions India & APAC region general counsel (GC) Anand Bhushan to set and head up its new Chennai office after he fully leaves a little later this month, according to three authoritative sources.

HSA Advocates has hired Naik Naik & Co corporate partner Bharat Sharma who started today in its Mumbai office.

Link Legal has hired DGS Associates partner Bhumesh Verma and associate partner Vikas Gaur as partners in corporate, M&A and private equity in Delhi.

The notice period of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) partner Ganesh Rao, who has been handing over matters at the firm since resigning together with partner Ashwath Rau, Anu Tiwari and Dhruv Singal for AZB & Partners around 23 April, is now also over.

The Indian legal services industry has never quite seen the turmoil that it has experienced in 2016. As generations shift, institutions mature and old alliances and allegiances crumble, the question is being asked: Could it be the end of days or a new beginning?

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Hyderabad partner and office head Rahul Sarella has resigned, according to three authoritative sources.

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Naik & Naik’s equity partnership grew to five with the promotion of salaried partner Ravi Suryawanshi to equity, in its technology, media and telecommunication (TMT) practice.

HSA Advocates has continued on its self-set expansion course, hiring Sharath Chandrasekhar in its new Bangalore office.