partner hires

Luthra & Luthra will open an office in Hyderabad with local Tatva Legal partner Durga Bose Gandham, according to three sources with knowledge of the development.

Khaitan & Co competition law executive director Paku Khan will relocate to San Francisco in the US

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Mumbai corporate partner Ashwath Rau has joined AZB & Partners today, confirmed managing partner Zia Mody for the first time.

Nishith Desai Associates has expanded its Palo Alto presence with the hire of Aysswarya Murthi, who had been promoted to erstwhile Amarchand Mangaldas' Mumbai partnership in 2012 before joining US firm Reed Smith's Silicon Valley office in October 2015.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) Mumbai star corporate partner Ashwath Rau and AZB & Partners Delhi senior partner Percy Billimoria have both served out their notice period in record time, with today being the last day at their respective firms until they swap firms later this week.

Around 25 fee-earners in the team of Ashwath Rau, who is set to join AZB & Partners Mumbai office with at least three partners, have been told that today will be their last day in the office, according to reliable sources.

Clasis Law added independent litigator Jaideep Singh as an associate partner in its Delhi office in April. Singh specialises in disputes.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has confirmed the hire of AZB & Partners senior partner Percy Billimoria as head of Delhi and chair of disputes, regulatory, advocacy and policy practice, as first reported by Legally India last week.

Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (ILFS) group general counsel Pradeep Ratnam will be joining K Law as senior partner in Delhi.

Ajay Sawhney, outgoing project finance partner at K Law, having joined from Link Legal a year earlier, will join Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas in Delhi by 1 June.

K Law partner Ajay Sawhney, who had joined only a year ago from Link Legal, is leaving the firm

S&R Associates partner Bhakta Patnaik has resigned from the firm on Friday, and is in advanced discussions to join Trilegal, as well as in talks with other firms

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas partner and national competition head Nisha Kaur Uberoi handed in her resignation yesterday and is set to join AZB & Partners in the coming months.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas will hire senior AZB & Partners Delhi partner Percival Billimoria to head up its Delhi office and national litigation practice, according to three authoritative sources.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas partner and competition head Nisha Kaur Uberoi is close to joining AZB & Partners in Mumbai.

Verus Advocates partner Siddharth Bhavnani has joined start-up Grofers as its first general counsel (GC).

Three Delhi litigation partners hired by Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas from Dua Associates one year ago - Neeraj Sharma, Alok Tiwari and Seshagiri Vadlamani - are leaving the firm.

Phoenix Legal counsel Mukul Baveja has joined Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas as a junior salaried partner

Aninda Pal, who had joined Juris Corp in November 2015, has left and will join HSA Advocates.

Shagoofa Rashid Khan, the senior director and legal and compliance head at IDFC Alternatives, will join Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas as a funds partner to take over some of the practice left by Ashwath Rau, who will be joining AZB & Partners, according to authoritative sources.