partner hires

Trilegal has hired HSA Advocates partner Rahul Arora as a partner in its Energy and Infrastructure practice in Delhi, growing the partnership strength to 52.

ARA Law has hired K Law Bangalore-based associate partner Subharekha Ravi as co-head of its private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) practice.

ANM Global has hired its first two associate partners in Delhi and Mumbai, and has opened up a media and entertainment office in Andheri, according to a press release.

Nalsar Hyderabad 2007 graduate Revathi Raghavan has joined Kirkland & Ellis as a partner in London from Allen & Overy, according to her Linked-in profile.

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.

Economic Laws Practice (ELP) indirect tax partners MP Devnath and Vivek Sharma, and associate partner Abhishek Anand, who had joined in 2017 after leaving Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (LKS), have joined Seetharaman & Associates, which has now rebranded to Sarvada Legal.

Argus Partners Bangalore senior partner Siddharth Raja and husband-and-wife partner duo Aditya Narayan, Megha Narayan will be setting up their own law firm.

Trilegal has confirmed its vote to admit AZB & Partners Mumbai partner Harsh Maggon into its partnership and corporate practice.

Argus Partners has hired independent litigator Maneesha Kongovi as a partner in Bangalore with her team.

Technology lawyer Ankit Relan, associate partner at technology firm Mason & Associates Advocates, which counts Google amongst its clients, has joined Facebook India in Gurgaon as lead counsel.

Trilegal counsel Padmaja Kaul, who’d been with the firm since 2012, has joined IndusLaw in Delhi as its second litigation partner in the city.

Kochhar & Co senior partner and head of its maritime practice, Gautam Bhatikar, has resigned with his team of five lawyers last month.

Kartik Maheshwari, Mumbai-based leader at Nishith Desai Associates (NDA), has resigned from the firm several month ago and will join Netflix India’s legal team soon, according to sources.

Former Economic Laws Practice (ELP) partner Deep Roy, whom we had reported to have resigned in March, has started up a boutique firm under the name Equilex, in the finance and sexy flavour-of-the-month insolvency space.

HSA Advocates has hired SNG & Partners principal associate Amit Charan as a partner in its Delhi office, according to the firm’s press release.

L&L Partners young corporate partner Amit Shetye is set to join New York-headquartered infrastructure investment fund giant Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) in a senior in-house legal and executive role in India, according to several sources.

Advaita Legal senior partner Atul Dua will be setting up an independent high court chambers practice, after disagreements between him and Advaita’s best friend consultancy firm KPMG.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas has hired Link Legal India Law Services projects and project finance partner Shashwat Kumar as a partner in Delhi.

HSA Advocates has hired independent practitioner Vatsal Gaur, who had started his independent two years ago after leaving Khaitan & Co and Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan, as associate partner in Delhi, according to its press release.

Debt capital markets lawyer Pallavi Gopinath Aney has left Baker & McKenzie Singapore to join Allen & Overy (A&O) as a partner, Bar & Bench has reported.