partnership promotions
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has promoted three to partner, and two to partner designate, with effect from 5 June, according to its press release.
NUJS Kolkata, GLC Mumbai and Symbiosis Pune trumped NLSIU Bangalore which was formerly Indian law firms’ favourite law school from which to internally promote partners.
Kanth & Associates promoted Symbiosis 2005 alumnus Rajeev Yadav from principal associate to partner in its litigation practice.
Economic Laws Practice (ELP) has promoted eight of its associate partners to partner level, following two weeks after promoting two Pune lawyers to associate partner level.
Dua Associates merged with Thakore Jariwala & Associates in Mumbai and SAK & Associates in Chandigarh, bringing three new equity partners into the Dua partnership, according to Bar & Bench.
The firm also added three lawyers from the two cities as salaried partners, promoted five of its managers to partners in Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai, and re-absorbed one former lawyer as partner in Delhi thus making nine new salaried partners in all.
Mumbai
Thakore Jariwala’s founding partners Hetal Thakore and ZA Jariwala joined Dua as equity partners, and its partners Agnes Baradia and Jyoti Ghag joined as salaried partners. Thakore and Jariwala focus on litigation.
Chandigarh
SAK managing partner Siddhartha Kumar joined Dua as equity partner and independent Chandigarh lawyer Aman Bahri joined as a salaried partner. Bahri is a litigator, Kumar focusses on corporate.
Delhi
Managers Amarta Roy and Suneera Tandon were promoted to parter. Independent litigator Munawwar Naseem re-joined the firm, as partner, after a gap of five years.
Bangalore
Managers Rayappa Hadagali and P K Shrikara were promoted to partner.
Chennai
Manager Arjun Suresh was promoted to partner.
IC Legal promoted principal associate Suneet Barve to partnership effective 1 April. Barve co-heads the firm’s funds practice and is a part of its financial services practice.
Economic Laws Practice (ELP) has promoted two senior associates to associate partner level: both Rajat Chhabra and Vivek Bajaj are based in Pune in the tax practice.
IndusLaw promoted principal associate Nikhilesh Rao to partner in its litigation and disputes practice in Bangalore. The firm also made seven new principal associates and three new senior associates.
Advaita Legal has promoted Shailendra Singh to the principal level, which is similar to a salaried partner and the fourth rung in the firm’s eight-level fee-earner designation structure.
J Sagar Associates (JSA) has promoted Manvinder Singh, Trisheet Chatterjee and Poonam Verma to its equity partnership, while partner Akshay Nagpal will joined Indigo as associate general counsel.
DSK Legal has promoted Munaf Virjee, Maneesh Upadhyay, and Sagar Kadam to its partnership, with Pritha Jha and Vikrant Negi getting elevated to associate partner level.
Wadia Ghandy promoted five senior associates across Mumbai, Delhi and Pune to partner.
ALMT Legal has promoted Siddhi Ghatlia to salaried partner level in the corporate practice.
Trilegal has promoted three of its counsel lawyers in three offices to its all-equity partnership.
Talwar Thakore & Associates (TT&A) has promoted managing associate Rituparno Bhattacharya to its partnership, with effect from 1 April 2016.
Samvad Partners promoted senior associate Natasha Mahajan to partner in Bangalore.
Argus Partners has promoted four lawyers internally to non-equity partner level.