partnership promotions

IC Universal Legal has hired ARA Law private equity and M&A partner Rowena De Sousa as a Mumbai-based partner in corporate, while also making two internal partner promotions in its corporate team - Nitesh Tiwari and Kavita Pancholi - and eight associate promotions.

Talwar Thakore & Associates has promoted counsel Deepa Christopher and Neville Golwalla to its partnership.

J Sagar Associates (JSA) has promoted 10 to retained partner, 7 to principal associate, one to of-counsel and 25 to senior associate, with effect from 1 April 2020.

HSA Advocates has promoted five associate partners to partner, according to its press release, while lifting two of its fee-earners to associate partner, (re)-growing the size of the firm to 32 partners and associate partners.

AZB & Partners has promoted seven to partner in Mumbai in Delhi, with the latter making up the majority of promotions.

Trilegal has promoted two of its corporate lawyers - Ankush Goyal and Tejas Adiga - to its all-equity partnership, growing to 55 now.

J Sagar Associates (JSA) has promoted three of its non-salaried partners into its equity partnership circle that is now 37 strong. Arka Mookerjee, finance, capital markets; Mumbai; LLB: University of Pune 2006.Roy Chowdhury corporate, M&A, private equity and finance, fintech; Bangalore; LLB: SLS Pune 2004.Tony Verghese corporate, M&A and private equity practice; Bangalore; LLB: Bangalore University.

Rahul Saha, an NUJS Kolkata 2008 graduate, has been promoted to partner at US-international law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher in London.

Poovayya & Co has promoted Bangalore-based Pallavi Smriti to partner in its litigation practice, with effect from this year.

Jones Day has promoted 2007 NLSIU Bangalore graduate and former AZB & Partners associate Vinay Kurien to its partnership in Singapore, with effect from 1 January 2020.

AZB & Partners has hired L&L Partners Mumbai corporate and infrastructure partner Aditya Periwal in its Mumbai office.

Following from its corporate partnership promotions in September when six got the nod to partner, L&L Partners’ separate litigation partnership has now announced its internal promotions and probably one of the largest round to date, including five to partner in Delhi and one new partner designate.

US-international firm Goodwin Procter Hong Kong-based private equity partner Abhishek Krishnan, who is a 2009 NLSIU Bangalore graduate and had joined the firm in 2015, was promoted to partnership at the US firm last month as part of a group of 33 new global partners.

Embassy Office Parks acting general counsel Clarence Anthony, who had been on secondment to the real estate developer from Trilegal since April, has returned to the law firm in Bangalore with a promotion into its equity partnership, in news that was first reported by Bar & Bench.

Hot on the heels of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas’ equity partner promotions of 11, and pretty much as long in the making and interviewing, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas has lifted 10 of its salaried partners into equity:Abhishek Guha (NUJS Kolkata; corporate),Arvind Sharma (Delhi University, CLC; corporate),Rudra Kumar Pandey (Delhi University, CLC; corporate),Veena Sivaramakrishnan (Nalsar Hyderabad; banking & finance),Anoop Rawat (Delhi University, CLC; insolvency),Harman Singh Sandhu (MD University; LLM King’s College; competition),Anuj Berry (NUJS Kolkata; LLM University of Oxford; disputes),Rishab Gupta (London School of Economics; disputes),Nikhil Naredi (NLSIU Bangalore; capital markets), andVR Neelkanthan (NLSIU Bangalore; projects).

AZB & Partners Mumbai side has made its second batch of partnership promotions this year, lifting up another four.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has promoted 11 of its partners to equity partner.