partnership promotions
J Sagar Associates (JSA) has announced the promotion of 12 of its lawyers to associate partner level.
DLA Piper London-based India group member and legal director Joywin Mathew has been promoted to its partnership, in a promotion round of 77 lawyers across 43 different offices in 20 countries, according to DLA’s press release.
DSK Legal has promoted Mumbai-based associate partner Vikrant Singh Negi to partner, and four principal associates to associate partner.
HSA Advocates has promoted Delhi-based associate partners Rahul Talwar and Shreshth Sharma to its partnership.
AZB & Partners has made a massive promotion round of 15 to its partnership, with effect from today.
Trilegal has promoted six of its lawyers to its equity partnership, more than at any point in its history, growing to a total partnership size of 50.*
NLU-educated lawyer Vivekananda Neelakantan has been promoted as partner at top Singaporean firm Allen & Gledhill, which the former Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) deputy registrar from India had joined as international counsel in 2014.
Talwar Thakore & Associates (TTA) counsel P Ram Kumar has been promoted to the firm’s partnership in its competition team in Delhi, making him the firm’s first Delhi partner.
NLSIU Bangalore’s global legal diaspora has scored another partnership at an elite international law firm, with 2002 graduate Manas Chandrashekar getting the nod in Latham & Watkins’ Hong Kong office.
Argus Partners has promoted managing associate Nidhi Arya to partnership in its Kolkata office, as the firm’s fourth partner in the city.
Juris Prime Law Services, which was spun out of Kochhar & Co in 2015 by Hyderabad head and partner VVSN Raju, has promoted one freelancer and one of its principal associates to partner.
The managing partner of Gurgaon-headquartered Kaden Boriss Legal, Hemant Batra, said he would be taking a back-seat in future, having bestowed the managing partner title to four of the firm’s lawyers, each of whom will be responsible for a practice vertical.
Nalsar Hyderabad 2008 alumnus Manish Aggarwal has become partner at top global arbitration start-up boutique Three Crowns LLP in London, having joined the firm from Allen & Overy (A&O) as a senior associate just after it had set up in 2014.
Singhania & Partners LLP has promoted Delhi-based associate partner Abhimeet Sinha to partner and principal associate Gunjan Gupta to associate partner.
Mumbai disputes firm MZM Legal has promoted its disputes partner Waseem Pangarkar to senior partner.
AZB & Partners has promoted corporate, M&A and private equity counsel Kunal Kumbhat - who had joined less than a year ago after six years at Trilegal - to its partnership.
Rajaram Legal, which was converted into a law firm in 2017 by former Unilazer general counsel Archana Rajaram, has promoted Bangalore-based principal associate Prasad Subramanyan to partner.
NLSIU Bangalore 2004 alumnus Ankit Kashyap was promoted to partner at Sidley Austin Singapore, in its latest round of 30 partner promotions.
IndusLaw has promoted Palecanda M Chinnappa to partner in its litigation & dispute resolution department in Bangalore, following Tuesday’s reported departure of V Srinivasa Raghavan to senior counsel-dom.
Link Legal India Law Services (LLILS) has made 5 new partners including 2 associate partners.