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Exclusive: DSK Legal has embarked on a series of cash flow management exercises in light of the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, including temporary reduction in remuneration of fee-earners. 
KMPG partner and former KPMG Management Consultancy chief operating officer (COO) Jaideep Ghosh has taken over at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) in the COO position from Delhi.
Scoop: Rumours suggest other firms are also considering similar steps More or less business as usual at Trilegal: Pays out (tweaked) bonuses on time, promos 16 to counsel
Scoop: Some will have still picked up 100%, but overall the take home bonus pay may have reduced slightly 
Bangalore-based GE Global Research general counsel (GC) John Thaliath will be taking over as general counsel (GC) of the General Electric (GE) parent company for South Asia.
Scoop: SAM goes for third-way approach after Khaitan's straight equity cuts, CAM's transfer from fixed to variable** 
The hope is that with this somewhat painful move now, future pain can be avoided (though of course no one knows how bad it's going to get)** 
Credit Suisse director and head of legal Sapna Bhawnani has been promoted to head of legal for South Asia.
SAM bagged the mandate for Facebook and AZB for Reliance on India’s largest ever foreign-direct investment in a tech company, which values Reliance’s Jio Platform subsidiary at Rs 4.62 lakh crore (or nearly $66bn), with Mark Zuckerberg’s US technology giant buying itself a 9.9% stake in Jio Platforms Limited.
'No way out': the second extension of CLAT dates was indeed inevitable 
Scoop: Corporate transactional saw the lion's share of associate promos, alongside the Delhi and Bangalore offices 
IndusLaw partner Anupam Prasad has set up an independent firm called AP Law Chambers around six weeks ago.
After the $3.8bn blockbuster acquisition of 2018 in which Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) acquired GSK India’s nutrition business, the involved legal teams have seen a major restructuring.
AZB & Partners has hired Wadia Ghandy partner Gautam Ganjawala as a partner in its Mumbai finance practice with a team of two senior associates.
Exclusive: Firm in strong financial position to weather possible future storms: H Jayesh 
J Sagar Associates (JSA) Bangalore salaried partner Arjun Perikal has joined Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas in the city earlier this month.
As many law schools have transitioned to online learning, more problems have continued to emerge 
Exclusive: The future is bright at Trilegal, despite virus, according to its new MPs* Following the February reports that the previous managing and co-founding partners Karan Singh and Rahul Matthan were stepping down, Trilegal’s new semi-elected managing partners Sridhar Gorthi and Nishant Parikh have taken over today.