Trilegal
Trilegal opens office in Gurugram, moves 20 lawyers there (but not for lifestyle reasons) [UPDATE-1]
Trilegal has opened an office in Gurgaon, and is relocating corporate practice partners Ravindra Bandhakavi, Harsh Pais, Yogesh Singh and Vaibhav Kothari there from its Delhi office.
Pursuant to the liberalisation of foreign investment in the insurance sector, Prism Cement sold 23% out of its 74% stake in Raheja QBE General Insurance Company to an affiliate of QBE Asia Pacific Holdings for Rs 110 crore (AUD 21.5m).
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has topped the list of 13 domestic law firms’ M&A mandates by value of deals done with $6.2bn worth of transactions, followed by AZB & Partners and Vaish Associates, with stronger performances across the board than at the same time last year.
Patnaik now confirmed to be joining Trilegal...
Link Legal advised digital healthcare platform 1MG Technologies on raising Rs 100 crore ($15m) from Maverick Capital Ventures which was advised by Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) and Jones Day. Existing investors also participating in the round were Sequoia Capital which was advised by Themis Associates, Omidyar Network which was advised by Trilegal, and Dumac.
S&R Associates partner Bhakta Patnaik has resigned from the firm on Friday, and is in advanced discussions to join Trilegal, as well as in talks with other firms
NLIU Bhopal celebrates strong 50% early placements, shares Day Zero recruitments in change of policy
NLIU Bhopal has placed 25 of its 2017-graduating students on its Day Zero of recruitments held between 1 and 3 April 2016, with a mix of large law firms and two corporates.
Aninda Pal, who had joined Juris Corp in November 2015, has left and will join HSA Advocates.
Trilegal has restructured slightly in the wake of co-founding partner Anand Prasad's announcement that he would retire within a year
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.
Freshly minted Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas partner Himanshu Dodeja will join private equity major Blackstone as its India general counsel (GC).
Both sides of the now divided Amarchand Mangaldas family empire have considerably increased their recruitments for 2017 from top law schools, many top firms have filled up their quota from recruits from top law schools already.
NLSIU Bangalore’s 2017-graduating batch placed 33 out of 53 participating recruitment coordination committee (RCC) members, out of a total batch of 81, on 2 April.
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas principal associates Shyamali Singh and Harsh Maggon have joined AZB & Partners in Mumbai, with Singh becoming a partner and Maggon a counsel.
Trilegal has promoted three of its counsel lawyers in three offices to its all-equity partnership.
J Sagar Associates (JSA) Mumbai partner Somasekhar Sundaresan, one of the top securities lawyers in India, is set to resign and take up independent counsel practice, Legally India understands authoritatively.
Economic Laws Practice (ELP) partner Vinayak Burman, associate partner Amit Vyas and senior associate Archana Khosla have come together to pursue their entrepreneurial dream by starting their own law firm.