Corporate
Indus sells Cleartrip to Khaitan’s Flipkart with foreign involvement
SAM Bangalore’s Roshan Thomas to be group GC at Byju, SAM hammers home its unicorn client not going anywhere
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas Bangalore-based partner Roshan Thomas will be leaving to become group general counsel (GC) at online education giant Byju‘s, according to a press release from the firm.
L&L corp pays one-off 7% Covid-year bonus to associates (except freshers) • Annual PQE bump to be resumed
L&L Partners has paid an unexpected additional bonus of 7% of annual 2020-21 financial year fixed remuneration of non-fresher and non-litigation associates.
AZB cap markets count down (but not out): Delhi SA Nirupama Ramakrishnan joins JSA as partner with 3 • 3 exit in Mumbai-Pune for Trilegal
AZB & Partners Delhi senior associate Niruphama Ramakrishnan has joined J Sagar Associates (JSA) and its recently-expanded capital markets team as a partner, with three other fee-earners from Delhi from 1 April.
Indus leads for ShareChat on $502m unicorn round with AZB, KCo, Gunderson, Cooley, Skadden
Luthra real estate partner Sachit Mathur continues vicious spiral of home-grown talent exits
L&L Partners Delhi-based real estate partner Sachit Mathur is understood to have tendered his resignation.
Ex-Zomato’s GT Thomas Phillippe joins ShareChat as GC
Shardul Amarchand Delhi corp partner Harsh Kumar joins P&A
P&A Law Offices has hired Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas partner Harsh Kumar as a corporate partner in Delhi, confirmed the firm and his Linked-in profile.
Flipkart GC Bijoya Roy to join Pernod Ricard liquor maker as S. Asia GC
Nishith Desai: ‘Distributed’ model designed to absorb exits, Delhi remains ‘vibrant’ • Fills corp gap with Actis’ Ratnadeep Roychowdhury
Nishith Desai Associates has hired Actis Capital India legal head Ratnadeep Roychowdhury to join and replenish its recently depleted senior headcounts in funds and corporate, following the departure of Delhi leader Pratibha Jain and Mumbai M&A leader Simone Reis.
Indus promotes 3 to partner: Minhaz Lokhandwala, Shreya Suri, Sowmya Kumar • +30 other promos
IndusLaw has promoted three of its fee-earners to partnership across three offices.
IC Universal promotes 5 partners to grow to 20
IC Universal Legal has promoted three to senior partner and two to partner level, as well as several associate promotions.
NDA loses 3 senior leaders: Pratibha Jain goes Everstone as Adanis get Devaiah • Simone Reis, Rajesh Simhan start new firm
P&A promotes 3 partners, 3 APs, 21 associates
JSA promotes 7 to retained partner • Focus in corporate, finance • 1 RGNUL alum partner
J Sagar Associates (JSA) has promoted seven principal associates to retained partner level (equivalent to salaried partner).
JMP adds two more in dispute resolution: Mumbai partner Rhia Marshall, Delhi counsel Yashvardhan
Jerome Merchant + Partners has hired two lateral dispute resolution lawyers, partner Rhia Marshall and Yashvardhan, a month after hiring Palash Gupta from Singapore as its head of international arbitration.
DSK promotes 9 partners, APs • Ravi Prakash, Nand Kishore go closely independent • To announce increments post bonuses
DSK Legal has promoted four associate partners to partner and five fee-earners to associate partner level.
Veritas hires JSA corporate partner Manav Raheja
TT&A promotes 11 fee-earners to more senior associate levels
AZB promotes 2 partners, 5 counsel in Mumbai + Delhi
AZB & Partners has promoted two to partner across Delhi and Mumbai: Pranav Atit, general corporate, Mumbai, andAbhimanyu Chopra, dispute resolution, Delhi.