Phoenix Legal counsel Mukul Baveja has joined Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas as a salaried partner, according to his Linked-in profile as first reported by Bar & Bench.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advised JSW Energy on its Rs 6500 crore ($975m) buy of Jindal Steel & Power’s thermal power plant in Chhattisgarh. CAM Mumbai and Delhi infrastructure and projects partners L Viswanathan and Ramanuj Kumar, respectively, Mumbai competition partner Nisha Uberoi and Mumba...

Dua Associates merged with Thakore Jariwala & Associates in Mumbai and SAK & Associates in Chandigarh, bringing three new equity partners into the Dua partnership, according to Bar & Bench . The firm also added three lawyers from the two cities as salaried partners, promoted five of i...

Singhania & Co opened an office in Indore – its tenth in India, which is headed by its Mumbai managing partner Pradeep Jain. The firm will focus on general corporate advisory, forensics and white collar crimes in Indore.

Kolte Patil Developers group general counsel Vidya Adsule has joined the JP Infra group as its general counsel.

IC Legal advised the Puranik Group on raising Rs 300 crore ($46m) from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts which was advised by Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas. IC Legal partner Sambhav Ranka and senior associate Souvik Roy acted for Puranik. CAM Mumbai partner Pranav Sharma acted for KKR KKR, through this investment...

IC Legal promoted principal associate Suneet Barve to partnership effective 1 April. Barve co-heads the firm’s funds practice and is a part of its financial services practice.

Aninda Pal, who had joined Juris Corp in November 2015, has left and will join HSA Advocates.

Shagoofa Rashid Khan, the senior director and legal and compliance head at IDFC Alternatives, will join Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas as a funds partner to take over some of the practice left by Ashwath Rau, who will be joining AZB & Partners, according to authoritative sources.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has hired J Sagar Associates (JSA) securities partners Manisha Kumar and Gautam Gandotra, who were part of the team soon-to-leave JSA partner Somasekhar Sundaresan.

T&T Law created a new insurance vertical and added former National Insurance Company general manager AK Singhal to head it.

OP Khaitan & Co managing partner Gautam Khaitan, who had been arrested in late 2014 for nearly three months in the choppergate investigation, has again been called on for questioning by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Firstpost and others reported: CBI on Wednesday questioned former ...

Kochhar & Co partner Saloni Gupta has joined Link Legal India Law Services as a partner, reported Bar & Bench.

Trilegal has restructured slightly in the wake of co-founding partner Anand Prasad’s announcement that he would retire within a year

in selecting lawyers by in-house counsel, revealed a survey of 65 general counsel (GCs) and senior legal managers by event management company IDEX Legal and information provider Thomson Reuters.”)The answer may be that it’s complicated and that there’s no silver bullet: a wide swath of factors matter (and don’t matter) in selecting lawyers by in-house counsel, revealed a survey of 65 general counsel (GCs) and senior legal managers by event management company IDEX Legal and information provider Thomson Reuters.

Economic Laws Practice (ELP) has promoted two senior associates to associate partner level: both Rajat Chhabra and Vivek Bajaj are based in Pune in the tax practice.

Juris Corp disputes partner Detty Davis has left the firm to go in house.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has streamlined its complex internal structure that was first launched in September 2015.

IndusLaw promoted principal associate Nikhilesh Rao to partner in its litigation and disputes practice in Bangalore. The firm also made seven new principal associates and three new senior associates.

Alba Law Offices advised Supermilk Products – the owner of the Keventers brand of milkshakes – on its structuring, company formation and documentation for the opening up of its franchise outlets in Delhi. Alba founder Mitali Yadav with senior associate Abhimanyu Singh acted for Supermilk. The Kevent...