Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advised HCL Technologies on its $200m (Rs 1,325 crore) share swap deal buying Geometric which was advised by J Sagar Associates (JSA). CAM Bangalore corporate partner Nivedita Rao, Mumbai corporate partner Smruti Shah, Delhi corporate partner Harsh Kumar and Mumbai competit...

Wadia Ghandy promoted five senior associates across Mumbai, Delhi and Pune to partner.

J Sagar Associates (JSA) has introduced the principal associate designation into its associate career track.

HSA Advocates promoted, in Delhi, NUJS 2005 alumnus Avijeet Lala and CLC Delhi 2004 alumnus Arun Mani to partner, and Nalsar 2009 alumnus Aniket Prasoon to associate partner. Lala joined the firm in 2014, and Mani joined in 2009. Mani and Prasoon are part of the firm’s disputes and infrastructure pr...

ALMT Legal has promoted Siddhi Ghatlia to salaried partner level in the corporate practice.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas advised Infosys founders S Gopalakrishnan and SD Shibulal on the Rs 862 crore ($130m) sale of 7.5 million equity shares of Infosys, with brokers Citigroup Global Markets India advised by AZB & Partners and Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF). CAM Mumbai capital markets partn...

J Sagar Associates (JSA) has promoted 15 to salaried partner level.

, Shah (r): New equity ranks”)Trilegal has promoted three of its counsel lawyers in three offices to its all-equity partnership.

Khaitan Sud & Partners (KSP) is on the verge of a break-up with managing partner Umesh Khaitan, and his son and equity partner Ashutosh Khaitan having now rebranded to operate as Khaitan & Khaitan, according to authoritative sources.

Khaitan & Co has promoted 20 lawyers to partner.

Saikrishna & Associates won today for Micromax in the Delhihigh court against Ericsson, which had challenged the validity of a CCIinvestigation into its grant of patents contemporaneously with otherlegal challenges against it.

Talwar Thakore & Associates (TT&A) has promoted managing associate Rituparno Bhattacharya to its partnership, with effect from 1 April 2016.

Verus advised refrigerated container-operator ColdEX on its fundraising from Asia Climate Partners which was advised by AZB & Partners.

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“He would have found it challenging,” says Pallavi Shroff, Delhi managing partner at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM), about how Mumbai managing partner Akshay Chudasama, hired from the very different J. Sagar Associates (JSA), would have fit into the legacy firm had he joined before the break-up.

Advaya Legal advised French multinational logistics provider FM Logistic on buying a majority stake in Pune-based Spear Logistics, which was advised by Platinum Partners, from existing shareholder Ambit Pragma which was advised by Economic Laws Practice. Advaya partner Sharanya G Ranga and senior as...

TMT Law Practice added Ludus Legal partner Aahna Mehrotra as its sports law practice head last week. Mehrotra has joined TMT as a senior associate, in Delhi.

Economic Laws Practice advised Google Capital on leading a funding round in GirnarSoft’s auto classified ads website CarDekho. GirnarSoft was advised by Bharucha & Partners. Themis Associates advised Sequoia, BMR Legal advised Times Internet and Goodwin Proctor advised Hillhouse Capital and Tyb...

JSA’s Berjis Desai answers the tough questions about Som Sundaresan’s departure.

Samvad Partners promoted senior associate Natasha Mahajan to partner in Bangalore.