In April earlier this year, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) acquired three out of four MNK Law Offices partners in Delhi but three authoritative sources have confirmed that the fourth partner, Probal Bhaduri, has now joined PDS Legal offices in Delhi.

Mumbai private equity boutique ARA Law has promoted two principal associates, Rowena De Sousa and Avik Karmakar, to salaried partner level.

Gammon India has sold nine Indian project companies of Gammon Infrastructure Projects to a subsidiary of US asset management giant Brookfield Asset Management for around Rs 563 crore.

J Sagar Associates (JSA) has finished its executive committee election, inducting three new members into the now-seven-strong committee, according to the firm’s press release.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas advised the BMT group on its Rs 170 crore buy of 60 per cent stake in Involute Technologies which was advised by LegaLogic Consulting. SAM partners Mithun V Thanks and Ashoo Gupta, principal associate Anuj Bhasme, principal associate designate Ankit Guha and senior associ...

TMT Law Practice has opened offices in Kolkata and Bangalore, taking its total office count to four including Delhi and Chennai. The Kolkata office, in the Government Place Building, is headed by TMT Delhi partners Abhishek Malhotra and Kaushik Moitra and has three associates. It will focus on TMT, ...

Former Luthra & Luthra Delhi litigation partner Ashish Prasad is now a partner in Economic Laws Practice’ Delhi disputes practice, according to a press release from the firm. Prasad, who was poached by ELP from Luthra , is the sixth partner in ELP’s Delhi office, after counting associate partne...

TMT Law Practice advised Relevant E-Solutions in raising $15m from Tiger Global, India Quotient and Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal. Tiger Global was advised by Nishith Desai Associates and Gunderson Dettmer. TMT partner Kaushik Moitra with associate Aditya K Singh advised Relevant which runs fashi...

IndusLaw advised IFMR Holdings on its $25m (Rs 162.5 crore) fundraising from Accion Africa-Asia Investment Company which was advised by Tatva Legal, Leapfrog Financial Inclusion India (II) which was advised by Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and impact investment fund Lok Capital which was advised in hous...

Nishith Desai Associates (NDA) and Sullivan & Cromwell advised Wall Street investment bank Goldman Sachs on its $150m (Rs 900 crore) infusion in Piramal Realty which had less than a month ago received Rs 1800 crore from Warburg Pincus. Piramal was advised by Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM). NDA...

The proposal for phased liberalisation of Indian legal services has not crossed the Bar Council of India (BCI) hurdle, India told the World Trade Organisation (WTO), reported The Hindu Businessline . WTO’s periodic trade policy review of its member countries threw up questions posed by other members...

Birla Corporation bought the Eastern cement plants of Lafarge for Rs 5000 crore from Lafarge India following the Competition Commission of India (CCI) order for the French company to divest itself of the units after its Rs $44bn merger with Holcim.

Advaita Legal obtained a stay from the Delhi high court on financial bidding for the Chitarpur coal block in Bihar, on the writ of the Adhunik Group’s Kolkata Glass and Ceramics. Advaita managing partner and national head Sujit Ghosh, managing associate Shailendra Singh and associates Krishna Rao, A...

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has unveiled its new logo and high-powered strategic advisory board today.

Pramerica Mutual Fund has agreed to buy out Deutsche Mutual Fund’s India asset management business for around Rs 400 crore, reported Business Standard and others today, which would catapult Pramerica for 31st to 14th place in terms of Indian asset managers’ portfolio size, reported Mint in June. Pra...

Former MNK associate Abhijit Mittal and his law school friend advocate Dhruv Rohatgi, have started ADAZ Law Chambers.

Former JDS Law Chambers founding partner Jivesh Chandrayan merged his firm into Kochhar & Co and joined Kochhar as a partner in its Delhi corporate practice. The Delhi university LLB and Cardiff University LLM graduate Chandrayan commented in Kochhar’s press release: “I am excited to be part of...

J Sagar Associates (JSA) advised US-based media firm Viacom on its Rs 940 crore ($153m) buyout of Reliance subsidiary Shinano Retail’s stake in Network 18’s Prism TV. Shinano was advised by AZB & Partners. JSA partner Akshay Nagpal, senior associate Kaustubh George and associates Upasana Gupta ...

Bertelsmann India Investments did a follow-on investment with Goldman Sachs, Zodius Capital and Norwest Venture Partners in the operator of Indian furniture online shop Pepperfry.com, which saw a $100m financing round, reported Mint and others. Pepperfry was advised by BMR Legal Bangalore partner Si...

Khaitan Sud & Partners (KSP) is facing a recovery suit in the Saket district court, Delhi, filed by its former senior associate Pankaj Kumar for the arrears of his retainership fee.