Induslaw represented Olacabs, which must fast be turning into one of its most high-profile and valuable clients, in a $200m takeover of TaxiForSure.

The Narendra Modi-led government has initiated talks with the Bar Council of India (BCI) to open up the Indian legal market to foreign law firms, reported the PTI , because it would assist in the government’s policy to increase the “ease of doing business” in India. BCI chairman Manan Kumar Mishra s...

The mediators between brothers Cyril and Shardul Shroff of Amarchand Mangaldas gave the green light for both to begin setting up new offices.

Hariani & Co is advising NUJS Kolkata final year student Jay Sayta on his Bombay high court PIL for the notification of the Maharashtra Casinos (Control & Tax) Act 1976, which legalised casinos, gaming and wagering 38 years ago. Hariani associate Anirudh Hariani is acting for Sayta who, in...

Samvad Partners advised venture capital firm Nexus Venture Partners on leading a $15m round of funding in Inasra Technologies – the company that owns hotel booking website Stayzilla.com. Inasra was advised by IndusLaw. Samvad partner Harish Narasappa, senior associate Natasha Mahajan and associates ...

Advocate Deepak Khosla has filed a writ in the Calcutta high court to get Khaitan & Co to drop “& Co” from its name and for the high court to dismiss 20 years of pending and disposed of cases in which the firm acted.

Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF) president Lalit Bhasin told the Business Standard that a plan of phased entry into India of foreign law firms should begin in 2015, subject to a number of conditions.

Khaitan & Co has cut down its working week to Monday to Friday, while increasing the daily working hours by one hour from 1 March.

Amarchand maintained its standing as India’s clear M&A leader topping the annual chart for the third year in a row.

Cipla global general counsel (GC) and former Khaitan & Co partner Murali Neelakantan, has resigned in order to focus on a variety of policy, education and other projects, while also set to become an independent director of a former long-standing client.

Samvad partners promoted senior associates Ashwini Vittalachar and Apurva Jayant to the partnership effective 1 April, taking its total number of partners to 9. Delhi-based Vittalachar handles general corporate, M&A, private equity and employment law work at the firm. She is a ULC Bangalore 200...

Herbert Smith Freehills London senior associate Rajesh Chavda, will join Luthra & Luthra as a partner in its Delhi infrastructure and natural resources practice in April 2015.

With Amarchand Mangaldas having agreed to break up into two firms by 1 April after a public Bombay high court battle over a family inheritance and control of the firm, we took a closer look at the few Indian lawyers who’ve sued other lawyers.

Seth Dua & Associates is acting in the Delhi high court for the company that owns the iconic jokes brand Santa Banta and runs humour and Bollywood news website santabanta.com. The company had asked for a stay on the release of the movie ‘Santa Banta’ by production houses Cinetek Telefilms and V...

Trilegal has moved to a bigger office in Delhi, leaving its Kailash Colony space for a space in DLF South Court, Saket, which can accommodate 160 people instead of the current 100, reported Bar & Bench . Trilegal partner Anand Prasad told B&B that the firm is looking to make lateral hires ...

Boutique intellectual property (IP) firms Lall & Sethi and Singh & Singh have merged to form the nine-partner, 27-lawyer firm SIngh & Singh Lall & Sethi effective 1 April, reported Bar & Bench . Lall & Sethi managing partner Chander Lall told B&B that “the new firm...

The Supreme Court stayed, until Tuesday, the Delhi high court’s order that had banned Prasar Bharti from airing certain sports matches on cable. Prasar Bharti had, through attorney general Mukul Rohatgi, appealed against the high court’s order that was passed last week . Rohatgi, assisted by lawyers...

AZB & Partners, Norton Rose Fulbright and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy advised the joint lead managers the notes trustee on Delhi International Airport’s (DIAL) $288.75m issue of notes, on which DIAL was advised by Link Legal India Law Services and Davis Polk & Wardwell. AZB partne...

IndusLaw, Shearman & Sterling and Neupane Law Associates advised the Dutch development financing institution, FMO and a consortium of lenders on the $142.5m financing of the proposed 82 MW Nepalese Lower Solu hydropower project. The Nepalese company Essel-Clean Solu Hydropower and the Indian co...

Khaitan & Co Mumbai-based partner Haigreve Khaitan has said that the family’s Swiss HSBC Bank account was set up as a way of legally and transparently diversifying their investments abroad but was closed after only a few years.