Corporate

AZB abandons beloved Express Towers home for ‘spectacular’ new Parel office (will last firm in SoBo please turn off the lights?)

Express Towers
Express Towers
AZB & Partners Mumbai office, except for the litigation team, will be moving from its South-Mumbai Express Towers office into Lower Parel by next year.

Amarchand Bom-Del-Chennai advise Warburg on record $200m jewelry investment oppos AZB

All that glitters does not bill (but it helps)
All that glitters does not bill (but it helps)
“)Amarchand Mangaldas together with Al Tamimi advised Warburg Pincus, which invested around Rs 1,200 crore for a 10 per cent stake in Kalyan Jewellers, advised by AZB & Partners.

Another Induslaw tech start-up, PropTiger, grows up with $30m injection from Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, again opposite AZB

Induslaw advised Elara Technologies – the start-up that runs real estate portal PropTiger - on US media behemoth News Corp’s first investment in India with an infusion of $30m for picking up a 25 per cent stake in Elara. News Corp was advised by AZB & Partners. Induslaw Bangalore partner Sriniv...

Delhi’s TMT merges with APR in Chennai, sets sights on Bgl, Hyd offices within a year

Four-year-old IP and disputes boutique firm TMT Law Practice merged in Chennai with disputes firm APR Associates, inducting APR founder A Prabhakara Reddy as its fourth partner on Sunday. The firm now has two partners, including TMT Chennai head Rajesh Ramanathan, two associate partners and five oth...

Luthra-Clifford Chance, KhaitanCo on CESC $80m QIP

Luthra & Luthra and Clifford Chance advised CLSA India, Citigroup Global Markets India, Credit Suisse Securities (India), ICICI Securities, Kotak Mahindra Capital Company and IDFC Securities as joint book running lead managers on CESC’s $80m qualified institutional placement (QIP) of 7.6m share...

‘Confident’ about ‘strategic plan’: Clasis confirms JCLex’ Motiwala joining as first partner in Mumbai redux

Former Juris Corp equity partner Mustafa Motiwala has joined Clasis Law as its first partner in Mumbai after the departure of all of the other Mumbai partners. Motiwala, who joined the firm on 17 November, will build the firm’s real estate practice and work with Delhi partner Sumeet Lall to further ...

One lawyer’s secret to making start-ups pay: Indus drives Olacabs to $210m SoftBank fundraising opposite AZB, MoFo

Olacabs: Another Indus start-up client starting to pay for itself?
Olacabs: Another Indus start-up client starting to pay for itself?
Induslaw advised online and app-based taxi booking service Olacabs in raising Rs 1281 crore ($210m) from SoftBank, which was advised by AZB & Partners and Morrison Foerster.

Shroff vs Shroff decrypted & uploaded: 2 opposing sides, 4 key questions, 4 fascinating documents

Two sides
Two sides
It might lead to the break-up of India’s largest law firm, but Shroff vs Shroff doesn’t have to be complicated. We’ve distilled it for you and shared the court documents.

Lakshmikumaran creates first HR head role from E&Y as chief people officer, hires BMR partner

Anirban Das
Anirban Das
Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan has hired former BMR Legal partner Raghavendra Rao as an executive director to head its direct tax practice.

Shardul Shroff vs brother in ET interview & tells (sorta) why he sued: ‘Preposterous suggestion’ that I influenced will

Shardul Shroff, the Delhi managing partner of Amarchand Mangaldas who has been involved in a public Bombay high court battle with his Mumbai-based brother and co-managing partner Cyril, told the Economic Times in an exclusive interview that it’s a “preposterous suggestion” that he could have influen...

Breaking: Amarchand Mumbai brokers Kotak merger with ING Vysya Bank with AZB

Amarchand Mangaldas Mumbai office, which is in the midst of a potential split from the Delhi region offices , has acted for long-standing client Kotak Mahindra Bank, which has merged with ING Vysya Bank, according to a tweet from CEO Uday Kotak : I am excited to announce the merger of Kotak Mahindra...

Shipping head Harsh Pratap quits; Clasis starts Mumbai from scratch; Aneja only co-founder left

Harsh Pratap
Harsh Pratap
Clasis Law Mumbai partner and shipping and international trade head Harsh Pratap has left the firm, shortly after the exit of four other partners of the firm in Mumbai and London, including three co-founding partners.

Mumbai source: Post ‘black Tuesday’ Amarchand break-up now most likely outcome after Zia, Birla, Parekh failed mediation before

amarchand-delbom
amarchand-delbom
The dispute between Amarchand Mangaldas brothers would most likely result in a split of the firm into two separate entities, said an authoritative source with close knowledge of the Mumbai side of the dispute.

Vaish, Amarchand on $1.5bn Jaiprakash hydropower project sale to JSW

Vaish Associates advised Jaiprakash Power Ventures (JPVL) in selling its BASPA Hydro Electric Project and its Karcham Wangtoo project to JSW Energy for Rs 9,700 crore. JSW Energy was advised by Amarchand Mangaldas Mumbai partners L Viswanathan, Tushar Mavani and Ramanuj Kumar and senior associates P...

Mahindra bags RIL petrol head Naveen Raju as group GC

Naveen Raju
Naveen Raju
Reliance Industries (RIL) Exploration & Production head legal, Naveen Raju, has joined Mahindra & Mahindra as its new group general counsel (GC).

Kochhar opens in Dubai with ambitious plans after cutting local best friendships

Kochhar Inc: Dubai
Kochhar Inc: Dubai
Kochhar & Co opened up in Dubai on 10 November, after the Dubai Legal Affairs Department (LAD) of the Ruler’s Office granted the firm its licence to practice in the UAE six months ago.

More to come? Cyril Shroff to file affidavit showing Shardul ‘deeply involved’ in making of mother’s controversial will [READ ORDER]

Cyril Shroff: To file affidavit
Cyril Shroff: To file affidavit
Senior counsel Iqbal Chagla told the Bombay high court in his closing remarks that his client Cyril Shroff would be filing an affidavit showing the “deep involvement” of his brother in the will.

After gloves came off in Bombay HC Shroff vs Shroff, Amarchand brothers agree to mediate with Salve, Justice Srikrishna, Kampani

Shroff family firm turns family feud
Shroff family firm turns family feud
Live from Bombay high court court room number 10 today, before Justice RD Dhanuka.

DSK likes Pune better than expected: Moves to double-size office there on back of booming corporate work

Road to Pun
Road to Pun
DSK Legal has doubled its office space in Pune within six months of opening up in the city, on the back of new large local corporate client accounts.

Breaking: Amarchand Mangaldas Delhi managing partner Shardul Shroff sues brother Cyril in Bombay HC [UPDATE-5]

Shardul Shroff, Cyril Shroff
Shardul Shroff, Cyril Shroff
Amarchand Mangaldas Delhi managing partner Shardul Shroff has filed legal action in the Bombay high court against his brother and Mumbai-region managing partner Cyril Shroff.