Clasis Law project finance partners Ishtiaq Ali and Damodara Rao have left to start their own firm, which is understood to be a five-partner, 10-lawyer start-up law firm.

Mustafa Motiwala, who joined Juris Corp in 2011 with his firm AM Law , has resigned as a partner at the firm, reported Bar & Bench . He was in charge of commercial, dispute resolution, intellectual property and real estate. In a little over a year, Juris Corp has seen the departure of Chennai h...

The Economic Times ’ research arm, the ET Intelligence Group, surveying more than 1,800 listed companies, has revealed that their legal spend was Rs 21,906 crore ($3.5bn) in the 2013-14 financial year, an increase of more than 17.5 per cent on last year. Out of the five biggest spenders on legal fee...

ICICI Bank issued $500m of 3.50% 2020-due notes under 144A/Reg-S in its $7.5bn Global Medium Term Note (MTN) programme, through its Dubai branch, as reported by PTI . ICICI instructed Amarchand Mangaldas partner Niloufer Lam with senior associate Madhav Kanoria and associate Aayushi Anand on Indian ...

Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) and Nepali law firm Abhinawa Law Chambers advised the Investment Board of the Government of Nepal on its project development agreement (PDA) with a consortium led by Indian infrastructure company GMR, to develop the 900 megawatt, $1.4bn hydroelectric Upper Karnali Hydro...

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OP Khaitan & Co managing partner Gautam Khaitan, who was arrested early Tuesday in the AgustaWestland chopper deal case , has been produced before a court, which sent him to seven days Enforcement Directorate custody. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sanjay Khanagwal sent Khaitan to ED custody aft...

DLA Piper India group partner and NLSIU Bangalore grad Biswajit Chatterjee has joined US firm Squire Patton Boggs.

Dhir & Dhir partner Purti Marwah will set up her own law firm, reported Bar & Bench . She had been a partner at Dhir since 2005, having been with the firm since 2001 after a year at Singhania & Co. The firm’s managing partner Alok Dhir told Bar & Bench that he wished her well, wh...

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested the managing partner of OP Khaitan & Co, Gautam Khaitan, in its money laundering probe relating to the tainted Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland helicopter deal, according to PTI and a number of press reports. The PTI reported yesterday that two of Khai...

J Sagar Associates (JSA) Mumbai salaried partner Vikrant Patwardhan has joined the world’s largest independent steel trader Stemcor as its general counsel India.

Argus Partners co-founder Ramya Hariharan has resigned from Udwadia Udeshi & Argus Partners, as first reported by Bar & Bench . Hariharan confirmed her departure but declined to comment further when contacted. Argus co-founder Krishnava Dutt did not respond to a phone call seeking comment ...

MNK Law Offices M&A and private equity partner Nivedita Tiwari, who joined one year ago from Luthra & Luthra, has joined Platinum Partners in Delhi, according to an authoritative source.

Wadia Ghandy has created a joint managing partner post, which managing partner Ashish Ahuja will share with executive committee partner Dhawal Mehta.

Khaitan & Co won a copyright infringement suit in the Bombay high court for once-$7.6bn King.com, the creator of the hugely popular mobile device game Candy Crush Saga .

Tatva Legal advised Hyderabad-based IT company Cyient in buying a 51 per cent stake in data analytics start-up Invati Insights, which was advised by Tempus Law Associates in Hyderabad. Tatva Legal partner Rajeev Reddy and associate Shivacharan Reddy acted for Cyient. Tempus partner P Raviprasad and ...

Desai & Diwanji (D&D) Delhi head and corporate partner Sumes Dewan started up last week, having left the firm two months ago. His full service start-up law firm Lex Favios has offices in Bombay and Delhi, and has 15 lawyers, including him, with at least 10 years of experience working in various law firms.

Wadia Ghandy partner Amit Manubarwala has joined Economic Law Practice (ELP) as an associate partner in the corporate and commercial group. The qualified Bombay solicitor became a partner at Wadia Ghandy in 2012 , having joined the firm in 2005 from Crawford Bayley & Co, where he began his care...

The former legal general manager of Advanta India, Ameya Salatry, has started a real estate, contracts, corporate, transactional, banking, business finance, licensing and intellectual property law firm in Panjim, Goa, according to Bar & Bench . The firm, called Legal Minds LLP, was started in A...

J Sagar Associates (JSA) tax chair Ashok Dhingra, partner Smita Singh, and partner-equivalent chartered accountant (CA) Sonia Gupta, have set up boutique tax advisory firm Ashok Dhingra Associates (ADA).