Trilegal advised Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia, AZB & Partners Mumbai advised Alpha TC Holdings, and Wadia Ghandy advised the CVCI Group in picking up a minority stake in Bangalore-based microfinance institution Janalakshmi for, according to the Economic Times , Rs 350 crore ($55m). Janala...

Nishith Desai Associates (NDA) is set to open an office in Munich, moving one lawyer there full-time this month.

Universal Legal advised Andhra Pradesh-based Rainbow Hospitals, in which the UK-government owned CDC and private equity investor Abraaj Group invested Rs 100 crore ($16m). Wadia Ghandy advised the CDC and Abraaj Group. Universal Legal Chennai-based partner Kavitha Vijay and senior associate Sameena ...

Desai & Diwanji advised ICICI Securities and a number of acquirers in the open offer of Delhi-based non-banking financial institution Intec Capital. India Business Excellence Fund, which is taking a preferential allotment of Intec shares, was represented by Amarchand Mangaldas on the initial st...

S&R Associates and Kirkland & Ellis advised the UK-based Kewill group and its backers Francisco Partners, in buying Hyderabad-based software solutions provider Four Soft for Rs 265 crore ($43.4m). Four Soft was advised by BMR Legal.

Tatva Legal advised the ASK Group’s joint venture fund ASK Pravi in investing Rs 60 crore ($9.8m) in Hyderabad-based Omni hospitals, which was advised by Trilegal. Tatva Bangalore partner Manav Nagaraj, Hyderabad partner Rajeev Reddy, senior associates Pratyush Singh and Bhargava KS and associate Kr...

AZB, Luthra, Links & Slaughters sell off Indian RBS assets to Ratnakar bank.

The London Court of International Arbitration’s (LCIA) Indian subsidiary resolved real estate giant Hiranandani Group’s family business dispute yesterday after over two-and-a-half years of arbitration.

K&S Partners – the intellectual property outfit of J Sagar Associates (JSA) – promoted three senior associates in its Gurgaon office to partnership effective 1 April 2013.

RDA Legal advised pickles and jams manufacturer Desai Brothers in buying out Savannah Hotels from Sinclairs Hotels, which operates the Savannah-Sinclairs Hotel in Bangalore, and from Savannah’s other shareholders. RDA managing partner Rohit Das and associates Ushasi Das and Robin Quadros advised on ...

AZB & Partners Bangalore partner Shreya Jayasimha has resigned to start up law firm Aarna Law, reported Bar & Bench without official comment from him or the firm. Jayasimha graduated from NLSIU Bangalore in 2000, worked in the chambers of then advocate and now Delhi high court justice S Mu...

Luthra & Luthra has promoted two M&A and private equity lawyers – Damini Bhalla and Amit Shetye – to its partnership, as the firm has widened its executive committee and management outlined a strategic vision to ditch lower margin work and eschew big headcounts.

Three Luthra & Luthra Delhi partners have left or are leaving, just ahead of the firm’s delayed partnership promos.

Amarchand Mangaldas advised US-based Prudential International Insurance Holdings in selling a 74 per cent stake of real-estate developer DLF, advised by AZB & Partners Delhi, in its Indian life insurance wing Pramerica, to Mumbai-based home mortgager Dewan Housing Finance (DHFL). DHFL was advis...

AZB & Partners came out on top of a 2013 first-half-year league table released by corporate analytics company Venture Intelligence, recording 19 deals. Induslaw and Samvad Partners – previously known as Narasappa Doraswamy & Raja – and Tatva Legal recorded eight deals each in the rankings....

Luthra & Luthra is set to announce its long-awaited partnership promotions on Saturday (3 August). It is understood that a meeting of partners will be held today at 3pm on the topic, with some appraisals still going on through tomorrow. The partnership promotion announcements are then set to be...

Former Mayer Brown JSM Asia COO Jennifer Milford joined AMSS today.

Fox’ lawyers Penningtons asked the claimant to discontinue action in the UK or face paying Fox’s costs.

P&C Legal advised Mahindra group’s real estate arm Mahindra Lifespace Developers on its Rs 1,000 crore ($164m) joint venture (JV) with Standard Chartered Bank’s investment arm SCM Real Estate. StanChart was advised by Amarchand Mangaldas. P&C Legal partner Vishnu Jerome, whose part of Mumb...

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is examining the terms of the agreement between Ambuja Cements and Holcim.