Fox Mandal has instructed London firm Penningtons Solicitors to defend against the Rs 96 lakh professional negligence default judgment.

Fox Mandal did not appear before court to respond to the claim that the firm gave negligent advice in a patent application.

Amarchand Mangaldas solidified its lead in the Indian project finance league tables ahead of Luthra & Luthra, as AZB & Partners pushed its way into the top three.

Luthra & Luthra Mumbai acted for private equity house Tano Capital, which invested Rs 80 crore ($13.4m) in agri-logistics company Shree Shubham Logistics, a subsidiary of Kalpataru Power Transmission, which was advised by Bharucha & Partners. Luthra Mumbai partner Deepak THM and associates...

Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) hired NLSIU Bangalore 2004 grad Hari Krishna.

Singh & Associates will open in Singapore by late August, then New York, London, Hong Kong.

Singapore-based Biswajit Chatterjee and Munich-based Dr Daniel Sharma will spearhead new strategy.

Dua Associates Hyderabad practice head Varalakshmi Tadepalli has restarted her own firm, as 4 new partners join Dua.

Amarchand Mangaldas has hired Tatva Legal Hyderabad partner Rahul Sarella in the city, replacing Anshuman Jaiswal who is moving to Mumbai.

Luthra & Luthra advised India’s largest multiplex operator PVR in its Rs 1,000 crore contract with BMR-advised Big Tree.

Economic Laws Practice (ELP) hired Vyas as Mumbai litigation associate partner.

HSA Advocates advised Invest India Micro Pension Services (IIMPS) and its promoters in raising funds from German promotional bank KfW for a 30 per cent stake in IIMPS. KfW was advised by its in house legal team. AZB & Partners partner Hardeep Sachdeva advised the Michael & Susan Dell Found...

Fox Mandal promoted two new partners in Delhi effective 1 July, reported legal website Bar & Bench . Corporate litigation and dispute resolution chief associate Veronica Mohan, who joined the firm in December 2010, was promoted to the partnership. She graduated from ILS Pune in 1996. General co...

IndusLaw moved to a bigger office in Hyderabad and promoted a principal associate and three senior associates in Bangalore, but made no new partners this year. The firm moved to a new office in Banjara hills Hyderabad on 5 July. Bangalore partner Kartik Ganapathy told Legally India that the new spac...

Amarchand Mangaldas and DLA Piper advised German luxury tableware and ceramics brand Villeroy & Boch (V&B) in forming a 50:50 joint venture with Delhi-based Genesis Luxury Fashion to develop its existing retail network in India. DLA Piper Hamburg corporate partner Dr Benjamin Parameswaran,...

Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (LKS) is opening an office in Kolkata under former Amarchand Mangaldas partner Niloy Pyne.

AZB & Partners dropped off data provider Merger Market’s half-yearly (H1) M&A league table despite reporting 21 deals – the highest among India’s top ten law firms.

Linklaters India partner set to join Magic Circle rival.

Lexygen acted for private equity firm Norwest Venture Partners in investing Rs 60 crore ($10.5m) in Bangalore-based cold chain logistics firm Snowman Logistics, which was advised by Bharucha & Partners. Lexygen founding partner Vijay Sambamurthi with associate Neelima Kumar acted for Norwest, w...

Talwar Thakore & Associates partner will re-join Links.