Trilegal advised British multinational bank Standard Chartered in buying out US investment bank Morgan Stanley’s Indian private wealth management unit. Morgan Stanley was advised by Amarchand Mangaldas.

Three firms offload 81 million shares of real estate giant through the still novel institutional placement programme (IPP).

Baring Private Equity Asia is set to take a minority stake in cement maker Lafarge India for $265m (Rs 1400 crore), with three domestic firms and two foreign law firms advising on the deal. Lafarge was represented domestically by AZB & Partners on law and BMR & Associates on tax issues, wi...

Four promoted internally as ex-FF consultant Priya Christian joined as a retained competition partner.

Khaitan Sud & Partners has hired ex-Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company in-house lawyer Ashutosh Singh as insurance partner and promoted principal associate Deepak Khurana to partnership in litigation, according to legal website Bar & Bench . Khurana is a 2006 graduate from Delhi Unive...

Kochhar nabs Neeraj Grover, Nishant Menon, Niti Paul and Nilesh Parekh.

Amarchand Mangaldas, Desai & Diwanji, Luthra & Luthra and Linklaters are advising Fortis Healthcare on its institutional placement programme (IPP) that could raise up to $58m (Rs 320 crore). Amarchand capital markets partner Yash Ashar in Mumbai acted for Fortis, while Luthra & Luthra...

Luthra & Luthra litigation partner Ajit Warrier is to join Amarchand Mangaldas’ Delhi office after this month, according to legal website Bar & Bench ’s sources but without official confirmation from the firms. Warrier specialises in corporate litigation, having joined Luthra in 2006 after...

Remfry & Sagar has created a pre-partnership career rung, promoting four managing associates into the partner-designate position effective from 1 April 2013.

Amarchand Delhi hires NLSIU grad and MBA.

Remfry & Sagar IP lit and corporate commercial head starts firm.

Juris Corp corporate partner Hoshedar Wadia and dispute resolution partner Anil Jarial have left the firm indefinitely and for a sabbatical respectively. Wadia had been a partner with the firm since 2008, while Jarial had joined as partner in 2010. Juris Corp partner Detty Davis told Legally India o...

A candidate for India’s toughest engineering entrance exam, the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) for the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and the National Institute of Technology (NIT), has challenged the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in the Delhi high court to force it to disclose...

The laterals, who used to work at Thakker & Thakker and ARA Law, join with one associate.

Three law firms structure preferential allotment of shares in BSE/NSE-listed company.

Krishnamurthy & Co hopes to attract more UK and European clients from London.

Clasis has promoted one to partner, and one lawyer to Mumbai as senior associate.

LKS elevated lit practice head to partnership yesterday and hiked base pay.

India group managing associate promo’d.