FoxMandal_Saroj-Jha_thFoxMandal Little Delhi’s senior real estate partner Saroj Jha has resigned. The news follows this week’s the resignation of five associates and the firm’s corporate head Vineet Aneja, with two senior associates set to join Aneja at Luthra & Luthra.
CliffordChance_office_10UBSLawyers in Clifford Chance’s Gurgaon “knowledge centre” have earned 12,000 hours of work in the last financial year, according to the firm’s annual report which was published this week.
hot_steel_thAZB & Partners, Khaitan & Co and Jones Day’s Hong Kong office have advised Jai Balaji Industries on its proposed Rs 450 crore ($94m) qualified institutional placement (QIP), which is yet to be announced.
Ministry_corporate-affairs-thKhaitan & Co and Trilegal have taken the first formal steps towards becoming limited liability partnerships (LLP) by registering their LLP names.
Telecoms infrastructure towersAmarchand Mangaldas, Khaitan & Co. and Linklaters Singapore are working to help Reliance Infratel on its initial public offering (IPO), which looks to raise around US$ 1 billion (Rs. 5000 crore) from the market.
Delhi based firm International Law Affiliates has promoted a senior associate to the associate partner level in its commercial and corporate practice team.
steam_rollers_road_building_thAmarchand Mangaldas, J Sagar Associates (JSA) and Australian firm Mallesons Stephen Jacques have advised on the Macqaurie-SBI Infrastructure Fund, which is slated to be the biggest fund investing in the Indian infrastructure sector to date.
Amarchand_mumbai_officeAmarchand Mangaldas has hired the former general counsel of private equity firm Sun Apollo as a partner for its Mumbai private equity and M&A practice.
wind-farm_RyanMcDFreshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has worked with J Sagar Associates (JSA) as counsel to energy major BP selling around Rs 460 crore ($95m) of Indian windfarms to private equity-backed Green Infra, which was advised by Luthra & Luthra.
shipyard_the-tahoe-guy_thJ Sagar Associates (JSA) and S&R Associates have advised Pipavav Shipyard on its proposed initial public offering (IPO) of up to Rs 5.5bn ($110m).
delhi_high_courtSeth Dua & Associates has hired a senior associate from arbitration specialists Kachwaha & Partners, continuing to grow its contentious practice.
jet_airways_th-byBeRealKolkata’s Khaitan & Partners has filed a criminal complaint against a striking Jet Airways officer for allegedly threatening a Jet pilot for breaking the picket lines last week.
bloomberg_terminal_thKochhar & Co’s Singapore and Delhi offices and AZB & Partners advised news wire Bloomberg and media company UTV on their joint venture to launch a new co-branded Indian business TV channel.
AtmanLaw-VivekDuraiBangalore and Chennai-based Atman Law Partners has inked an alliance with Delhi start-up Salvus Partners. The firms hope that the partnership will lead to a full merger in the next six months.
mobile_phone_tower-by-Kiwanja_thDesai & Diwanji has scored the first instruction for the merged Tata Quippo towers business, after having originally advised Quippo Telecom on its joint venture (JV) with Tata Teleservices, which was advised by AZB & Partners.
Whiskey_thVaish & Associates is advising the promoter group and the merchant bankers in the Rs 75 crore initial public offering (IPO) of Delhi-based alcohol beverage company Globus Spirits.
Kolkota_bridge_by_dipanker-dutta_thAmarchand & Mangaldas’ former Kolkata office head is set to start up his own law firm, three months after his resignation from Amarchand.