Corporate

ALMT partner leaves to start up own law firm

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ALMT Legal Mumbai partner Vivek Daswaney has left the firm to start up his own practice called V Law Partners.

Second FML partner and five associates resign

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FoxMandal 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.

Clifford Chance offshore Indian lawyers work on 300 deals

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Lawyers 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.

Luthra scoops FoxMandal's corporate head

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Luthra & Luthra has hired FoxMandal Little corporate partner Vineet Aneja in Delhi.

Jai Balaji to raise $94m; AZB, KhaitanCo, Jones Day advising

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AZB & 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.

LLP conversion ahead for two firms

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Khaitan & Co and Trilegal have taken the first formal steps towards becoming limited liability partnerships (LLP) by registering their LLP names.

Reliance Infratel to file IPO, re-appoints previous advisers

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Telecoms infrastructure towers
Amarchand 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.

International Law Affiliates makes up new partner

Delhi based firm International Law Affiliates has promoted a senior associate to the associate partner level in its commercial and corporate practice team.

Khaitan finds smooth road and firms on Sri Lankan deal

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Khaitan & Co has advised on the purchase of Sri Lankan joint-venture (JV) assets, working with two of Sri Lanka’s oldest law firms.

Amarchand, JSA and Mallesons structure $3bn fund

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Amarchand 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.

Fund GC joins Amarchand as partner

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Amarchand 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.

Freshfields joins forces with JSA for BP windfarm deal

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Freshfields 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.

JSA, S&R on $110m shipyard IPO

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J 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).

Seth Dua continues disputes expansion with senior associate

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Seth Dua & Associates has hired a senior associate from arbitration specialists Kachwaha & Partners, continuing to grow its contentious practice.

Khaitan & Partners goes criminal route vs striking Jet pilot

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Kolkata’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.

Kochhar, AZB create new Bloomberg-UTV news channel

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Kochhar & 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.

Start-ups Atman and Salvus walk merger path

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AtmanLaw-VivekDurai
Bangalore 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.

First Tata-Quippo instruction goes to Desai & Diwanji

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Desai & 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.

Vaish on Globus Spirits IPO as stock market booms

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Vaish & 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.

Ex-Amarchand partner to start up new firm

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Amarchand & Mangaldas’ former Kolkata office head is set to start up his own law firm, three months after his resignation from Amarchand.