In-house counsel

Adani SVP legal Badrinath Durvasula joins Hindustan Construction as GC in Mumbai

The Adani Group’s senior vice president legal, Badrinath Durvasula, who was heading the legal function’s M&A, contracting, litigation and arbitration vertical, has joined Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) as vice president and general counsel (GC).

TTA managing associate, NUJS ‘10 Raghuveer Parthasarathy joins JP Morgan as VP legal

Talwar Thakore Associates (TTA) managing associate and NUJS 2010 alumnus Raghuveer Parthsarathy has joined financial services provider JP Morgan Chase as vice president legal.

Bharti Axa GC Sachin Kalra joins HT Media as 2nd deputy GC

Bharti Axa Life Insurance vice president and head legal Sachin Kalra joined HT Media on 4 September as the media company’s second deputy general counsel.

Trilegal counsel Shaswata Dutta (NUJS ‘10) joins Goldman Sachs as ED legal, special situations

Trilegal Mumbai-based counsel Shaswata Dutta has joined Goldman Sachs as executive director, legal, in its Asia special situations group on Monday (17 September).

Rajani partner Amit Kolekar joins Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing to head up real estate legal

Rajani Associates Mumbai-based associate partner Amit Kolekar has joined Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company as its head real estate advisor in its legal team earlier this month.

Hammurabi & Solomon partner Pathik Arora heads to wind power co Senvion as India GC

Hammurabi & Solomon (H&S) Delhi senior partner Pathik Arora has joined German wind turbine maker Senvion Wind Technology as its director legal and general counsel India.

Unicorn Zomato gets 1st general counsel: Ex-Khaitan, PXV partner GT Thomas Phillippe (NUJS ‘05) joins

Former Khaitan & Co partner and PXV Law Partners co-founder GT Thomas Phillippe has today joined technology and food delivery giant Zomato, which has been using AZB as its adviser, in Delhi as general counsel (GC).

AZB SA Esha Pruthi moves in-house to Czech lending giant Home Credit India as AVP

AZB & Partners senior associate Esha Pruthi has joined Home Credit India’s legal team of 16 as assistant vice president (AVP) legal in Delhi.

Nalsar ‘15 alum quits Khaitan Mumbai, joins mutual fund start-up Scripbox as legal head

Nalsar Hyderabad 2015 alumnus Nishant Prasad has joined mutual fund distributor Scripbox as its sole legal counsel.

5th, 6th Link Legal partners go this Q: Durgesh Singh joins DMI, Ashutosh Narang exits for Cap In Fin

Delhi Link Legal India Law Services partner Durgesh Singh has joined DMI Finance as its group chief legal officer.

Citi Hong Kong’s Padmaja Chakravarty to succeed Pramod Rao as Mumbai GC

Citi Hong Kong-based legal head of capital markets origination, Padmaja Chakravarty , will be general counsel (GC) of Citi India following the departure of Pramod Rao back to ICICI Bank, reported Bar & Bench . She is a 2004 NLSIU Bangalore graduate, and has worked at Citi since 2012, following ...

Advaita principal Satyajit Gupta joins Star as VP Legal, post Ghosh departure

Advaita Legal principal Satyajit Gupta has joined Star TV Network as its vice president legal, according to his LinkedIn page.

BALCO legal head Pankaj Kapoor joins Sembcorp as VP legal in its new phase as combined Indian power co

The Bharat Aluminium (BALCO) head of legal and compliance Pankaj Kapoor joined Sembcorp Energy India as vice president legal in Hyderabad, according to authoritative sources.

Gaurav Mediratta leaves global FMCG giant Unilever to join homegrown Marico as GC • Marico GC Suresh Jagirdar bags Wadia group GC role

Indian consumer goods company Marico has added former Unilever general manager legal Gaurav Mediratta as executive vice president and general counsel (GC).

Lafarge legal head Ajai Jain succeeds Nilanjan Sinha in new Godrej & Boyce GC role

Former LafargeHolcim India country head legal and secretarial, Ajai Jain, has joined Godrej & Boyce as senior vice president and general counsel (GC) in a new role, earlier this month.

Citi India GC Pramod Rao to return to old home but as ICICI Group GC

Pramod Rao, the general counsel (GC) of Citibank India since 2013, will be re-joining the ICICI fold as ICICI Group GC, returning to the banking giant at which he had started his career.

HCL Infosys Delhi GC Rajeev Choubey joins Lafarge ACC Cement as GC in Mumbai

HCL Infosystems general counsel Rajeev Choubey has joined cement giant LafargeHolcim’s Indian unit ACC Cement as general counsel yesterday.

OYO hotel chain hires new GC Rakesh Prusti from Max Healthcare, looking at int’l expansion

OYO, the technology-driven hotel chain, has hired Rakesh Prusti, the Max Healthcare director legal, regulatory affairs and compliance, as its general counsel (GC).

Vikram Solar manufacturer hires Punj Lloyd Infra legal head Amit Gupta

Punj Lloyd Infrastructure head legal Amit Gupta has joined Vikram Solar as head of its legal and business and corporate affairs function.

Altico general counsel Mrinal Chandran to join Bain-Piramal Distressed Fund JV

Altico Capital managing director, head of structuring and general counsel (GC) Mrinal Chandran, who was part of the founding team of the fund, will join Bain Capital and Piramal Enterprises joint venture India Resurgent Fund (IRF) as GC some time next month.