Spanish national law firm Garrigues and Dua Associates have entered into a “non-exclusive cooperation agreement” to “organise seminars, edit publications and develop secondment programmes”.

Khaitan & Co legacy firm Khaitan Jayakar Sud and Vohra (KJSV) has inducted two salaried partners, promoting Tanuj Sud in Delhi and hiring Sudhakar Avadh as the partner in charge of its new Pune office while gearing up for further national expansion.

Media industry focussed firm Naik Naik & Co has hired two new partners from Wadia Ghandy & Co: partner Ashok Paranjpe joins as an equity and name partner while senior associate Leena Desai-Padhye came on board as a salaried partner.

Luthra & Luthra staff are mourning the loss of senior litigation lawyer Laliya Mukherjee who passed away on 1 May.

Clifford Chance has promoted Indian passport holder and India-practice senior associate Sumesh Sawhney to partner in London.

Economic Laws Practice (ELP) has promoted associate partner Nishant Shah to partner after one year, four senior associates were made up to associate partner level and ELP has created a new career step of “associate managers” to mirror accounting firms’ structures.

Mumbai niche firm LawQuest has hired its second partner Ranjana Iyer, specialising in litigation.

Kochhar & Co’s technology and media law partner Rodney Ryder has left the firm to start his own IP boutique practice called Scriboard in Delhi, hoping to also target Bihar and South India.

Linklaters India head Sandeep Katwala has been appointed as Emerging Europe, Middle East and Africa (EEMEA) regional managing partner while continuing in his role as India head.

Kochhar & Co has hired Delhi-based Corporate Law Group senior partner Ngangom Junior Luwang as a partner to attempt to build a North East India-targeted practice.

Bharucha & Partners has filled out its senior associate ranks by promoting four associates into the position.

J Sagar Associates (JSA) has made up one equity partner in Delhi and five new retained partners in its Mumbai, Delhi and Hyderabad offices, following last July’s promotion round of nine retained partners and two equity partners.

Start-up firm V Law Partners has taken on two new self-starter equity partners and tripled its office size, only a little over half a year after ALMT Legal partner Vivek Daswaney had set out on his own.

The first hearing in the Chennai writ petition against foreign firms will be held today, after having been postponed from yesterday as the bench failed to convene for a post-lunch session.

Amarchand Mangaldas has hired a lateral partner and banking and derivatives specialist from the UK and has promoted three of its partner designates to full partnership.

Kochhar & Co has promoted litigation partner Syed Naqvi to its equity partnership that now consists of five advocates.

Start-up firm RDA Legal has signed a best friends agreement with French-international law firm DS Avocats and has expanded with one lateral Delhi partner and one internal Kolkata promotion.

Khaitan & Co has promoted Mumbai associates Joy Jacob, Ashwin Mathew and Savita Singh to its partnership and announced associate bonuses of as much as 90 per cent of annual salaries at the top end.

Luthra & Luthra has elevated Pranjal Bora, Vikrant Kumar and Moushami Joshi to its partnership and made up two managing associates and 19 senior associates in a slew of internal promotions last weekend.

Khaitan & Co Mumbai has hired J Sagar Associates (JSA) retained partner and infrastructure projects specialist Amitabh Sharma into its partnership, which is the third lateral partner hire the firm completed yesterday (1 April).