J Sagar Associates (JSA) has hired Tatva Legal partner Rajeev Reddy G as its second partner based in Hyderabad.

HSA Advocates has promoted five associate partners to partner, according to its press release, while lifting two of its fee-earners to associate partner, (re)-growing the size of the firm to 32 partners and associate partners.

AZB & Partners has promoted seven to partner in Mumbai in Delhi, with the latter making up the majority of promotions.

Khaitan & Co has committed to honour all current job offers made to graduate recruits starting this year and that it would also hire a similar number from campuses as this year, to start in 2021, despite the global looming COVID-19-related depression.

Top advocate-on-record (AOR) and Supreme Court powerhouse Agarwal Law Associates (ALA), which has around 50 lawyers, has announced a cut in fee-earner salaries of 30% on those earning more than Rs 40,000 per month at least until 14 April, after closure of the courts and social distancing measures have caused court work to fall off a cliff.

Trilegal has promoted two of its corporate lawyers - Ankush Goyal and Tejas Adiga - to its all-equity partnership, growing to 55 now.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has paid out bonuses to fee-earners yesterday, this year around a week earlier than usual, due to the national COVID-19 lockdown.

Argus Partners has hired independent practitioner Suchita Ambadipudi as a partner in Bangalore. She is a 2007 NLSIU Bangalore graduate who specialises in corporate law, having been running her own practice since 2016 after leaving Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Bangalore (with prior gigs at S&R Asso...

From today, nearly all of Khaitan & Co lawyers and support staff will officially have the option of working from home, in a bid to reduce the risk of spreading the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) amongst its workforce.

Srabonee Roy, who had joined Samvad Partners as a partner a year ago, has joined Veritas Legal in its corporate practice.

J Sagar Associates (JSA) has promoted three of its non-salaried partners into its equity partnership circle that is now 37 strong. Arka Mookerjee, finance, capital markets; Mumbai; LLB: University of Pune 2006.Roy Chowdhury corporate, M&A, private equity and finance, fintech; Bangalore; LLB: SLS Pune 2004.Tony Verghese corporate, M&A and private equity practice; Bangalore; LLB: Bangalore University.

Apart from being early out of the gate in advising clients on the potential legal fall-out of the global pandemic of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (causing COVID-19), India’s law firms have been beginning taking a number of measures to deal with an expected spike in reported infections, including one firm stress-testing its “work from home” (WFH) arrangements.

K Law has hired Krishna Dipayan Dash as an associate partner. Dash had gone been a principal associate at Anoma Legal until March 2019, when he went independent as a lawyer, according to his Linked-in profile. Dash specialises in banking and finance and is joining K Law’s Mumbai office. Dash is a 20...

HSA Advocates has hired Khaitan Legal Associates partner Sharmil Bhushan as a partner in its Mumbai office.

Trilegal’s founding partners are to take a step back from management, albeit gradually, with the firm’s partnership having decided to appoint a new management committee (MC) of partner Nishant Parikh and as well as co-founding partner Sridhar Gorthi.

Former L&L Partners partner Amaresh Kumar Singh, who has been independent lawyer since February 2019, has joined HSA Advocates as a partner.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) has hired Platinum Partners lawyer Vijay Pratap Singh Chauhan as a partner in its competition team, based in Delhi, according to the firm’s press release.

4th corporate partner to exit LKS in last year but firm vows continuing organic, inorganic growth

J Sagar Associates (JSA) has hired Shafaq Uraizee Sapre as a Mumbai-based retained partner from Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (LKS).

Dua Associates has hired Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (LKS) dispute resolution partner Ganesh Chandru and his team of four lawyers in Delhi.