Law firms

HSA hires Link Legal SA Kshitiz Khera as Delhi disputes associate partner

Kshitiz Khera joins HSA H SA Advocates has hired Link Legal senior associate in litigation, Kshitiz Khera , as an associate pratner in Delhi, according to a press release. He specialises in civil and commercial litigation, bankruptcy and alternate dispute resolution, including domestic and internati...

LKS expands Bombay corporate with Ashwin Mathew from Mansukhlal Hiralal (NLS ‘98, ex-KCo partner)

Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan has hired Ashwin Mathew as a M&A, private equity and general corporate and finance partner in Mumbai.

AZB senior tax partner Sunil Agarwal becomes IT standing counsel, to follow litigation passion

Sunil Agarwal, long-time senior tax partner at AZB & Partners Delhi, has left the firm after having been appointed as senior standing counsel for the Government’s Income Tax Department, responsible for cases before the Delhi high court and its subordinate tribunals.

‘Mission to transform practice of law’: Ex-Sequoia GC Sandeep Kapoor’s start-up Algo hits 11 partners, 48 lawyers

Former Sequoia India general counsel (GC) Sandeep Kapoor has quietly expanded a start-up law firm to three offices in 11 partners (of whom three are associate partners) in the space of only three-odd months since opening its doors on 1 August.

HSA hires ex-ELP partner, Khaitan director Ashutosh Gupta as chief strategy officer & partner

HSA Advocates has hired Economic Laws Practice (ELP) partner Ashutosh Gupta as a partner and as chief strategy officer.

Parinam hits 80 lawyers on 1st bday • 2nd Delhi partner joins: AOR, ex-NLU teacher, Ram temple lawyer Swarupama Chaturvedi

Parinam Law Associates has grown to 12 partners nationally, after hiring its second partner in Delhi, Swarupama Chaturvedi, who is joining with six associates on the firm’s first anniversary of founding.

Luthra corporate-white-collar partner Alina Arora resigns for ‘career break’

L&L Partners Delhi-based partner Alina Arora resigned from the firm yesterday.

L&L Lit lifts 5 to partner, promotes 1 to partner designate as Arb, IBC get lit up • 34 associates climb rungs

Following from its corporate partnership promotions in September when six got the nod to partner, L&L Partners’ separate litigation partnership has now announced its internal promotions and probably one of the largest round to date, including five to partner in Delhi and one new partner designate.

Shahani arrives to bolster Luthra CM as more laterals on way (but team won’t grow above 3, 4 partners, vows Saraf)

Jitesh Shahani has on Monday joined L&L Partners from the Singapore office of Allen & Overy (A&O), three months after we had first reported his impending move in August.

Busy Hong-Kong-based India-PE bee Abhishek Krishnan (ex-NLS/AMSS) becomes Goodwin Procter partner

US-international firm Goodwin Procter Hong Kong-based private equity partner Abhishek Krishnan, who is a 2009 NLSIU Bangalore graduate and had joined the firm in 2015, was promoted to partnership at the US firm last month as part of a group of 33 new global partners.

Trilegal continues expanding equity with CAM’s Joseph Jimmy

The all-equity partnership of Trilegal has elected to hire Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas partner Joseph Jimmy as a partner in banking and finance in Mumbai, growing its partnership to 54.

JSA corporate partner Jamshed Bhumgara to join SAM Mumbai, to continue old working relationship

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) is set to bulk up its Mumbai corporate strength with J Sagar Associates (JSA) partner Jamshed Bhumgara.

SAM corporate equity partner Anuj Prasad to leave

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) Delhi-based equity partner Anuj Prasad has resigned.

Cops float new allegations vs Gautam Khaitan that his company laundering network involved in Embraer kickbacks

G autam Khaitan, the founding partner of OP Khaitan & Co who has been in-and-out of jail since 2014 fighting Rs 160 crore money laundering charges in connection with the AgustaWestland case, doesn’t seem to be able to catch a break. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Dire...

Four 2012-13 SLS grads + BCom/LLB start up Numen disputes boutique with hybrid-eat-and-kill-cum-sharing equity partnership

Four young lawyers - Arush Khanna, George Thomas, Lakshmi Raman and Chaitanyaa Bhandarkar - have jointly entered into an all-equity partnership called Numen Law Offices to focus on multi-disciplinary dispute resolution and criminal litigation firm with offices in Delhi and Mumbai, according to a press release.

SAM bolsters Bombay banking with Veritas partner Zubin Mehta

Veritas Legal finance partner Zubin Mehta has joined Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) in Mumbai to grow its Mumbai banking and finance team to four, with a total headcount of 25 fee-earners.

IndusLaw continues Bombay boom, hires Haresh Jagtiani’s Petrushka Dasgupta

IndusLaw has hired Haresh Jagtiani & Associates partner Petrushka A Dasgupta to further grow its Mumbai office.

JSA elects Upendra Nath Sharma as Amitabh Kumar-successor on excom of 5 partners

Following competition partner Amitabh Kumar’s retirement, which we had reported less than two weeks ago, Gurgaon-based partner Upendra Nath Sharma has been elected into the firm’s executive committee (excom), as one of five partners.

AZB to scoop CAM competition partner Bharat Budholia for Mumbai

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas competition partner Bharat Budholia, who had resigned in August 2019, is understood to be joining AZB & Partners in Mumbai next month.

Mumbai’s Vertices merges with corp boutique Ray Menon to open in Gurgaon

Mumbai-headquartered Vertices Partners has opened in Gurgaon, headed by partner Shraddha Ray Menon, who had merged her boutique Ray Menon Law into the firm in October.