Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Delhi-based corporate partner Harsh Kumar has resigned, Bar & Bench has first reported, noting that he is “likely to join another top law firm”.

DSK Legal Mumbai partner and head of its employment practice Maneesh Upadhyay is joining J Sagar Associates (JSA) as a partner from today.

Atlas Law Partners, which was founded by former Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas partners Harry Chawla and Niti Paul in 2016, has promoted managing associate Maureen Z Ralte, to associate partner level.

Link Legal India Law Services has hired Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas Delhi-based principal associate Anuj Trivedi as a partner in its corporate practice.

HSA Advocates partner Aniket Prasoon will start up regulatory and infrastructure disputes and projects advisory firm PLA Advocates, with his team of two.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas has relaxed its earlier controversial policy under which it could claw back up to three months’ remuneration from fee-earners, clarifying that only the difference between standard remuneration and “enhanced” remuneration over three months would be “returnable” (and only if lawyers join a rival law firm).

L&L Partners, formerly known as Luthra & Luthra, has hired two: Akshay Nagpal, associate general counsel of airline Indigo’s holding company, Interglobe Aviation Limited, is joining as a partner; HSK Legal founding partner Harish Kumar has joined as a partner designate.

L&L Partners - formerly known as Luthra & Luthra - Delhi corporate and M&A partner Anshul Jain has resigned from the firm and will leave later this month, we understand from sources.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) Delhi disputes principal associate Omar Ahmad is joining Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) as a salaried partner with a team of three associates.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) has instituted a novel HR policy: fee-earners who leave the firm within the next seven months will have to repay the firm three months’ of their retainer fees.

Morgan Lewis Stamford has hired Simmons & Simmons of counsel and co-head of its India group Karun Cariappa as a corporate partner in Singapore, according to the firm’s press release.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas associate and NLSIU Bangalore 2015 graduate Tarun Krishnakumar has been selected as one of Mozilla’s latest batch of 26 global fellows in “openness, science and tech policy”, spending up to a year “creating a more secure, inclusive and decentralised internet”, according to an announcement from the non-profit organisation most famous for open source initiatives such as the Mozilla Firefox browser.

The six-year-old technology and corporate law firm TRA Law, co-founded by partners Anirudh Rastogi and Jitender Tanikella, has dissolved.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) corporate communications senior manager, Rahul Gossain, has joined Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) as its Delhi-based national marketing communications head.

The Kolkata-based firm Fox & Mandal LLP has promoted 7 of its lawyers to partnership, growing its total partnership to 12, with nearly 60 fee-earners across its four offices.

DMD Advocates has promoted five of its senior associates to principal associate level: Divya Bhalla, Mrunal Parekh, Rahul Sateeja, Raja Kishore and Rohit Garg. Another four associates were promoted to senior associate level. Mumbai-based co-founder and managing partner Fereshte D Sethna said in a pr...

DSK Legal has hired former AZB & Partners Mumbai corporate partner Shyamali Singh as head of knowledge management.

Former Naik Naik & Co manager Anushree Rauta joined ANM Global as a partner heading its media and entertainment practice, effective 1 August.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has promoted 12 of its lawyers to partner level, and two to partner designate, according to the firm’s press release.

Chandhiok & Associates has rebranded to Chandhiok & Mahajan and has also promoted associates to partners, after first starting four years ago as a sole proprietorship.