Economic Laws Practice (ELP) has hired AZB & Partners counsel Vinay Butani as a partner in its corporate commercial practice, while promoting 17 others into senior non-equity-partner-equivalent roles.

IC Universal Legal last week opened an office in the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT), with Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, hot-on-its-heels, announcing today that it had also done so.

Khaitan & Co has internally rolled out a set of guidelines to improve staff and fee-earners’ well-being as the pandemic has caused turnovers and workloads to grow, while traditional physical office support networks and the ability to switch off have largely disappeared for many.

The Bangalore head of Nishith Desai Associates’ office, Parag Srivastava, has joined has joined Rajaram Legal in the city as its third partner there.

London-based international Magic Circle law firm Linklaters has elevated banking team managing associate Pathik Gandhi to partner.

Talwar Thakore & Associates (TT&A) has elected counsel Nidhi Rani and Priyanka Kumar to become partners in the firm.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas has laterally hired two fee-earners into its partnership from S&R Associates and Linklaters.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas has hired L&L Partners Delhi-based corporate practice partner Samarth Gupta as a partner who had resigned in October of last year.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas has promoted three more principal associates to partnership in Delhi, following a national promotion round of 10 partner promotions in January.

Bessemer Venture Partners India and global markets counsel, Karan Pahwa, will join Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas in its Bengaluru office specialising on private equity work.

White & Case has continued expanding its India practice after the joining of Clifford Chance Singapore’s Rahul Guptan, with AZB & Partners Mumbai-based partner Sayak Maity to join.

IndusLaw has hired Tatva Legal principal associate Praveen Kumar Thodupunuri as a partner in Hyderabad.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Mumbai partner Gaurav Singhi has joined Argus Partners as a partner.

IndusLaw Bangalore-based partner Karthik B M has rejoined J Sagar Associates (JSA) as a partner from today.

Phoenix Legal Delhi-based insurance disputes partners Mrinal Ojha, Trinath Tadakamalla and Debarshi Dutta have resigned from the firm and are expected to be in the process of setting up their own law firm, called Solaris Legal.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas Bangalore-based partner Roshan Thomas will be leaving to become group general counsel (GC) at online education giant Byju‘s, according to a press release from the firm.

L&L Partners has paid an unexpected additional bonus of 7% of annual 2020-21 financial year fixed remuneration of non-fresher and non-litigation associates.

AZB & Partners Delhi senior associate Niruphama Ramakrishnan has joined J Sagar Associates (JSA) and its recently-expanded capital markets team as a partner, with three other fee-earners from Delhi from 1 April.

L&L Partners Delhi-based real estate partner Sachit Mathur is understood to have tendered his resignation.

P&A Law Offices has hired Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas partner Harsh Kumar as a corporate partner in Delhi, confirmed the firm and his Linked-in profile.