IndusLaw has promoted 3 to salaried partnership, growing its total partnership to 26.

According to a frontpage exclusive in the Times of India this morning, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is “exploring the option of naming a top law firm either as a conspirator, or registering a fresh case - for possession of stolen property - after investigating officers found official documents belonging to the bank on its premises”.

Attorney general KK Venugopal spoke at an event late last month about foreign lawyers in India, according to the Times of India:

ALMT Legal senior partner Hitesh Jain, whom we had first reported as moving out of ALMT on 24 March, will be joining Juris Corp as a partner, we understand from reliable sources.

Talwar Thakore & Associates has promoted counsel Shruti Zota in the corporate team to its all-equity partnership of six, from 1 April 2018.

Gravitas Legal has promoted Rahul Gaikwad to salaried partner level.

Karanjawala & Co has promoted three to senior partner rung, effective today: Nandini Gore, Ruby Singh Ahuja, and Sandeep Kapur.

Legacy Law Offices, founded by managing partner Gagan Anand in 2010, has promoted 1 to salaried partner:Vinay Kumar, disputes.

Damodara Rao, who had left Clasis Law with Orbit senior partner Ishtiaq Ali to start up Orbit with third co-founding partner PV Rao, was elevated to the senior partner designation alongside partners Ashok Kamble and T Ravichandran.

Corporate associate Sunandan Majumdar has been promoted to salaried partnership in Platinum Partners’ Mumbai office, effective 1 April 2018. specialises in corporate M&A and is a 2008 graduate of NUJS Kolkata.

HSA Advocates has re-hired disputes lawyer Kanika Chugh as associate partner in Delhi, after Chugh had left in 2017 to work with her husband in his law firm SKV Law Offices.

DSK Legal has grown to 22 partners, promoting 3 from associate to salaried partner level, while making five new associate partners, a designation that is equivalent to partner designate and just below salaried partner.

AZB & Partners has promoted 4 of its associates to partner level, three of whom in Mumbai had all joined AZB from Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) in the last two years, with or shortly after partner Ashwath Rau had moved.

In a very Amarchandian of steps, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas has promoted the only three of its “partner designates” to salaried partner level, in a promotion that is generally expected to be automatic from year-to-year.

Delhi-based intellectual property (IP) boutique Care Intellect promoted senior associate Sanchay Mehrotra to associate partner.

Argus Partners has promoted four associates to various associate rungs. Name Promoted to City Debopam Dutta Managing Associate Mumbai Prerana Amitabh Managing Associate Delhi Swapnil Gupte Senior Associate Mumbai Ekta Bhasin Senior Associate Delhi

J Sagar Associates (JSA) senior associate Puja Priyadarshini, is set to join HSA Advocates in mid-April as associate partner.

Khaitan & Co Bangalore-based litigation partner Nalina Mayegowda, who had only joined a year ago from Poovayya & Co, has left to become a counsel reported Bar & Bench.

She was the fourth disputes partner in Khaitan’s Bangalore office.

Trilegal’s partnership has just voted to promote two of its counsel to its all-equity lockstep partnership, according to authoritative sources.

In a global partnership promotion round of 27 across 11 offices, India group member Sushil Jacob has been promoted to partner at international giant Linklaters, with effect from 1 May 2018.