Nishith Desai Associates has hired Actis Capital India legal head Ratnadeep Roychowdhury to join and replenish its recently depleted senior headcounts in funds and corporate, following the departure of Delhi leader Pratibha Jain and Mumbai M&A leader Simone Reis.

IndusLaw has promoted three of its fee-earners to partnership across three offices.

IC Universal Legal has promoted three to senior partner and two to partner level, as well as several associate promotions.

D elhi-based Nishith Desai Associates (NDA) leader Pratibha Jain has joined Everstone Group as general counsel (GC) with her predecessor Devaiah PM set to join the Adani Group as group general counsel, moneycontrol . We understand she will be joining next month. We have also confirmed Jain’s move, a...

P &A Law Offices has promoted three to partner and three to associate partner, in addition to a number of associate promotions (see below). According to a firm statement: The hard work that everyone at the Firm put in together has been crucial in ensuring the Firm’s collective growth and progre...

J Sagar Associates (JSA) has promoted seven principal associates to retained partner level (equivalent to salaried partner).

Jerome Merchant + Partners has hired two lateral dispute resolution lawyers, partner Rhia Marshall and Yashvardhan, a month after hiring Palash Gupta from Singapore as its head of international arbitration.

DSK Legal has promoted four associate partners to partner and five fee-earners to associate partner level.

Manav Raheja joins Veritas V eritas Legal has hired J Sagar Associates (JSA) Mumbai-based partner Manav Raheja , as first reported by Bar & Bench . Veritas managing partner Abhijit Joshi said in a statement: “Manav is backed by a considerably diverse experience in the corporate advisory and tra...

Talwar Thakore & Associates (TT&A) has promoted five to managing associate and six to senior associate level. The following were promoted from senior associate to managing associate: Kislay Bihari Gayatri Chadha Rebha Dakshini Dhwani Shah Tanay Agarwal The following six were promoted from ...

AZB & Partners has promoted two to partner across Delhi and Mumbai: Pranav Atit, general corporate, Mumbai, andAbhimanyu Chopra, dispute resolution, Delhi.

Khaitan & Co has promoted a total of 22 principal associates and counsel to salaried partner positions.

Trilegal will promote five counsel into its equity partnership, we authoritatively understand, growing its partnership to a total of 63.

As many firms had frozen salaries (or recently unfrozen them), Trilegal has paid out an unconditional one month’s extra salary to all fee-earners and staff, on top of expected usual performance-related bonus payments and scheduled PQE increments, two sources with knowledge of the move have confirmed.

Khaitan & Co adding VoxLaw managing partner Udayan Choksi as a partner in indirect tax.

Clifford Chance Singapore capital markets and India group partner Rahul Guptan is set to join White & Case, according to two sources with knowledge of his move.

2006 NUJS Kolkata graduate Debolina Saha had started Internship Bank in December 2019 as a non-profit initiative to provide internships in the Indian legal profession to women, which we had covered in April 2020.

The latest partner of L&L Partners, Nirupam Lodha, has quit and will be joining Khaitan & Co.

Former AZB & Partners Delhi capital markets partner Madhurima Mukherjee Saha had joined J Sagar Associates (JSA) in June 2020 as an independent senior consultant.

Khaitan & Co first-year associate and NLIU Bhopal 2020 graduate Devansh Srivastava has passed away early yesterday morning after a cardiac arrest.