Law firms

MZM takes on of-counsel Mohammad Shine as permanent partner in criminal disputes

White-collar crime and dispute resolution firm MZM Legal LLP has hired Mohammad Shine as a partner in its criminal litigation practice.

Jerome Merchant hires Palash Gupta from Collyer Singapore to head int arbitration, grow disputes from 15-20%

Jerome Merchant + Partners has hired Palash Gupta, India desk and international arbitration head of Collyer Law based in Manila, Philippines, and Singapore, to in turn head its international arbitration offering.

S&R nabs Luthra cap markets’ Jitesh Shahani

Following his resignation from L&L Partners in January, lateral capital markets partner Jitesh Shahani has joined S&R Associates as a partner in Mumbai.

Khaitan & Co to expand to Singapore with foreign lawyer practice + arb under Anuj Shah, Jean Muller

Khaitan & Co will set up an office with two senior members next month to practice non-Singapore law and international arbitration.

Khaitan PA Savani Gupte joins Samvad Mumbai disputes

Samvad Partners has hired Savani Gupte as a partner in Mumbai’s disputes team from Khaitan & Co, where she had been a principal associate.

Luthra homegrown corp partner Damini Bhalla (Nalsar ‘05) exits

L&L Partners corporate partner Damini Bhalla has resigned from the firm.

L&L hires Dhir banking partner Girish Rawat + 2 lit partners: ex-judge alum Amrita Tonk, indie-ex-CAM Sidhartha Barua

L &L Partners litigation partnership has hired two new partners while banking and finance has added one other. The litigation partnership has added two partners. Former Metropolitan magistrate (from 2013 to 2018), Amrita Tonk had begun her career at L&L in 2010, followed by a secondment at...

White & Brief continues aggressively, adds tax vertical with ELP’s Vineet Nagla, Prateek Bansal to hit 6 partners

Ambitiously expanding young law firm White & Brief has added another partner and department, hiring Economic Laws Practice (ELP) associate partner Vineet Nagla to head its new taxation practice.

Trilegal votes in AZB’s cap markets partner Richa Choudhary

Trilegal has hired Richa Choudhary, who has recently left AZB & Partners in Pune, as its 58th partner.

AZB Pune homegrown cap markets partner Richa Choudhary leaves

AZB & Partners Pune-based capital markets partner Richa Choudhary has resigned from the firm, as first reported by Bar & Bench.

CAM to move from 40k sq ft Delhi to 80k Noida office

CAM picks up another state bank MD: B Sriram joins to ‘support finance clients’

F ollowing a long-standing tradition and a recent restart of banking industry professionals joining law firms, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) has added another senior former State Bank of India (SBI) manager to its roster. Former managing director of State Bank of India (SBI) , B Sriram , has joine...

Gujarat SEZ hints foreign entities can open branches for legal work • JSA did not renew GIFT office during Covid

The Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) has released a new framework for attracting legal services, including potentially foreign law firms, into the special economic zone (SEZ).

HSA at 26 partners with Delhi-hire of litigator-academic Dr Madhumita Kothari (no plans to grow beyond 30)

HSA Advocates has hired Dr Madhumita Kothari as a dispute resolution partner based in Delhi.

Link Legal hires P&A’s Ketan Mukhija, Guarav Priyadarshi & team as partners

Link Legal India Law Services has hired P&A Ketan Mukhija as partner in the corporate commercial practice group of the Firm.

HSA partners Gaurav Sahay, Aditya K Singh join Link Legal in latest exits

Link Legal India Law Services has snapped up two partners from HSA Advocates.

Cyril Amarchand to open representative office in Singapore (despite recent lack of action from rivals)

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) is expected to become the latest Indian law firm to set foot in Singapore from 12 February 2021 with a representative office in Singapore, which in recent years had fallen out of favour with firms in terms of having boots on the ground.

IndusLaw CAM-lateral partner Manishi Pathak resigns

Delhi-based IndusLaw partner Manishi Pathak has resigned early last week.

SAM Mumbai adds 2 partners, 1 GC: laterals Lalan Gupta, Amruta Kelkar + IDFC’s Rajeev Uberoi

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas Mumbai has hired dispute resolution partner Lalan Gupta and corporate partner Amruta Kelkar.

Delhi div bench pleads for cool heads: Saraf gets email back but not office, which could turn ‘ugly’

T he Delhi high court’s division bench has uploaded its order in the dispute between L&L Partners co-founders Mohit Saraf and Rajiv Luthra. In a nutshell, the order by justices Rajiv Sahai Endlaw and Sanjeev Narula said: Saraf will get access to his main email address from home, and Luthra is n...