Independent advocate Sumit P has joined HSA Advocates as a partner in Delhi, following two partners in the firm’s regulatory practice having left the firm in the last two months.

A Delhi high court division bench has been hearing L&L Partners’ managing partner Rajiv Luthra’s appeal against the single-judge bench order reinstating the firm’s co-founder and senior partner Mohit Saraf. Both sides seemed to agree that separation was inevitable and Saraf might be paid to sta...

Trilegal has elected Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Bengaluru-based partner Mridul Kumbalath as a partner in its real estate practice.

Khaitan & Co has ramped up its technology, media and telecoms (TMT) practice in Mumbai with the hire of IndusLaw partner Tanu Banerjee.

Following his victory on Monday in the Delhi high court, co-founding partner and de facto reinstated senior partner of L&L Partners, Mohit Saraf, has responded in kind to his co-founder Rajiv Luthra with a newspaper notice that of the favourable judgment and warning the public that the public should “exercise caution in dealing with Mr. Rajiv Luthra”.

IndusLaw has hired Link Legal India Law Services associate partner Pratyush Khurana as a partner in its Delhi-based corporate team, according to a press release from the firm.

The Delhi high court has “prima facie” and “tentative[ly]” stayed the termination of senior partner Mohit Saraf’s termination from L&L Partners, the partnership he had co-founded, by managing partner Rajiv Luthra.

L&L Partners capital markets lateral partner hire Jitesh Shahani has put in his resignation; meanwhile, the firm’s ex-capital markets partner Geeta Dhania, who had left the firm two months ago, is slated to return.

The 2018-founded Mumbai-based disputes firm White & Brief, which was started by former Ram Jethmalani junior Nilesh Tribhuvann, is going full-service and has hired two lateral partners and promoted one, with significantly more expansion pledged for the coming months and several big-name clients such as Apple and Indigo to boot.

Suresh Amesar joins ANM as partner A NM Global has added Suresh Amesar as a media and entertainment practice partner. Amesar had been a partner at Azendor Consulting and Indus Lexus Consulting in Mumbai for three years previously. Before that, he’d had 13 years in-house, between Viacom 18 Media and ...

With several months delay, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) has announced its annual partnership promotions.

Anuja Tiwari joins AZB from DSK A ZB & Partners Delhi has hired DSK Legal partner Anuja Tiwari as a partner in its energy and infrastructure team, according to Bar & Bench and her Linked-in profile. The 2008 CLC Delhi graduate is joining with her team of three lawyers. DSK managing partner...

HSA Advocates has hired Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) Mumbai partner Saurya Bhattacharya as a corporate partner.

IndusLaw has restored an essential piece of a modern full-service corporate offering, adding J Sagar Associates (JSA) principal associate Unnati Agrawal as a partner in its competition practice based in Delhi.

Darshi Shah promoted to partner focusing on client relationships, knowledge J uris Corp has promoted director Darshi Shah to “strategic business planning and legal knowledge management” partner. Shah is a qualified lawyer who specialises in transfer pricing advisory issues, but in her role she would...

Delhi-based corporate, competition and disputes firm Chandhiok & Mahajan (C&M) has promoted counsel Deeksha Manchanda to its partnership and as its second partner specialising in competition law.

IndusLaw has hired its second tax lateral partner with PDS Legal director Shashi Mathews having joined as a partner in its Delhi office.

AZB & Partners has hired former State Bank of India (SBI) managing director Arijit Basu as a senior consultant according to a press release from the firm; the exact ambit of his role was not clear at the time of going to press though it is likely to be a part-time position.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has announced the joining of former Asian Development Bank (ADB) regional chief Arjun Goswami as director in its public policy practice, heading the practice area from both Mumbai and Delhi.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) has hired AZB & Partners partner Vivaik Sharma as a funds partner in Mumbai.