The CEO of Dhir & Dhir, Manju Mohotra, who had joined the firm in 2012 from Singhania & Partners, has resigned.

Platinum Partners partner Nivedita Tiwari will join Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas as a partner in Delhi.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) corporate and M&A principal associate Kunal Mehra will join Dua Associates as a partner, reported Bar & Bench.

Last week SAM hired senior Dua litigation partner Shiraz Patodia and two partners for its Delhi litigation team.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) has now officially promoted 15 to partner.

Dua Associates’ second-largest equity holder Shiraz Patodia will join Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas with her team of partners Priyanka Sharma Goswami and Anusuya Sadhu Sinha, and manager Saloni Tuteja and senior associate Amrita Sharma.

Kochhar & Co has hired former associate director legal (South Asia) of the Carlson Rezidor Group, Sumit Phatela, as a partner in its Gurgaon office’s corporate, banking and finance practice. Phatela was previously working with the office of general counsel of Ernst & Young India, and had b...

As managing partner Berjis Desai’s exit nears and after the departure of senior Mumbai rainmaker Akshay Chudasama, concerns mount over the firm holding on to its democratic structure and how it can remain competitive for the next 25 years.

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Universal Legal partner Gaurav Chatterjee has joined Kochhar & Co as partner in Chennai. Chatterjee obtained his LLB from Bangalore University in 2005, had worked at HSB Partners until 2007 and joined Universal Legal in January 2008. Universal Legal managing partner Partha Mandal commented: “Ga...

Erstwhile Amarchand Mangaldas’ Delhi-region principal associate and NLIU Bhopal grad Bishwajit Dubey, who had left the firm several months ago, has joined Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas’ Delhi office as a partner designate in litigation.

Bharucha & Partners Delhi disputes partner Kapil Arora will join Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas with a team of three associates.

Former Amarchand Mangaldas Gurgaon-based IP partner Ranjan Negi, who resigned from the Shardul Shroff managed region of the firm last month, will join Shardul’s brother’s split firm Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas with his team of five.

“)Four J Sagar Associates (JSA) salaried partners - Ashoo Gupta, Mithun Thanks, Ashni Roy and Gaurav Singhi – and around 13 to 14 other fee-earners will be joining senior JSA partner Akshay Chudasama in his move to manage Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas’ Mumbai office.

Akshay Chudasama, senior partner in J Sagar Associates (JSA) Mumbai, has handed in his notice and will be Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas’ new Mumbai managing partner.

Linklaters, Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy and Baker & McKenzie are the highest profile foreign law firms operating in India, according to the latest analysis of foreign law firms’ India businesses.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas is in advanced discussions with senior J Sagar Associates (JSA) Mumbai partner Akshay Chudasama to head its Mumbai office but nothing concrete has been signed or agreed between the parties according to several authoritative sources.

White & Case has hired Linklaters managing associate Pradyumna Mysoor as a local partner in its Hong Kong office.

Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan added a third office in the Delhi region, opening up in Gurgaon.

Luthra & Luthra Mumbai corporate partner Sudipta Routh will join Vaishali Sharma’s corporate law start-up as its first lateral partner.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Mumbai-based principal associate Manisha Shroff is set to join Khaitan & Co, according to authoritative sources.

Luthra & Luthra Mumbai corporate partner Sudipta Routh has resigned while litigation partner Ashish Prasad, who was promoted only three months ago, has quit for Economic Laws Practice (ELP).