An unnamed “government official” told the Hindu Businessline that the commerce ministry was putting “finishing touches” to a proposal to liberalise transactional legal services and international arbitration. “The idea was discussed in detail at the 12 November National Services Conclave,” said the o...

AZB & Partners Mumbai office, except for the litigation team, will be moving from its South-Mumbai Express Towers office into Lower Parel by next year.

Four-year-old IP and disputes boutique firm TMT Law Practice merged in Chennai with disputes firm APR Associates, inducting APR founder A Prabhakara Reddy as its fourth partner on Sunday. The firm now has two partners, including TMT Chennai head Rajesh Ramanathan, two associate partners and five oth...

Former Juris Corp equity partner Mustafa Motiwala has joined Clasis Law as its first partner in Mumbai after the departure of all of the other Mumbai partners. Motiwala, who joined the firm on 17 November, will build the firm’s real estate practice and work with Delhi partner Sumeet Lall to further ...

It might lead to the break-up of India’s largest law firm, but Shroff vs Shroff doesn’t have to be complicated. We’ve distilled it for you and shared the court documents.

Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan has hired former BMR Legal partner Raghavendra Rao as an executive director to head its direct tax practice.

Shardul Shroff, the Delhi managing partner of Amarchand Mangaldas who has been involved in a public Bombay high court battle with his Mumbai-based brother and co-managing partner Cyril, told the Economic Times in an exclusive interview that it’s a “preposterous suggestion” that he could have influen...

Clasis Law Mumbai partner and shipping and international trade head Harsh Pratap has left the firm, shortly after the exit of four other partners of the firm in Mumbai and London, including three co-founding partners.

The dispute between Amarchand Mangaldas brothers would most likely result in a split of the firm into two separate entities, said an authoritative source with close knowledge of the Mumbai side of the dispute.

Kochhar & Co opened up in Dubai on 10 November, after the Dubai Legal Affairs Department (LAD) of the Ruler’s Office granted the firm its licence to practice in the UAE six months ago.

Senior counsel Iqbal Chagla told the Bombay high court in his closing remarks that his client Cyril Shroff would be filing an affidavit showing the “deep involvement” of his brother in the will.

Live from Bombay high court court room number 10 today, before Justice RD Dhanuka.

DSK Legal has doubled its office space in Pune within six months of opening up in the city, on the back of new large local corporate client accounts.

Amarchand Mangaldas Delhi managing partner Shardul Shroff has filed legal action in the Bombay high court against his brother and Mumbai-region managing partner Cyril Shroff.

Platinum Partners has announced the promotion of Piusha Bose to partnership in Mumbai. The promotion will take effect from January 2015. This will take the strength of Platinum to five partners in the Mumbai region, after Ankit Majmudar joins from Wadia Ghandy to set up a Bangalore office. The Delhi...

Wadia Ghandy Bangalore partner Ankit Majmudar is set to leave the firm early next year.

Majmudar & Partners equity partner and infrastructure and projects practice head Prashanth Sabeshan left the firm today to join AZB & Partners as a partner next week.

Udwadia Udeshi & Argus (UUA) Partners, the firm created by the 2012-merger of Kolkata start-up Argus Law Partners and Bombay solicitors firm Udwadia & Udeshi, has lost two litigation partners, Amol Bavare and Mihir Kamdar, who will start their own practice according to a report on Bar ...

Wadia Ghandy closed its Singapore office after three years of operations on the ground of the island nation, due to a lack of commercial viability.

AZB & Partners has hired the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) former assistant director Fadi Metanios as a senior consultant in its Delhi competition team.