Dhir & Dhir partner Purti Marwah will set up her own law firm, reported Bar & Bench . She had been a partner at Dhir since 2005, having been with the firm since 2001 after a year at Singhania & Co. The firm’s managing partner Alok Dhir told Bar & Bench that he wished her well, wh...

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested the managing partner of OP Khaitan & Co, Gautam Khaitan, in its money laundering probe relating to the tainted Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland helicopter deal, according to PTI and a number of press reports. The PTI reported yesterday that two of Khai...

Argus Partners co-founder Ramya Hariharan has resigned from Udwadia Udeshi & Argus Partners, as first reported by Bar & Bench . Hariharan confirmed her departure but declined to comment further when contacted. Argus co-founder Krishnava Dutt did not respond to a phone call seeking comment ...

MNK Law Offices M&A and private equity partner Nivedita Tiwari, who joined one year ago from Luthra & Luthra, has joined Platinum Partners in Delhi, according to an authoritative source.

Wadia Ghandy has created a joint managing partner post, which managing partner Ashish Ahuja will share with executive committee partner Dhawal Mehta.

Desai & Diwanji (D&D) Delhi head and corporate partner Sumes Dewan started up last week, having left the firm two months ago. His full service start-up law firm Lex Favios has offices in Bombay and Delhi, and has 15 lawyers, including him, with at least 10 years of experience working in various law firms.

Wadia Ghandy partner Amit Manubarwala has joined Economic Law Practice (ELP) as an associate partner in the corporate and commercial group. The qualified Bombay solicitor became a partner at Wadia Ghandy in 2012 , having joined the firm in 2005 from Crawford Bayley & Co, where he began his care...

The former legal general manager of Advanta India, Ameya Salatry, has started a real estate, contracts, corporate, transactional, banking, business finance, licensing and intellectual property law firm in Panjim, Goa, according to Bar & Bench . The firm, called Legal Minds LLP, was started in A...

J Sagar Associates (JSA) tax chair Ashok Dhingra, partner Smita Singh, and partner-equivalent chartered accountant (CA) Sonia Gupta, have set up boutique tax advisory firm Ashok Dhingra Associates (ADA).

“)Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (LKS) opened its first international office on Friday, with an Indian law firm Geneva debut.

UK law minister Shailesh Vara, who is of Gujarati origins, has lobbied for the entry of foreign law firms to practise non-Indian transactional law here during his ongoing visit to India. Vara said at a press conference in Ahmedabad, according to the PTI : “I had met Indian Law Minister Ravi Shankar ...

Amarchand Mangaldas has opened a new office in Gurgaon with four Delhi partners

Clasis Law co-founding partner Sakate Khaitan and three Clasis senior associates have started Khaitan Legal Associates, a law firm with offices in Mumbai and London.

The Vedanta Group’s former general counsel Ajit Yadav has started up the law firm Lexaya Partners four months ago, reported Bar & Bench . Lexaya Partners is a corporate and business law advisory firm according to his Linked-in profile , focusing on corporate law, power, infrastructure, ports, n...

Indian Law Partners (ILP) promoted its first non-founding partner into the partnership in Delhi with counsel Gaurav Wahie, effective from 1 April..

DSK Legal’s only partner in Bangalore, Ajesh Kumar Shankar, demerged his practice from DSK into AKS Law Associates in April, going independent again.

Bharati Shroff, the largest single equity holder in Amarchand Mangaldas and mother of managing partners Cyril and Shardul Shroff, passed away earlier today. Bharati Shroff was the wife of Suresh Shroff who died in 1994, and she continued playing an important role in the management of the firm and wa...

Kochhar & Co Chennai litigation head and partner J Sivanandaraaj is going independent with his team of 15 lawyers.

Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) deputy registrar Vivekananda Neelakantan joins top Singapore firm Allen & Gledhill.

Khaitan & Co has completed its acquisition of the practice and teams of three co-founding partners of PXV Law Partners.