Law firms

Fox Mandal absorbs Bangalore tech boutique White Forest

Rajesh Vellakkat: Fox & White Forest
Rajesh Vellakkat: Fox & White Forest
Fox Mandal Bangalore has acquired technology law firm White Forest Law Offices, which was started by Rajesh Vellakkat in 2002, to boost its tech and intellectual property expertise.

Allen & Overy opens office in Myanmar (!) before India

UK-headquartered magic circle firm Allen & Overy, which used to have a best friend relationship with Trilegal but gave up because it saw no prospect of the Indian legal market opening up, is set to open an office in Myanmar, which recently liberalised its economy, following Baker & McKenzi...

‘Brilliant’ JSA partner Promod Nair to start multi-lawyer barristers-style chamber [UPDATE]

Pramod Nair: Going solo
Pramod Nair: Going solo
J Sagar Associates (JSA) Bangalore partner Promod Nair has started an independent arbitration practice.

Khaitan Sud partner Preeti Balwani joins Rajani Singhania as partner

Preeti Balwani
Preeti Balwani
Khaitan Sud & Partners (KSP) partner Preeti Balwani is joining Rajani, Singhania & Partners in Mumbai on 12 May.

SNG promos Rahul Sud to associate partner

SNG & Partners has promoted senior associate Rahul Sud to associate partner, reported Bar & Bench. Sud, who specialises in corporate, finance and technology law, had joined SNG in 2009 after a Master’s from NUS Singapore and an undergraduate from Symbiosis Pune. [Bar & Bench]

Zeus managing partner Rohit Tandon leaves to start T&T: ‘2015 will be great’, aims for Dubai, Chandigarh

Rohit Tandon
Rohit Tandon
Zeus will continue to be managed by Tandon’s brother-in-law Sunil Tyagi and partner Vivek Kohli.

Mulla associate Priyanka Khimani’s new celebrity media firm wins rare charity Rs 10 lakh image-rights injunction for Sonu Nigam v Mika Singh

Mika Singh
Mika Singh
Former Mulla & Mulla associate’s one-month old media law start up wins ‘sweeping’ injunction and costs for iconic singer Sonu Nigam against iconic singer Mika Singh.

'Don't owe money recently,' says Som Mandal as Fox partner Rajesh Sehgal quits leaving 3 behind

Fox Mandal Noida projects partner Rajesh Sehgal has quit the firm to move in-house to Singapore, reported Bar & Bench , reducing the number of non-family partners at the firm to three - Swati Sinha, Jyoti Virmani and Veronica Mohan - after departures of corporate partners Dev Ashish Mishra and ...

Former Merck / Yahoo! legal chief starts 3-office law firm to win clients from big names

Former MSD Pharmaceuticals and Yahoo India legal head Jaspreet Singh Chandhok started up intellectual property (IPR) and media law firm Win Law Group on 1 April, in Delhi and Mumbai.

8 promoted to Wadia Ghandy partner in Mumbai (including 2008 NLIUite & a Noojie)

Wadia Ghandy has promoted eight of its lawyers in Mumbai to partnership, including one 2008 NLIU Bhopal graduate and a 2006 NUJS Kolkata graduate.

Game changer? Amarchand forays into LPO-style practice to improve due diligence & volume work

Amarchand Peninsula Chambers
Amarchand Peninsula Chambers
Amarchand Mangaldas’ Mumbai has started a volume-focused transactional support practice, which the firm is continuing to trial hoping to offer clients better due diligence and commoditised advice.

Clifford Chance joins Linklaters in promoting more women than men to partner (in London)

Magic circle firm Clifford Chance has promoted four women and three men to its partnership in London after Linklaters did the same earlier this month for the first time. Women still make up a minority of partners in UK firms but some firms, such as Herbert Smith Freehills, have recently introduced a...

Khaitan scoops KPMG partner as strategy chief to help firm stay ‘ahead of the curve’

Gautam Chemburkar
Gautam Chemburkar
Former KPMG partner Gautam Chemburkar joined Khaitan & Co as its first ever executive director strategy on 3 April.

Khaitan & Co first to announce fresher salary hike to Rs 13.2 lakh + 2 bonus

Money money
Money money
Khaitan & Co has increased fresher salaries to Rs 15.2 lakh per annum, including bonus, effective from 1 April as part of its annual pay hike.

AZB cap markets partner Meera Singh leaves, to continue on ad hoc flexitime

AZB & Partners Delhi partner and capital markets practice head Meera Singh has resigned the firm, according to Bar & Bench . Singh told the website that she was leaving for personal reasons and would continue to work flexibly with the firm on individual assignments. Delhi managing partner ...

Khaitan & Co capital markets partner Vibhava Sawant resigns for Abu Dhabi

Vibhava Sawant
Vibhava Sawant
Khaitan & Co Mumbai capital markets partner of six years Vibhava Sawant left the firm on 11 April to relocate to Abu Dhabi to be with family.

Infosys GC starts own firm: First client Infosys

Infosys senior vice president and general counsel Nithyanandan Radhakrishnan has quit to set up his own law firm in Bangalore, telling TOI: “My exit was amicable. I am going to turn 40 next year and I wanted to do something on my own. In fact, I wanted to quit after the Department of Justice settlem...

Lakshmikumaran adds 9th office, opens in Chandigarh following tax bench, local clients

Chandigarh: Punjab's seat of power
Chandigarh: Punjab's seat of power
Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (LKS) opened up in Chandigarh on 1 April – adding the firm’s ninth regional presence close on the heels of the opening of a new CESTAT bench in the city.

Singapore firm Shook Lin & Bok promotes 2006 NLIU Bhopal grad to partnership

Aditi Mathur
Aditi Mathur
Aditi Mathur has been promoted to the partnership of Singaporean firm Shook Lin & Bok.

Young, star corporate partner Shishir Vayttaden quits Luthra to join Amarchand

Vayttaden: Homegrown
Vayttaden: Homegrown
Homegrown Luthra & Luthra Mumbai partner Shishir Jose Vayttaden has resigned from the firm.