Former Juris Corp partner and Chennai head Hufriz Wadia yesterday joined Kochhar & Co as a partner in its banking and finance, corporate and capital markets practice in Chennai.

Former AZB & Partners senior associate and ex-Jones Day lawyer Priya Mehra was promoted to of counsel at US law firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher’s Singapore office, effective January 2014. Mehra is part of the firm’s India practice which was also strengthened by former AZB senior associate Bhar...

Valerie Bowles, Amarchand Mangaldas Mumbai chief operating officer (COO) who joined from the UK in 2009, has resigned from the firm.

After it announced a strategy revamp six months ago, Luthra & Luthra transactional billings in the corporate transactional division have shot up by 36 per cent.

Luthra & Luthra has promoted two lawyers – Vaibhav Kakkar and Kanchan Sinha - to partnership in an “exceptional” promotion round.

Sharma: From Shardul to Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Delhi finance and insolvency practice head and partner Pranav Sharma, who returned to the firm in August 2012 after a six year stint at Linklaters, will relocate to the firm’s Mumbai office as a partner in the banking and finance practice on 1 Februa...

DSK Legal has appointed former Palladium Group South Asia head and director Rajesh Iyer as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the firm.

Yogesh Bhattarai, who left AZB & Partners’ equity partnership in 2012 for a sabbatical, has joined Trilegal.

Wadia Ghandy partner Anand Shah, with his team of four associates, will join AZB & Partners in the New Year as a senior associate on partnership track.

Phoenix Legal has shut down its Nariman Point and Lower Parel Mumbai offices and taken a bigger Churchgate office in place of both in the city.

Former BMR Legal co-founding partner Sujit Ghosh has set up tax litigation firm Advaita Legal with ex-KPMG partner Sunil Moti Lala. Ghosh is based in Delhi, Lala is based in Mumbai and the firm has 30 lawyers across its offices in the two cities, reported legal website Bar & Bench . According t...

MV Kini partner Shrikant Kamath, who joined in 2012 to start its tax practice, left last week but is replaced by principal associate Prateush Sharma.

Suhaan Mukerji, who left Amarchand Mangaldas Delhi in June to advise the prime minister’s office, has started up a law firm with part of his former Amarchand team and three other lawyers as partners, which will offer legal and public policy and legitimate lobbying services to clients and NGOs. The f...

Amarchand Mangaldas has hired former IIFL Wealth Management director Mugdha Sahal as director in its private client practice in Mumbai.

Bhatnagar Economic Laws Practice (ELP) has hired Ravinder Narain & Co consultant Sonu Bhatnagar as a partner to head its Delhi indirect tax litigation team on 7 November, according to a press release from the firm. Bhatnagar graduated as a lawyer from Delhi University in 1993 and did a diploma ...

Clasis Law has added an energy and infrastructure practice with former Dhir & Dhir Associates energy and infrastructure partner Jay Cheema, who joined the firm as partner in Delhi effective today.

Trilegal competition head Rahul Singh has left to Oxford University for a PhD but will continue to work part time as of counsel.

Delhi’s Singhania and Mumbai’s Rajani & Partners will become one firm of 100 lawyers and 20 partners.

NLSIU Bangalore 2003 graduate Mukund Dhar was made up in White & Case’s 18-strong round of partnership promotions on Friday. London-based Dhar was named a partner in the firm’s global project finance practice, according to its press release , which added that he is dual qualified in India and E...

Amarchand Mangaldas has reported the most M&A activity among Indian law firms this year, according to data provider mergermarket’s Q1-Q3 rankings.