Law firms

KSB reincarnates as SB Partners after co-founders scatter into MNK & Lexplosion

Kilambi
Kilambi
KSB Partners, which was co-founded in 2006 by Samir Bedi, Srinivas Kilambi and Siddharth Singh, is set to dissolve and re-start.

ELP opens in Bangalore with Nishant Shah, gets set for Chennai

Economic Laws Practice (ELP) has opened an office in Bangalore, headed by Mumbai equity partner Nishant Shah, reported Bar & Bench . The firm will focus on tax and corporate in Bangalore and was looking to finalise a new office in Chennai under senior associate Kartik Sundaram. This would be EL...

Nishith Desai Associates to open Munich office

Munich
Munich
Nishith Desai Associates (NDA) is set to open an office in Munich, moving one lawyer there full-time this month.

K&S Partners promotes three to partnership under Jyoti Sagar post-JSA-retirement stewardship

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K&S Partners – the intellectual property outfit of J Sagar Associates (JSA) – promoted three senior associates in its Gurgaon office to partnership effective 1 April 2013.

AZB Partner Shreyas Jayasimha quits to set up Aarna Law

AZB & Partners Bangalore partner Shreya Jayasimha has resigned to start up law firm Aarna Law, reported Bar & Bench without official comment from him or the firm. Jayasimha graduated from NLSIU Bangalore in 2000, worked in the chambers of then advocate and now Delhi high court justice S Mu...

Luthra launches radical strategy shake-up after ‘profitability beating’: promotes two partners, 17 associates

Saraf
Saraf
Luthra & Luthra has promoted two M&A and private equity lawyers – Damini Bhalla and Amit Shetye – to its partnership, as the firm has widened its executive committee and management outlined a strategic vision to ditch lower margin work and eschew big headcounts.

Luthra Delhi down 3: Nivedita Tiwari joins MNK, Moushami Joshi to Pillsbury, Shweta Hingorani non-corp

Tiwari
Tiwari
Three Luthra & Luthra Delhi partners have left or are leaving, just ahead of the firm’s delayed partnership promos.

Luthra to announce long-awaited partnership promos tomorrow

Luthra & Luthra is set to announce its long-awaited partnership promotions on Saturday (3 August). It is understood that a meeting of partners will be held today at 3pm on the topic, with some appraisals still going on through tomorrow. The partnership promotion announcements are then set to be...

Amarchand Delhi re-fills COO role after 4 years with Mayer Brown Asia COO

Milford
Milford
Former Mayer Brown JSM Asia COO Jennifer Milford joined AMSS today.

Fox Mandal claims invalid service in £100,000 negligence suit by Singhania, threatens costs & battle on London jurisdiction

London
London
Fox’ lawyers Penningtons asked the claimant to discontinue action in the UK or face paying Fox’s costs.

Fox Mandal instructs Penningtons in £100k London negligence order, may defend on jurisdiction

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n00kh3vu
Fox Mandal has instructed London firm Penningtons Solicitors to defend against the Rs 96 lakh professional negligence default judgment.

London HC enters £100,000 default judgment v Fox Mandal in professional negligence claim

Karat v Fox
Karat v Fox
Fox Mandal did not appear before court to respond to the claim that the firm gave negligent advice in a patent application.

HFW hires Clydes NLS grad Hari Krishna for Dubai shipping practice

Krishna
Krishna
Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) hired NLSIU Bangalore 2004 grad Hari Krishna.

Singh & Associates to launch Singapore with two, plans for NY, Lon, HK bases

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Singh & Associates will open in Singapore by late August, then New York, London, Hong Kong.

DLA Piper creates India group heads Chatterjee & Sharma under Tony Angel revamp

Sharma
Sharma
Singapore-based Biswajit Chatterjee and Munich-based Dr Daniel Sharma will spearhead new strategy.

Dua hires 1 equity, 3 salaried partners across India as Hyderabad head Varalakshmi demerges & hands over

Hyderabad
Hyderabad
Dua Associates Hyderabad practice head Varalakshmi Tadepalli has restarted her own firm, as 4 new partners join Dua.

Amarchand scoops Tatva partner Sarella in Hyd as Jaiswal swaps for Mumbai

Sarella
Sarella
Amarchand Mangaldas has hired Tatva Legal Hyderabad partner Rahul Sarella in the city, replacing Anshuman Jaiswal who is moving to Mumbai.

ELP hires Amit Vyas from Rajani-Trilegal as Mumbai lit partner

Vyas
Vyas
Economic Laws Practice (ELP) hired Vyas as Mumbai litigation associate partner.

Fox Mandal makes two partners in Delhi

Fox Mandal promoted two new partners in Delhi effective 1 July, reported legal website Bar & Bench . Corporate litigation and dispute resolution chief associate Veronica Mohan, who joined the firm in December 2010, was promoted to the partnership. She graduated from ILS Pune in 1996. General co...

IndusLaw rents bigger space in Hyd, promotes four associates

IndusLaw moved to a bigger office in Hyderabad and promoted a principal associate and three senior associates in Bangalore, but made no new partners this year. The firm moved to a new office in Banjara hills Hyderabad on 5 July. Bangalore partner Kartik Ganapathy told Legally India that the new spac...