Axon Partners LLP and Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy jointly advised the lead book runners and lead managers in Bharti Airtel International (Netherlands) BV issuing $1bn and €750m of notes, with Allen & Overy (A&O) advised Bharti Airtel and the Dutch issue on Dutch and US laws. Axon co...

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...

Allen & Overy (A&O) has promoted India-England-New-York qualified counsel Amit Singh to partnership in the Hong Kong capital markets practice.

Axon Partners LLP advised Bharti Airtel on its €750m bond offering – the first in the currency by an Indian company – with Allen & Overy acting for the banks. Allen & Overy consultant and registered foreign lawyer Amit Singh, based in Hong Kong, acted for the joint bookrunners and lead man...

Correction: We published some erroneous designations in the A&O team. We regret the error, which has now been corrected. S&R Associates and O’ Melveny & Myers advised Swiss asset managers Partners Group in buying 80 per cent equity for Rs 1,620 crore ($270m) in US-based IT services co...

Baring Private Equity Asia is set to take a minority stake in cement maker Lafarge India for $265m (Rs 1400 crore), with three domestic firms and two foreign law firms advising on the deal. Lafarge was represented domestically by AZB & Partners on law and BMR & Associates on tax issues, wi...

London international firms beat US firms in recognition and volume stakes.

Magic circle law firm Allen & Overy promotes 2001 NLSIU Bangalore graduate and banking counsel Gautam Narasimhan.

Allen & Overy (A&O) acted for Bharti Airtel, which issued bonds for the first time ever in a heavily oversubscribed offer for $1bn. Axon Partners and Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy advised the underwriters.

J Sagar Associates and Allen & Overy advised Export Import Bank of India in raising $750m (Rs 4,014 crore) through issuance of four per cent medium term notes (MTN) under its $6bn MTN programme. J Sagar Associates Mumbai partner Dina Wadia with senior associate Uttara Kolhatkar and Allen &...

Exclusive: Trilegal, which is claimed to have been growing at 25 per cent per year, has converted into nearly a full equity partnership, created an elected management committee and a democratic model where the founding partners could theoretically be ousted by an equity partnership vote.

Legally India was candidly walked through the changes and examines the back story to the end of its best friendship with Allen & Overy (A&O), the grief lawyers can cause, one-way referrals and the inevitability of associate attrition when a firm has to run fast without godfathers.

Breaking: Law firms Allen & Overy and Trilegal have ended their five-year best friend relationship, according to a press release from both firms.

The latest deals in one place: Khaitan for Kingfisher, Heidelberg, Hutchison Whampoa | AMSS for Mitsui, Schneider, Alstom, Siemens, RTL, IDFC | Siemens: AMSS-Jones Day & more.

Telecom companies cannot legally enter into an agreement to provide 3G roaming services if they do not have a licence, rules telecom tribunal in split-verdict between TDSAT chairman and another adjudicator. Verdict split over sending fresh notices to the concerned telcos or terminating their pacts i...

Aiming to rekindle a “constructive debate” on the liberalisation of the Indian legal sector, UK headquartered magic circle firm Allen & Overy (A&O) has started a public relations (PR) offensive with an independent survey that confirmed overwhelming support for the entry of foreign law firms among Indian corporate lawyers and clients.

AZB & Partners and international law firm Shearman & Sterling advised a Canadian financial holdings company’s investment subsidiary Fairbridge Capital in its purchase of 76.81 per cent equity for Rs 817 crore ($150m) in British holiday maker Thomas Cook Group’s (TCG) Indian subsidiary Thomas Cook India (TCIL). TCG was advised by Trilegal with international best friend law firm Allen & Overy.

Ground for Vodafone Review: Kapadia didn’t recuse himself, relied on his son’s employer’s due diligence report to rule in favor of Vodafone [ ET ] PCI chairman Katju tells discourteous journo-attacking Maharashtra govt to count its days in power [ Outlook India ] SC deals with delay, wants all state...

Desai & Diwanji has again reclaimed its throne as the busiest M&A firm in India having acted on 33 deals in the first three quarters of the year with Khaitan & Co also laying down improved M&A figures, while AZB & Partners, Talwar Thakore Associates and S&R Associates harvested the biggest value deals, also benefitting Linklaters and Allen & Overy.

- Allen & Overy sues Indian company Nimbus for recovery of legal fees in Singapore High Court [ Bloomberg ] - Land Acquisition act is a fraud devised by “sick minds” and should be scrapped, says SC Justice Singhvi [ ET ] - Vodafone claims no tax liability in SC chapter of Saga [ Mint ] - No pro...

Nalsar Hyderabad convincingly bagged the Mooting Premier League trophy for the second consecutive season. It scored a total of 304 points and won this year’s League, sponsored by Allen & Overy, with an astonishing margin of 105 points.