Articles tagged with: Amarchand Mangaldas

Verus promotes Charles De Souza but loses friend & partner Jay Parikh (possibly to SAM) [UPDATE-1]

De Souza
De Souza
Verus Advocates has promoted disputes partner Charles De Souza to its partnership, as one of its senior partners Jay Parikh has left the firm.

Amarchand mediated split postponed to 5 May

The end of mediation between Amarchand Mangaldas managing partners Cyril and Shardul Shroff has been postponed to at least 5 May, according to sources, though it could yet take till 7 May or longer.

(Cyril) Amarchand to pick up second senior Kochhar Delhi partner, many-headed Manishi Pathak

Kochhar & Co senior partner Manishi Pathak is due to join the post Amarchand Mangaldas-break-up Delhi office of Amarchand Mumbai region managing partner Cyril Shroff.

Cyril (Amarchand) to hire AZB Delhi partner Ritika Rathi

AZB & Partners former Delhi partner Ritika Rathi will join the soon-to-be-started Delhi firm of Amarchand Mumbai managing partner Cyril Shroff.

Amarchand, Luthra on record Daiichi $3.2bn block sale of Sun Pharma shares

Amarchand Mangaldas’ Mumbai-region and Davis Polk & Wardwell advised Daiichi Sankyo on the $3.2bn sale of its 8.93 per cent stake in Sun Pharmaceutical. Luthra & Luthra and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advised Goldman Sachs which was the sole book runner for the deal. This deal, which wa...

What’s different in India’s top 40 law firm ranking in 7 years? And how would (Cyril) & (Shardul) Amarchand rank independently? [via Mint]

RSG top 40 (via Mint)
RSG top 40 (via Mint)
“)If all you care about are the top spots, not much has changed in the rankings of the 40 leading corporate Indian law firms that London-based RSG Consulting has produced since 2008.

Clasis loses Delhi IP head Ashwin Sapra to war of the Shroffs

Clasis Law intellectual property head Ashwin Sapra has resigned and may join as a partner designate the firm to be started in Delhi by Amarchand Mangaldas Mumbai managing partner Cyril Shroff next month, as first reported by Bar & Bench . Legally India has authoritatively confirmed that Sapra w...

Amarchand Mumbai, AZB B'lore help Infosys buy US company for $120m

Amarchand Mangaldas, Morgan Lewis & Bockius and its Singaporean merger partner Morgan Lewis Stamford advised India’s second largest software firm Infosys, on its $120m buy of US-based digital and mobile commerce solutions provider Kallidus. Kallidus was advised by AZB & Partners and Fenwic...

RSG law firm top 40 ranking sees Big Six continue ruling roost with S&R, ELP, D&D, TTA; Bharuchas, Dua most improved…

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RSG Consulting’s 2015 ranking of India’s top 40 law firms has seen no change in the six largest Indian firms since 2013, with Amarchand Mangaldas continuing to top the rankings, followed by Khaitan & Co and AZB & Partners tied in second place.

(Cyril) Amarchand scoops 3 out of 4 partners of old-Law-School-boutique MNK

Amarchand Mangaldas Mumbai-region managing partner Cyril Shroff is due to acquire MNK Law Offices in Delhi, except for partner Probal Bhaduri who is reliably understood by Legally India to be joining a large accounting firm.

Shardul signs lease for Zia’s old Express Towers office today (on Akshaya Tritiya)

Shardul Shroff today signed a lease for the former office of AZB & Partners in Mumbai.

Trilegal scoops senior (Shardul) Amarchand corp partner Ravindra Bandhakavi [UPDATE-2]

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Amarchand Mangaldas Gurgaon-based partner Ravindra Bandhakavi is in the final stages of discussions to join Trilegal.

End of Amarchand (as we know it) postponed to 1 May after mediation fails to hit auspicious target

The end of mediation between brothers and co-managing partners of Amarchand Mangaldas, Cyril and Shardul Shroff, has been postponed to 1 May, after mediations today failed to resolve remaining outstanding issues.

Double-NLS cap markets catch: Gokul Rajan & Nikhil Naredi to help (Cyril) Amarchand Delhi push

Naredi
Naredi
Gokul Rajan, currently consultant at Citibank in Mumbai, and Nikhil Naredi, Singapore-based associate at Jones Day, are both set to be joining the new firm that will be started by Amarchand Mumbai managing partner Cyril Shroff, as partners to beef up the capital markets practice.

Shroffs hope to start Amarchands 4.0 by Akshaya Tritiya

The mediation between Amarchand Mangaldas co-managing partners Shardul Shroff and Cyril Shroff over the break-up of the firm may conclude as early as tomorrow, Monday, with both brothers keen to set up their new firms on Tuesday 21 April 2015 - Akshaya Tritiya - which is one of the Hindu calendar’s most auspicious days, according to sources close to the dispute.

New Day Zero record: NUJS 4th years bag 40 (!) jobs + 4 foreign gigs (Khaitan biggest)

NUJS
NUJS
NUJS Kolkata has set a new Day Zero record, with 40 students having accepted jobs after kicking off its 2016-batch campus recruitments on 17 and 18 April.

(Shardul) Amarchand plunders Khaitan associate partner ranks again for recent promotee Abhishek Sinha

Sinha
Sinha
Shardul Shroff has hired a third associate partner from Khaitan & Co, with Abhishek Sinha who was promoted to salaried partner last month having resigned.

Ex-(Shardul) Amarchand senior partner Harry Chawla to join (Cyril) Amarchand from Kochhar

Chawla
Chawla
Kochhar & Co partner Harry Chawla is set to join the new firm expected to be launched by Amarchand Mangaldas Mumbai managing partner Cyril Shroff in Delhi.

The number that makes law firms tick (and Khaitan similar to JSA; AZB close to Amarchand; but all different to Trilegal) [via Mint]

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Gearing
Getting the ratio of partners to non-partner fee-earners right has its rewards, but it is, at best, an inexact science.

(Shardul) Amarchand IP partner Ranjan Negi to leave

Amarchand Mangaldas intellectual property (IP) partner Ranjan Negi, who relocated to Gurgaon from Delhi when it was opened in September of last year , will leave the firm. Delhi-region partner Pallavi Shroff said via email that Negi had resigned but that the IP practice would continue as before. Neg...