NLIU Bhopal started its Day Zero recruitment efforts today to low turnout, around four months after other top law schools.

Amarchand Mangaldas advised US-based Prudential International Insurance Holdings in selling a 74 per cent stake of real-estate developer DLF, advised by AZB & Partners Delhi, in its Indian life insurance wing Pramerica, to Mumbai-based home mortgager Dewan Housing Finance (DHFL). DHFL was advis...

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

P&C Legal advised Mahindra group’s real estate arm Mahindra Lifespace Developers on its Rs 1,000 crore ($164m) joint venture (JV) with Standard Chartered Bank’s investment arm SCM Real Estate. StanChart was advised by Amarchand Mangaldas. P&C Legal partner Vishnu Jerome, whose part of Mumb...

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is examining the terms of the agreement between Ambuja Cements and Holcim.

Amarchand Mangaldas solidified its lead in the Indian project finance league tables ahead of Luthra & Luthra, as AZB & Partners pushed its way into the top three.

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

Amarchand Mangaldas and DLA Piper advised German luxury tableware and ceramics brand Villeroy & Boch (V&B) in forming a 50:50 joint venture with Delhi-based Genesis Luxury Fashion to develop its existing retail network in India. DLA Piper Hamburg corporate partner Dr Benjamin Parameswaran,...

AZB & Partners dropped off data provider Merger Market’s half-yearly (H1) M&A league table despite reporting 21 deals – the highest among India’s top ten law firms.

Amarchand is the fourth major Indian law firm to have made it (mostly) mandatory for fresher recruits to rotate between different departments for the first eighteen months. J Sagar Associates (JSA) and Khaitan & Co also swear by it; Trilegal was less enamoured. Is it the new standard or just a fad?

Amarchand Mangaldas has hired Citibank former South Asia general counsel Sandip Beri as a partner in Delhi.

Amarchand Mangaldas has made 13 new partners this year, with seven in Delhi and five in Mumbai.

Economic Laws Practice (ELP) and Amarchand Mangaldas swap corporate lawyers into partnership.

Amarchand Mangaldas advised Videocon Hydrocarbon Holdings (VHHL) on the Indian leg of the $2.475bn (Rs 14,827 crore) sale of its 10 per cent stake in a Mozambique gas field in Brazil.

IndusLaw advised the founders of Redbus and its early investors Helion, Inventus and Seed Fund, in selling out the online bus-ticketing service for $100m (Rs 597 crore) to the Ibibo Group, which is a joint venture of South African Media giant Naspers and Chinese internet company Tencent. Amarchand M...

Amarchand Mangaldas advised State Bank of India (SBI), SBI Trustee and SBI AMC in buying Japan’s second-largest brokerage group Daiwa Security Group’s Daiwa Mutual Fund. Daiwa was advised by AZB & Partners. SBI will buy the Japanese fund for more than Rs 1.3 crore ($220,000), reports Mint . Ama...

Amarchand Mangaldas Delhi principal associate Kirat Singh Nagra will replace former Economic Laws Practice (ELP) litigation head and partner Tarun Gulati.

Amarchand Mangaldas Mumbai principal associate Satyam Sharat will join Ashurst’s Jakarta office as a foreign legal consultant in a month. He specialises in banking, having joined Amarchand in 2006 from JurisCorp after graduating from NLIU Bhopal in 2005. Ashurst India head Richard Gubbins said: “We ...

Amarchand Mangaldas Mumbai corporate partners Amita Choudhary and Aysswarya Murthy are set to leave the firm.

Amarchand Delhi, Jones Day Cleveland and Sullivan Cromwell London acted on Gurgaon’s Apollo Tyres $2.5bn takeover of Ohio-based Cooper.