AZB & Partners former Mumbai partner Kalpana Merchant, who resigned from the firm in early September, has joined P&C Legal, the Mumbai arm of Bangalore headquartered firm Poovayya & Co that was started headed by AZB alum Vishnu Jerome.

Argus Partners advised electric goods maker Crompton Greaves on its Rs 400m buyout out of joint venture (JV) CG Lucy Switchgear by JV partner W Lucy & Co. W Lucy was advised by AZB & Partners. Argus partner Adity Chaudhury and senior associate Megha Saraf acted for Crompton Greaves. AZB pa...

Nishad Nadkarni will join the Khaitan & Co Mumbai office as an associate partner in its IPR team after resigning from Legasis Partners, reported Bar and Bench . Nadkarni graduated from Symbiosis Law School in 1999 and has worked at firms such as Singhania & Co, AZB & Partners and DSK ...

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas Delhi corporate principal associate Soumya Kanti De Mallik has joined HSA Advocates as an associate partner on 1 October.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas Mumbai-based lateral hire Abhishek Sinha, who was reportedly poached in April from Khaitan & Co where he was an associate partner, will return to Khaitan & Co as an associate partner, according to several authoritative sources.

IndusLaw advised Accel and AZB & Partners advised International Finance Corporation on their $37m (Rs 247 crore) co-funding of Healthvista alongside investors Qualcomm Asia Pacific and VenturEast which were advised in house. Healthvista runs home healthcare company Portea Medical. Indus Bangalo...

AZB & Partners advised India’s largest doctor discovery platform Practo Technologies on its over $10m buy of smaller rival Qikwell Technologies India which was advised by Nishith Desai Associates (NDA). AZB Mumbai partners Ashwin Ramanathan and Nilanjhana Singh and senior associate Parthasarath...

AZB & Partners has promoted five of its lawyers to partner level after 12 months of partners leaving and joining in the Mumbai region of the firm.

Ernst & Young (EY) director of fraud investigation and dispute services Ajay Upadhyay has joined AZB & Partners in Mumbai.

AZB & Partners Mumbai partner Kalpana Merchant is leaving to pursue opportunities on her own, confirmed AZB senior partner Bahram Vakil today.

AZB & Partners Mumbai partner Shuva Mandal has resigned from the firm and will join Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas in Mumbai.

J Sagar Associates (JSA) Mumbai capital markets partner Kaushik Mukherjee has resigned from the firm to join BMR Legal, reported Bar & Bench . CORRECTION: The earlier report erroneously stated that Mukherjee would join BMR. Mukherjee has clarified that “the statement that I have accepted an off...

On Monday the Economic Times reported that the director general (DG) of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has submitted a damning report of Google, finding a prima facie case that Google has abused its dominant position.

In April earlier this year, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) acquired three out of four MNK Law Offices partners in Delhi but three authoritative sources have confirmed that the fourth partner, Probal Bhaduri, has now joined PDS Legal offices in Delhi.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas has won a favourable landmark report from the Competition Commission of India (CCI) director general for its client Bharat Matrinmony and an NGO against internet giant Google, which was represented by AZB & Partners and Economic Laws Practice (ELP).

Gammon India has sold nine Indian project companies of Gammon Infrastructure Projects to a subsidiary of US asset management giant Brookfield Asset Management for around Rs 563 crore.

Birla Corporation bought the Eastern cement plants of Lafarge for Rs 5000 crore from Lafarge India following the Competition Commission of India (CCI) order for the French company to divest itself of the units after its Rs $44bn merger with Holcim.

J Sagar Associates (JSA) advised US-based media firm Viacom on its Rs 940 crore ($153m) buyout of Reliance subsidiary Shinano Retail’s stake in Network 18’s Prism TV. Shinano was advised by AZB & Partners. JSA partner Akshay Nagpal, senior associate Kaustubh George and associates Upasana Gupta ...

Themis Associates partner Chetan Nagendra, who specialises in corporate and venture capital (VC) work, will join AZB & Partners in Bangalore.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas acted as legal counsel to BNP Paribas in its Rs 2,000 to 2,200 crore acquisition of Sharekhan, with AZB & Partners acting for the sellers. J Sagar Associates (JSA) Mumbai partners Somasekhar Sundaresan, Vikram Raghani and Jamshed Bhumgara acted for the management share...