Trilegal advised Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia, AZB & Partners Mumbai advised Alpha TC Holdings, and Wadia Ghandy advised the CVCI Group in picking up a minority stake in Bangalore-based microfinance institution Janalakshmi for, according to the Economic Times , Rs 350 crore ($55m). Janala...

AZB, Luthra, Links & Slaughters sell off Indian RBS assets to Ratnakar bank.

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...

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...

AZB & Partners came out on top of a 2013 first-half-year league table released by corporate analytics company Venture Intelligence, recording 19 deals. Induslaw and Samvad Partners – previously known as Narasappa Doraswamy & Raja – and Tatva Legal recorded eight deals each in the rankings....

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.

HSA Advocates advised Invest India Micro Pension Services (IIMPS) and its promoters in raising funds from German promotional bank KfW for a 30 per cent stake in IIMPS. KfW was advised by its in house legal team. AZB & Partners partner Hardeep Sachdeva advised the Michael & Susan Dell Found...

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 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 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...

AZB & Partners and DLA Piper advised Indian engineering design company Rolta in its $200m bond sale on the Singapore stock exchange. Trilegal and Davis Polk & Wardwell advised the joint lead managers Barclays, Citigroup, DBS Bank and Deutsche Bank. Trilegal partner Srinivas Parthasarathy w...

AZB & Partners and DLA Piper advised Indian engineering design company Rolta in its $200m bond sale on the Singapore stock exchange. Trilegal and Davis Polk & Wardwell advised the joint lead managers Barclays, Citigroup, DBS Bank and Deutsche Bank. Trilegal partner Srinivas Parthasarathy w...

Rachit Bahl, Nandita Govind and Ritika Rathi make salaried partner Delhi; Nilanjana Singh, Nandish Vyas confirmed in Mumbai.

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...

Seth Dua advised the Builders Association of India (BAI) in the Competition Appellate Tribunal against 11 cement companies.

Amarchand has emerged as the most aggressive Indian early recruiter hiring 36 fourth-year law students across 10 colleges.

25 Nalsarites accept jobs at six firms.

NLSIU Bangalore placed 24 out of 80 fourth year students on 20 April 2013 including 11 pre-placement offers(PPOs). Two independent offers from McKinsey & Co were made in addition to those. A total of 21 ‘day zero’ campus offers to start work in 2014 came from law firms Luthra & Luthra (8 c...

The incumbents continued their rule in the consultancy’s 2013 ranking of law firms, while the ecosystem as a whole has widened.

AZB & Simpsons reprised roles for KKR, with Amarchand and Davis Polk acting for the sellers.