LexCounsel with Hariani & Co and Bachubhai Munim & Co advised television news channel Zee News and its executives in its Rs 150 crore defamation cross-claim filed in the Bombay high court against congress MP and Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) owner Naveen Jindal.

Jindal was advised by Khaitan & Co in his Rs 200 crore defamation suit filed in the high court on Thursday against the news channel.

Mumbai-based firm Wakhariya & Wakhariya and Bachubhai Munim & Co have advised in Novartis Pharma’s 49 per cent $22.3m acquisition of Aventis Pharma’s equity in anti-rabies vaccine manufacturer Chiron Behring Vaccines.