Dua Associates has reabsorbed its former fee earner R Ganesh, in its Chennai office as partner in the firm, after Dua’s Chennai partner Aarthi Narayanan left to join Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas.

Dua Associates Chennai partner Aarthi Lakshmi Narayanan has joined Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas as a partner focusing on real estate.

Dua Associates merged with Thakore Jariwala & Associates in Mumbai and SAK & Associates in Chandigarh, bringing three new equity partners into the Dua partnership, according to Bar & Bench . The firm also added three lawyers from the two cities as salaried partners, promoted five of i...

Dua Associates managing partner Ranji Dua has confirmed that senior disputes partner Shiraz Patodia and her team would remain at the firm, less than a month after she had given notice to join Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) in Delhi, as first reported by Legally India on 1 July.

Dua Associates senior Delhi litigation partner Shiraz Patodia, who had reportedly agreed to join Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) earlier this month, may stay at Dua Associates after all, according to four authoritative sources.

J Sagar Associates (JSA) and Covington Burling advised the world’s largest brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev on its exit from a joint venture with RJ Corp, which was advised by Dua Associates. JSA partner Upendra Nath Sharma, senior Associate Rishabh Gupta and associate Ritunjay Gupta with intermitten str...

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) corporate and M&A principal associate Kunal Mehra will join Dua Associates as a partner, reported Bar & Bench.

Last week SAM hired senior Dua litigation partner Shiraz Patodia and two partners for its Delhi litigation team.

Dua Associates’ second-largest equity holder Shiraz Patodia will join Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas with her team of partners Priyanka Sharma Goswami and Anusuya Sadhu Sinha, and manager Saloni Tuteja and senior associate Amrita Sharma.

Dua Associates Mumbai partner Vinod Joseph has joined Bennett, Coleman & Co division Brand Capital as head legal, leaving Dua’s Mumbai office with only two partners. Joseph, who joined the Times Group-owned Brand Capital which funds growth-oriented enterprises, according to his Linkedin profile...

J Sagar Associates (JSA) advised PepsiCo India on the transfer of some of its plants and units to its franchisee bottling partner Varun Beverages (VBL) which was advised by Dua Associates. JS A Gurgaon partner Nitesh Bhasin, senior associate Kartik Jain and associate Pranav Gadi acted for PepsiCo, w...

Verus has hired former Dua Associates and Tatva Legal manager Siddharth Bhavnani as a partner in Delhi. He will join the firm from 1 October, specialising in M&A, joint ventures and real estate. Bhavnani obtained his undergraduate in law from the University of Leicester in 2006, and then worked...

Indian law firms have taken a deeper interest in policy formulation in the last five years than they have before, however they are wary in a big way of being seen as “lobbyists”.

Twenty months after the Supreme Court (SC) had given 10 weeks to complete serving notices on foreign law firms, the Bar Council of India (BCI) appeal against foreign law firms practicing in India, remains stuck at the service stage.

14 Indian law firm partners and senior associates will be named as “up and comers” and “associates to watch” in legal directory Chambers and Partners’ yet-to-be released Asia Pacific 2014 guide.

As year-end approaches and law firms send out a flood of press releases for the annual deals league tables, Legally India has wrapped up the most interesting ones in one tidy package.

Dua Associates Hyderabad practice head Varalakshmi Tadepalli has restarted her own firm, as 4 new partners join Dua.

Dua Associates advised advertisement seller Amagi Media Labs in its second fundraising round of Rs 27.5 crore ($4.7m) from global venture capital (VC) fund Mayfield FVCI, which was advised by Economic Laws Practice (ELP). Dua Associates Mumbai partner Vinod Joseph with senior associate Sugandha Kama...

J Sagar Associates (JSA) advised Bangalore-based milling machine maker Milltec Group in Mauritian fund Multiples’ buy-out of half its equity for Rs 250 crores ($43.3m). Multiples was advised by Khaitan & Co Bangalore. JSA partners Sajai Singh and Gerald Manoharan, senior associate Prashant Kuma...

Four promoted internally as ex-FF consultant Priya Christian joined as a retained competition partner.

Kochhar nabs Neeraj Grover, Nishant Menon, Niti Paul and Nilesh Parekh.