L&L Partners capital markets head Manan Lahoty and a team of 17 other fee-earners have started working at IndusLaw’s offices on Saturday, 5 October, after a contentious exit.

J Sagar Associates (JSA) partner, executive committee member and previous competition law practice co-chair Amitabh Kumar has left the firm after reaching the partnership deed’s retirement age of 65 today.

Link Legal India Law Services (LLILS) has hired Bhasin & Co lawyer Sanjay Gupta as a partner in its Delhi-based dispute resolution practice.

DMD Advocates has hired Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) principal associate Vivek Agarwal has joined DMD Advocates as its first full-time competition partner.

Manan Lahoty, head of the crack capital markets team that is set to join IndusLaw soon, has won a major victory in the Bombay high court yesterday in a multi-hour hearing against his as-of-now-still employer L&L Partners.

Dhruv Singhal, who had in August left AZB & Partners, after having moved there in 2016 from Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, has re-joined the latter.

Jyoti Singh, partner at Phoenix Legal in Mumbai in disputes and insolvency, has started a boutique disputes and litigation firm.

Trilegal has hired Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) partner Kunal Gupta as a partner in white-collar crime investigations in Delhi.

Singapore-based Baker & McKenzie director of economics and India group member Sanjiv Malhotra has joined DMD Advocates as senior director and chief economist in Delhi.

L&L Partners’ corporate partner Vishwanath Pratap Singh, whom we had first reported to have left in April, will be joining Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) in the coming days, coinciding with Trilegal corporate partner Ravindra Bandhakavi’s move that will also complete in the next few days.

Former BMR Legal Advocates principal Tarun Jain has returned to BMR Legal as a partner after he went independent in 2017, according to the firm’s press release last week.

Khaitan & Co partner and 2006 ILS Pune graduate Abhishek Sinha has resigned from the firm to start-up an a new learning provider for young lawyers and law students.

L&L Partners has begun the process of rebuilding its capital markets practice and is finalising the hire of Jitesh Shahani, currently Allen & Overy (A&O) senior associate in Singapore, as well as Luthra alumnus and Nalsar Hyderabad 2005 graduate.

IndusLaw has hired J Sagar Associates (JSA) principal associate Revathy Muralidharan as a corporate transactional partner in Mumbai, as well as opened a new Mumbai litigation office near the high court.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Delhi-based partner Sourav Kanti De Biswas has joined gazillion-dollar-valued hotel chain Oyo as vice president legal last month.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) Mumbai-cum-Delhi-based competition partner Bharat Budholia has resigned several weeks ago, we have learned from authoritative sources.

Mumbai corporate partner Dhruv Singhal, who had joined AZB & Partners with Ashwath Rau from Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) in 2016, is set to leave the firm in the coming weeks.

Trilegal Gurgaon-based partner Ravindra Bandhakavi has resigned from the firm.

Manan Lahoty, the Mumbai-based head of L&L Partners’ capital markets practice, is due to leave the firm and join IndusLaw with a team of four other capital markets partners, we have reliably learned.

S amvad Partners has hired Nisha Mallik , former associate partner at Themis Associates who had left in March of this year. She joined Samvad this month in Mumbai, as Samvad Partners ’ 15 th partner. Before Themis she worked at Sand Hill Counsel. The 2006 SLS Pune graduate specialises in venture cap...