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...

K Law partner Arjun Rajgopal has joined L&L Partners in Delhi in its corporate practice, according to the firm and his Linked-in profile.

Gunderson Dettmer India and Southeast Asia head Ferish Patel - who had also headed its Singapore office - has joined the Hong Kong office of Cooley as a partner, according to the firm’s press release, with an aim to set up a Singapore office under him soon.

AZB & Partners has hired Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) Mumbai partner Nikunj Maheshwari in its banking and finance practice.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) partner Dhruv Dewan is set to go independent as a litigator in Delhi, we understand authoritatively from sources.

Hammurabi & Solomon Partners has hired PwC associate director Pravesh Khandelwal as a partner in Gurgaon’s indirect tax and GST practice.

Economic Laws Practice (ELP) has beefed up its Mumbai infrastructure practice with the hire of Ravi Jain from AZB & Partners, where he was a senior transactional lawyer.

Trilegal has hired HSA Advocates partner Rahul Arora as a partner in its Energy and Infrastructure practice in Delhi, growing the partnership strength to 52.

ARA Law has hired K Law Bangalore-based associate partner Subharekha Ravi as co-head of its private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) practice.

ANM Global has hired its first two associate partners in Delhi and Mumbai, and has opened up a media and entertainment office in Andheri, according to a press release.

Nalsar Hyderabad 2007 graduate Revathi Raghavan has joined Kirkland & Ellis as a partner in London from Allen & Overy, according to her Linked-in profile.

Former Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (LKS) London partner Sumesh Sawhney has joined Essar Group in London as its general counsel this month, according to his Linked-in profile.

Economic Laws Practice (ELP) indirect tax partners MP Devnath and Vivek Sharma, and associate partner Abhishek Anand, who had joined in 2017 after leaving Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (LKS), have joined Seetharaman & Associates, which has now rebranded to Sarvada Legal.

Argus Partners Bangalore senior partner Siddharth Raja and husband-and-wife partner duo Aditya Narayan, Megha Narayan will be setting up their own law firm.

Trilegal has confirmed its vote to admit AZB & Partners Mumbai partner Harsh Maggon into its partnership and corporate practice.

Argus Partners has hired independent litigator Maneesha Kongovi as a partner in Bangalore with her team.

Technology lawyer Ankit Relan, associate partner at technology firm Mason & Associates Advocates, which counts Google amongst its clients, has joined Facebook India in Gurgaon as lead counsel.

Trilegal counsel Padmaja Kaul, who’d been with the firm since 2012, has joined IndusLaw in Delhi as its second litigation partner in the city.

Kochhar & Co senior partner and head of its maritime practice, Gautam Bhatikar, has resigned with his team of five lawyers last month.

Kartik Maheshwari, Mumbai-based leader at Nishith Desai Associates (NDA), has resigned from the firm several month ago and will join Netflix India’s legal team soon, according to sources.