Khaitan & Co partner Vaishali Sharma, who joined in 2010 from AZB & Partners, has quit the firm.

Amarchand Mangaldas Delhi partner Pooja Mahajan, who was promoted in 2013 after joining the firm in 2007, has resigned, telling legal website Bar & Bench that she had not yet made up her mind on her next move, but might teach for a while or do a PhD. Amarchand Delhi managing partner Shardul Shr...

One of IndusLaw’s co-founding partners, Tapas Misra, who became an of counsel at the firm 18 months ago and headed up its tax practice, has left with his team of two to start a tax boutique firm in Noida on 1 March.

Five lawyers from HSA Advocates, J Sagar Associates (JSA), Luthra & Luthra, AZB & Partners and Zeus IP have started Delhi firm Jupiter Law Partners.

Economic Laws Practice (ELP) has hired Bharti Airtel general counsel Jyoti Pawar to head its telecommunications, media and technology practice (TMT) in Delhi.

Former Luthra & Luthra Delhi corporate partner Anil Kumar Rai will be joining NLU Delhi as a visiting professor.

Luthra and Luthra Delhi general corporate partner Prof Anil Kumar Rai left the firm on Friday, after the headcount of the team he was heading at the firm gradually shrunk over the last few months.

Advani & Co litigation partner Shashank Garg has left the firm to join Delhi litigation firm Suri & Co as partner.

Madras HC 12-judge-names appeal : The Madras HC through its registrar general will move the SC against its own division bench decision that had stayed the appointment of the 12 recommended Madras HC advocates as judges whose recommendations has courted controversy at the HC [ TOI ] Madras HC advocat...

Sharma: From Shardul to Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Delhi finance and insolvency practice head and partner Pranav Sharma, who returned to the firm in August 2012 after a six year stint at Linklaters, will relocate to the firm’s Mumbai office as a partner in the banking and finance practice on 1 Februa...

Yogesh Bhattarai, who left AZB & Partners’ equity partnership in 2012 for a sabbatical, has joined Trilegal.

Wadia Ghandy partner Anand Shah, with his team of four associates, will join AZB & Partners in the New Year as a senior associate on partnership track.

Former BMR Legal co-founding partner Sujit Ghosh has set up tax litigation firm Advaita Legal with ex-KPMG partner Sunil Moti Lala. Ghosh is based in Delhi, Lala is based in Mumbai and the firm has 30 lawyers across its offices in the two cities, reported legal website Bar & Bench . According t...

MV Kini partner Shrikant Kamath, who joined in 2012 to start its tax practice, left last week but is replaced by principal associate Prateush Sharma.

Bhatnagar Economic Laws Practice (ELP) has hired Ravinder Narain & Co consultant Sonu Bhatnagar as a partner to head its Delhi indirect tax litigation team on 7 November, according to a press release from the firm. Bhatnagar graduated as a lawyer from Delhi University in 1993 and did a diploma ...

Clasis Law has added an energy and infrastructure practice with former Dhir & Dhir Associates energy and infrastructure partner Jay Cheema, who joined the firm as partner in Delhi effective today.

Trilegal competition head Rahul Singh has left to Oxford University for a PhD but will continue to work part time as of counsel.

Khaitan & Co Mumbai partner Murali Neelakantan has joined Indian pharmaceutical giant Cipla as its global general counsel (GC).

Amarchand Mangaldas Mumbai office scoops Luthra lawyer who’s been associated with the firm for 13 years.

Clasis Law has recruited Grant Thornton indirect tax director Manoj Mishra as head of indirect tax in Delhi – the first hire in the practice area. Before 2007 he was working at Khaitan & Co, reported Bar & Bench.