Articles tagged with: partner hires

JSA strikes back, hires recent Luthra Mumbai corporate partner Apurva Jayant (NLS ‘07)

Apurva Jayant moves from Luthra to JSA J Sagar Associates (JSA) has hired Apurva Jayant , a corporate partner who had recently left L&L Partners, as a partner in its Mumbai office. Way before having been a partner at Samvad Partners and then Luthra & Luthra, as it was called in 2016 when s...

JSA TMT partner Asim Abbas returns to Luthra after 2 decades

J Sagar Associates (JSA) partner Asim Abbas is due to join L&L Partners in Delhi, according to two sources.

Phoenix hires Legasis shipping partner Gautam Bhatikar in Mumbai with team

Bhatikar joins Phoenix from Legasis L egasis Partners partner Gautam Bhatikar , who had joined in July 2019 , has moved to Phoenix Legal as a partner, according to a press release from the firm yesterday, setting up a maritime and shipping practice in Mumbai. He has joined the firm on 2 November wit...

S&R’s 1st-ever double-lateral partners: JSA Divyanshu Pandey, Arpita Garg join for finance, IBC push

S&R Associates has made an unprecedented double lateral partner hire, getting J Sagar Associates (JSA) partners Divyanshu Pandey and Arpita Garg to staff its banking practice in Delhi with a team of three, according to a press release from the firm, after their move was first reported by Bar & Bench.

Platinum Partners to break in two: NDA’s Ruchir Sinha to start Mumbai for Touchstone • Quillon to launch in Bangalore

Exclusive: New brand names for both halves, to continue running as going concerns

AZB Mumbai lit partner Anoj Menon re-joins Desai & Diwanji

Anoj Menon returns to DnD A ZB & Partners disputes partner Anoj Menon has joined Desai & Diwanji as a partner. Menon had moved to AZB in Mumbai in 2017 from Desai & Diwanji, where he was a partner. Last week, around 23 October, he rejoined Desai & Diwanji. We have reached out to ...

Rajiv Luthra (sans Saraf) hires alum Shonali Choudhry in Mumbai as partner

Shonali Choudhry to join Luthras L&L Partners has hired Advani & Co partner Shonali Choudhry in Mumbai, we understand from two sources and as first reported by Bar & Bench . The 1999 NLSIU Bangalore graduate has spent just under a year at Luthra & Luthra in Mumbai in 2006 as a se...

Trilegal boosts Mumbai lit with SAM partner Nitesh Jain, post Sitesh move

Trilegal’s partnership has completed the vote to induct Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) Mumbai-based litigation partner, Nitesh Jain, as an equity partner.

Two corp partners quit Luthra ahead of post-mediation court hearing, 23 signed up to Saraf’s new equity [UPDATE-2: Adjourned, mediation continues]

Two corporate partners at L&L Partners have given their notice to resign ahead of today’s court hearing following at least two days of mediation.

Kanga corp-real-estate solicitor-partner Bhoumick Vaidya joins SAM Mumbai with team

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas has hired Bhoumick Vaidya, partner at Mumbai solicitors firm Kanga & Co, in as a partner with his team of five.

Algo boosts Mumbai with SAM corporate partner Abhinav Bhalaik

Algo Legal has laterally added another partner, Abhinav Bhalaik from Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas - alongside Nishith Desai Associates’ Richie Sancheti.

L&L cap markets partner Geeta Dhania quits

Geeta Dhania , the remaining capital markets partner at L&L Partners immediately after the mass exodus of the team to IndusLaw, has resigned, reported Bar & Bench . Dhania had worked at Luthra & Luthra, as it then was, since graduating from NLSIU Bangalore in 2005. In 2015 she became ...

Algo partner, TRA co-founder Jitender Tanikella joins AZB Mumbai as counsel

Algo Legal Delhi-based partner Jitender Tanikella has joined AZB & Partners in Mumbai as a counsel today, according to his Linked-in profile.

Nishith Desai home-grown practice head Richie Sancheti to set up funds formation at Algo

Nishith Desai Associates (NDA) investment funds head, Richie Sancheti, who had been with the firm for 13 years, is due to join Algo Legal, we reliably understand.

K Law de facto Delhi head Pradeep Ratnam, partner Parul join Kochhar

Kochhar & Co has hired two K Law Delhi partners - Pradeep Ratnam, who effectively headed its office in the city, and Parul Verma; both specialise in banking and finance.

CAM brings back ‘home’ ex-AZB finserve partner Anu Tiwari 2 weeks after exit

Former AZB & Partners partner Anu Tiwari has joined Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas today in Mumbai.

L&L lit partner Bharat Chugh goes independent as counsel

Bharat Chugh goes from law firm to independent litigation L &L Partners Delhi-based litigation partner Bharat Chugh has left the firm to become an independent counsel. The 2011 Jamia LLB graduate had become a partner at L&L in 2018, two years after having joined the firm and after several ...

ELP adds to direct tax practice with ex-Dhruva, KPMG, PwC partner Saumil Shah + team

Economic Laws Practice (ELP) has expanded its direct tax practice, hiring chartered accountant and Dhruva Advisors partner Saumil Shah as a director in Mumbai.

AZB Mumbai financial services partner Anu Tiwari to leave

AZB & Partners Mumbai-based financial services partner Anu Tiwari is leaving the firm.

SAM picks up rare environment law partner Nawneet Vibhaw from Khaitan

Khaitan & Co environment law practice partner Nawneet Vibhaw has joined Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) in Delhi as a partner.