J Sagar Associates (JSA) has made up one equity partner in Delhi and five new retained partners in its Mumbai, Delhi and Hyderabad offices, following last July’s promotion round of nine retained partners and two equity partners.

Amarchand Mangaldas has hired a lateral partner and banking and derivatives specialist from the UK and has promoted three of its partner designates to full partnership.

Kochhar & Co has promoted litigation partner Syed Naqvi to its equity partnership that now consists of five advocates.

Khaitan & Co has promoted Mumbai associates Joy Jacob, Ashwin Mathew and Savita Singh to its partnership and announced associate bonuses of as much as 90 per cent of annual salaries at the top end.

Luthra & Luthra has elevated Pranjal Bora, Vikrant Kumar and Moushami Joshi to its partnership and made up two managing associates and 19 senior associates in a slew of internal promotions last weekend.

Only little Foolishness at the start of this financial year.

Khaitan & Co hired a total of three specialist lateral partners: banking & finance from White & Case, infrastructure from JSA and absorbing a TMT boutique. The firm has also promoted three of its associates to partnership (see LegallyIndia.com on Monday for the full story).

Trilegal has promoted the second woman to its partnership, as Bangalore corporate senior associate Kosturi Ghosh has swelled the senior ranks to 16.

Zeus Law Associates has promoted managing associate Suresh Dobhal to partner in its corporate litigation practice and has made two other internal promotions after its annual performance review.

Link Legal has promoted senior associate Ajay Sawhney to partnership in its corporate and aviation practice and has hired a senior associate projects lawyer from in-house.

Jones Day has promoted India capital markets of counsel Manoj Bhargava to partner in its Singapore office.

Mulla & Mulla & Craigie Blunt & Caroe has promoted three solicitors to partner, including the first female partner in its current partnership.

Luthra & Luthra has promoted recent London returnee Manan Lahoty to partner in its Mumbai capital markets practice.

AZB & Partners has promoted its first new partner after its Bangalore merger and vowed to grow its fledgling Chennai and Hyderabad presences after moving into a new office in Chennai.

Delhi based firm International Law Affiliates has promoted a senior associate to the associate partner level in its commercial and corporate practice team.

Thakker & Thakker has made up its first female partner, growing its partnership to a total of five.

Trilegal has promoted four partners, raised its associate base salaries by 20 to 30 per cent and paid out unprecedented bonuses this year.

Khaitan & Co has made up a former PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) chartered accountant-cum-lawyer to partner.

Sanjay Sanghvi (pictured) only qualified as a lawyer after joining Khaitan in January 2008 from PwC. He is the third new member to the law firm’s partnership in as many months.

He said that working in a law firm was very satisfying: “In accountancy firms you typically do compliance work and you don’t go deeper into the law and interpretation.