Kochhar & Co opened up in Dubai on 10 November, after the Dubai Legal Affairs Department (LAD) of the Ruler’s Office granted the firm its licence to practice in the UAE six months ago.

Kochhar & Co Chennai litigation head and partner J Sivanandaraaj is going independent with his team of 15 lawyers.

The Bar Council of Delhi’s (BCD) chairman RS Chauhan accused Luthra & Luthra litigation partner and former BCD vice chairman Vijay Sondhi of trying to obstruct the BCD from initiating disciplinary proceedings against Luthra, which Sondhi denied in a 2 June letter to Chauhan as “frivolous, bald and baseless”.

Former Juris Corp partner and Chennai head Hufriz Wadia yesterday joined Kochhar & Co as a partner in its banking and finance, corporate and capital markets practice in Chennai.

Malhotra: CA/Lawyer Ex-KPMG, PwC partner Krishnan Malhotra has joined Amarchand Mangaldas Delhi as its new tax head, after partner Aseem Chawla quit to set up his own firm [ Taxsutra ] Amarchand said in a press release that Malhotra, a qualified lawyer and chartered accountant, was a senior partner ...

Kochhar & Co has filed police information reports (FIRs) against websites including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Sulekha, MSN and others that allegedly hosted “defamatory and objectionable material” against Congress party general secretary Digvijay Singh.

Kochhar & Co managing partner Rohit Kochhar has withdrawn a case against Legally India in the Cyber Regulations Appellate Tribunal on Friday, which had passed a stay order five weeks ago prohibiting Legally India from publishing any material relating to any of Kochhar’s disputes.

Kochhar & Co’s founding partner was recently the first practising lawyer to be awarded ‘young entrepreneur of the year’ at the Rajiv Gandhi Awards.

We have quizzed the lawyer and businessman on his passion for enterprise and what it takes to be an entrepreneurial lawyer - apart from following your dreams.

Kochhar & Co is embarking on a mission to make a best friend in the Middle East.