NLSIU Bangalore’s 2017-graduating batch placed 33 out of 53 participating recruitment coordination committee (RCC) members, out of a total batch of 81, on 2 April.

Samvad Partners promoted senior associate Natasha Mahajan to partner in Bangalore.

Tatva Legal partner Ekta Bahl has resigned the firm to join Samvad Partners to set up its Hyderabad office to extend “the reach of the firm to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana”.

Samvad Partners advised Aasaanjobs and its existing investors Inventus Capital Partners Fund II, IDG Ventures India Fund II and Pandara Trust Scheme I on its $5m fundraising from Aspada Investment Company which was advised by Tatva Legal, and from the existing investors. Samvad Mumbai partner Apurva...

Samvad and Head Partnership advised IDG Ventures India Fund, Pandara Trust Scheme and Kalaari Capital Partners on their $2m investment, alongside investor 500 Startups, in digital media platform POPxo which was advised by PDS Legal and Gordon Dadds. 500 was advised by Penningtons Manches. Samvad par...

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas acted as Indian legal counsel to SunEdison Inc, which bought an Indian wind platform of Continuum Wind Energy, advised by BMR Legal, through acquisition of its Singapore holding company. Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Mumbai-based partners Santosh Janakiram and Smruti Shah led f...

Economic Laws Practice (ELP) advised IvyCap Trust Fund – I on its infusion into advertising technology and analytics start-up Sokrati Technologies which was advised by Samvad Partners. ELP Mumbai partner Suhail Naithani, associate partner Vinayak Burman, senior associate Archana Khosla and associate...

Samvad Partners advised Bengaluru gaming firm Moonfrog Labs in raising $15m (Rs 94 crore) from Tiger Global and Sequoia Capital. Tiger Global was advised by ARA law, Nishith Desai Associates and US firm Gunderson Dettmer. Sequoia was advised by Themis Associates and in house. Samvad partner Harish N...

Samvad Partners advised venture capital firm Nexus Venture Partners on leading a $15m round of funding in Inasra Technologies – the company that owns hotel booking website Stayzilla.com. Inasra was advised by IndusLaw. Samvad partner Harish Narasappa, senior associate Natasha Mahajan and associates ...

Samvad partners promoted senior associates Ashwini Vittalachar and Apurva Jayant to the partnership effective 1 April, taking its total number of partners to 9. Delhi-based Vittalachar handles general corporate, M&A, private equity and employment law work at the firm. She is a ULC Bangalore 200...

Samvad Partners advised Helion Venture Partners in investing Rs 35 crore ($5.7m) in ID Fresh Foods, which was advised by Economic Laws Practice (ELP). ELP partner Suhail Nathani, associate partner Vinayak Burman, senior associate Archana Khosla and associate Trishna Sharma acted for the company, wit...

Tatva Legal advised US-based technology company Brillio’s subsidiary Brillio Technology in buying data analytics start up Ashley Marketelligent, which was advised by Samvad Partners. Tatva partners NK Dilip and Raghunath Anathapur and senior associate Rashmi Talukdar acted for Brillio. Samvad partne...

Read on for the hottest M&As, fundraisings and financings of the fortnight.

Some of the deals lawyers have been working on this month that we didn’t manage to cover separately.

Economic Laws Practice (ELP) advised old client Mayfield Fund in its Rs 30 crore investment in Mumbai-based Securens Systems which was advised by Samvad Partners. ELP Mumbai co-founding partner Suhail Naithani, associate partner Vinayak Burman, senior associate Archana Khosla and associate Shubhra S...

Samvad Partners advised Pune-based Novix Media Inc, the company behind video ad tech online platform AdSparx in the funding of Rs 3.5 crore ($600,000) in it by Indian Angel Network, Mumbai Angels and Delhi-based Growx Ventures Management. The Investors were advised by Beacon Law Advisors PLLC. Samva...

The markets are picking up it looks like – here’s the round-up of what firms have been getting up to.

Samvad Partners has promoted senior associates Nivedita Nivargi and Neela Badami to its partnership in Bangalore, increasing the size of the firm to seven partners.

Amarchand Mangaldas emerged as the large law firm with the highest ratio of female lawyers ranked by the 2014 Chambers and Partners lawyer directory, while J Sagar Associates (JSA) and Trilegal came lowest with as few as 6 per cent of senior female lawyers.

Thomson Reuters, advised by Khaitan & Co, has bought Bangalore trading software company Omnesys, advised by Samvād Partners. AZB & Parters and Vaish Associates acted for minority investors. The buyer Thomson Reuters was advised by Khaitan & Co, with partner Rabindra Jhunjhunwala and a...