Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) beat 2015’s top three firms, and flew past Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas as well, to lead Mergermarket’s M&A value rankings this quarter (Q1).

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett advised Blackstone on its $1.1bn (Rs 7071 crore) buy of Indian IT outsourcing services provider Mphasis from Hewlett Packard (HP) which was advised by Platinum Partners and Freshfields, as first reported by Bar & Bench , and confir...

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“He would have found it challenging,” says Pallavi Shroff, Delhi managing partner at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM), about how Mumbai managing partner Akshay Chudasama, hired from the very different J. Sagar Associates (JSA), would have fit into the legacy firm had he joined before the break-up.

J Sagar Associates (JSA) Mumbai partner Somasekhar Sundaresan, one of the top securities lawyers in India, is set to resign and take up independent counsel practice, Legally India understands authoritatively.

ALMT Legal is the last of the previous generation of law firm tenants to move out Mumbai’s Express Towers, leaving only new tenant Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas behind.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and Allen & Overy (A&O), and tax firm Dhruva Advisors, advised former GE Capital executives Pramod Bhasin and Anil Chawla’s fund Plutus Financials and Aion Capital Partners on buying GE Capital Services India and GE Money Financial Services. The GE firms were advi...

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas advised Suez Environnement and Degremont on its majority stake buy in Driplex Water Engineering and Driplex Water Engineering International from Driplex’ promoters KL Jain and family who were advised by Desai & Diwanji. SAM Delhi partners Amit Kumar and Saurav Kumar,...

Uber Technologies general counsel (GC) Salle Yoo and Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas regional managing partner Pallavi Shroff reflected on their journey as women in the legal profession, at NLU Delhi on Thursday. NLUD was hosting a Townhall question and answer (Q&A) session titled UberDIALOGUES, on the launch of its annual three-day cultural fest Kairos.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and Dorsey & Whitney advised the ministry of power on the National Thermal Power Corporation’s (NTPC) Rs 5000 crore Offer for Sale (OFS). The OFS was brokered by SBICAP Securities, ICICI Securities, Edelweiss Securities and Deutsche Equities India which were advised by...

AZB & Partners senior associate Debashree Dutta will join Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas’ (SAM) Mumbai office as a partner, focusing on banking, Legally India has reliably learned.

, as wellEconomic Laws Practice (ELP) has won the eighth cricket ELP Masters Cup in Mumbai against AZB & Partners in the finals by 12 runs late yesterday.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) advised the finance ministry on the disinvestment of 10 per cent stake in Engineers India (EIL), through an Offer for Sale (OFS). Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas and Jones Day advised the brokers SBICAP Securities, ICICI Securities, Edelweiss F...

Latham & Watkins and Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) advised travel logistics firm IBS Software on the $172m sale of its minority stake to global private equity firm Blackstone which was advised by Allen & Gledhill and Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM). Latham partners Rajiv Gupta and Sin ...

The new report by legal directory Chambers & Partners, which compiles an annual tiered ranking of law firms and partners in various practice areas, has seen Khaitan & Co take the top spot by number of “ranked” lawyers, reported The Economic Times, while AZB & Partners, Khaitan & Co and both erstwhile Amarchand Mangaldas co-managing partner Shroff brothers have lost dominance.

Tatva Legal advised the Western UP Tollway and stakeholders in it, NCC and Gayatri Infra Ventures, on their Rs 575 crore ($85m) sale of the tollway to Cube Highways which was advised by Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas. Tatva Hyderabad partner Ekta Bahl and manager Pratyush Singh acted for NCC which held...

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Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas moved into its now-renovated 23rd, 24th and 17th floors of its Express Towers offices late last month.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas advised Red Fort India Real Estate on its Rs 600 crore ($89m) exit from Exora Business Parks, selling its stake to Valdel Extent Outsourcing Solutions which was advised by Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas. CAM also advised Exora and the promoter Prestige Estate Projects SAM Delh...

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) climbed up five ranks since Mergermarket’s preview of 2015’s annual rankings, to overtake Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM). CAM, according to the preview, was the third largest M&A dealmaker after AZB & Partners and Khaitan & Co.

The Supreme Court today permitted the Mysuru-based Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) to get more samples of Maggi noodles to test the lead and mono sodium glutamate (MSG) contents in its taste-makers. The bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice NV Ramana also asked the CFTRI to ...