“)If all you care about are the top spots, not much has changed in the rankings of the 40 leading corporate Indian law firms that London-based RSG Consulting has produced since 2008.

Harish Salve tweeted today at @hsalve on the issue of the foreign law firms, which prime minister Narendra Modi had recently come out in support of , saying: Entry of foreign law firms will result in young Indian lawyers being hired and trained to global standards. No foreign lawyer can or will prac...

Trilegal counsel Nitish Nair will join multinational hospitality giant Starwood Hotels & Resorts, which owns such hotel brands as the Westin, Sheraton and Le Méridien, as its associate director legal, South Asia.

Amarchand Mangaldas Gurgaon-based partner Ravindra Bandhakavi is in the final stages of discussions to join Trilegal.

Getting the ratio of partners to non-partner fee-earners right has its rewards, but it is, at best, an inexact science.

In what will possibly have been its last quarter of existing as a single firm, Amarchand Mangaldas again acted on the most valuable M&A deals though AZB & Partners emerged as the firm with the largest number of recorded transactions.

Nishith Desai Associates advised Caspian Impact Investments (CII) on its $20m debt financing from the US government’s development finance institution Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), which was advised by Trilegal. NDA Mumbai partner Nishchal Joshipura and associates Sahil Shah and Nik...

GNLU Gandhinagar has already placed a total of 24 students on its Day Zero held yesterday, out of a batch of 155, of whom 115 took part in the recruitment process.

As promised, Trilegal has announced a massive pay hike to fresh graduates joining the firm, bumping up salaries to Rs 1.1 lakh per month excluding an optional annual bonus of up to Rs 2.2 lakh.

Trilegal has promoted Gautam Singh and Kunal Chandra to its partnership in Mumbai. Chandra joined the firm in 2006 and specialises in corporate. Singh joined the firm in 2010 and focuses on corporate M&A and private equity. Trilegal management committee member Rahul Matthan commented: “Gautam a...

Trilegal has moved to a bigger office in Delhi, leaving its Kailash Colony space for a space in DLF South Court, Saket, which can accommodate 160 people instead of the current 100, reported Bar & Bench . Trilegal partner Anand Prasad told B&B that the firm is looking to make lateral hires ...

Trilegal and Simpson Thacher Bartlett advised Chinese online financial services company Ant Financial Services Group, an affiliate of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, on its acquisition of a 25 per cent stake in One97 Communications, which runs Indian payment gateway Paytm. One97 was advised by Ama...

Rajani Singhania & Partners acted for online financial services marketplace Apna Paisa Marketing and Services and its promoters in its merger with Trilegal-advised Casa Capital Management, which is a financial services holding company. Rajani Singhania Mumbai partner Preeti Balwani, with senior...

Trilegal has promoted Delhi litigation counsel Shankh Sengupta to equity partnership, as the firm’s 24th equity partner.

Former Trilegal counsel and regulatory practice head Sakya Singha Chaudhuri has joined HSA Advocates as partner to head the firm’s regulatory practice. Chaudhuri left Trilegal in the last week of July and joined HSA in August.

Khaitan & Co and Mori Hamada & Matsumoto advised Tokyo-based SBS Holdings in buying a 66 per cent stake in Transpole Logistics, which was advised by Trilegal. Khaitan Delhi partner Rajat Mukherjee, associate partner Harsh Kumar, executive director Daksha Baxi and competition partner Manas ...

Trilegal advised US-based multimedia company Tribune’s Singapore arm in its Rs 161 crore ($27m) acquisition of What’s On India Media which was advised by V Law. Trilegal Bangalore partner Kosturi Ghosh acted for Tribune Digital Ventures – the Singapore arm. V Law founding partner Vivek Daswaney acte...

Trilegal and Sood & Sood have advised bankers and Datawind, the manufacturer tasked with producing millions of Aakash tablet computers for the Indian government, on the Indian elements of the company’s initial public offering (IPO) on the Toronto Stock Exchange in Canada on 9 July. The company ...

Trilegal advised Nephro Health Services in International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Bessemer Venture Partners’ $10m investment in it. AZB & Partners advised IFC and P&C Legal advised Bessemer. Trilegal partner D Pavan Kumar, senior associate Emil Joseph and associate Dennis John acted f...

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) fined Trilegal’s client – Anglo-global supermarket retail behemoth Tesco – Rs 3 crore for delay in filing notice seeking the CCI’s approval for its joint venture (JV) with Trent, reported the PTI . The CCI had approved Tesco’s $140m JV with Tata subsidiaries...