Bangalore-based private equity boutique Lexygen, set up in 2006 by Vijay Sambamurthi, has pledged to donate $150,000 worth of free legal advice to start-ups hit by the pandemic and NGOs (especially those in the healthcare and health-tech space) on a first-come-first-serve basis.

Former Lexygen partner Roshan Thomas joined Themis Associates as a partner this month. Thomas had been with the firm for seven years after joining as partner from Nishith Desai & Associates (NDA) where he was an associate from 2003 to 2006. He graduated from Nalsar Hyderabad in 2003. Thomas dec...