HSA hiring spree continues: Naik Naik’s Bharat Sharma joins Mumbai office
HSA Advocates has hired Bharat Sharma, a Partner at Naik Naik & Co, for the firm’s Mumbai office. With this hire, Bharat becomes the the twelfth Partner in the HSA Advocates’ Corporate Commercial...
View ArticleFlipkart GC Rajinder Sharma quits after less than 10 months at the top
Less than ten months after he joined Flipkart as General Counsel, Rajinder Sharma has quit the Indian e-commerce giant, reports the Economic Times. Sharma, who replaced Srivals Kumar as GC in September...
View ArticleAfter Mauritius, it’s Cyprus – India on a roll
Following Mauritius, Cyprus has officially become the second country with which India has renegotiated the double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA) allowing Indian authorities to tax capital gains on...
View ArticleMergermarket H1 2016: Cyril Amarchand top in deal value; AZB with most deals
Mergermarket’s M&A league tables for the first half of 2016 have been released. As was the case in the first quarter of this year, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has topped the tables in terms of deal...
View ArticleEx-Luthra, Agram Legal Consultants’ Sudipta Routh joins Samvad Partners
Agram Legal Consultants’ Partner Sudipta Routh has left the firm to join Samvad Partners in Mumbai. Sudipta has two decades of experience in the areas of Mergers & Acquisitions, Banking &...
View ArticleSILF on foreign law firms: Want “internal” liberalization, BCI’s draft rules...
After the meeting with Law Secretary Suresh Chandra on July 5, the Society of Indian Law Firms held an “internal meeting” yesterday to discuss the BCI Draft Rules on entry of foreign firms. The...
View Article[Exclusive] One Shroff, ex-JSA verticals, home-growns & Ors in SAM 16 Partner...
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas has announced a bumper set of Partner promotions this year, with sixteen Principal Associates joining the firm’s Partnership. The list of new Partners include Executive...
View Article[Exclusive]: Cyril Amarchand to lose 11th Partner? VP Singh may be heading to...
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Mumbai litigation Partner Vijayendra Pratap Singh is likely to resign from the firm to join AZB & Partners in Delhi, according to authoritative sources. VP Singh’s...
View Article[Exclusive]: Luthra & Luthra’s partnership expands by 6; Eight new Partner...
Luthra & Luthra announced its annual promotions at the firm’s annual day held in Delhi today. The firm has made six new partners, and eight new Partner Designates. The newly inducted Partners...
View Article[Exclusive]: Luthra hires Samvad’s Partner, NLSIU-grad Apurva Jayant
Luthra & Luthra has hired Samvad Partners’ Mumbai Partner Apurva Jayant as a Partner in Mumbai. Luthra Senior Partner Mohit Saraf confirmed her joining and said, “We are delighted to welcome her to...
View ArticleLink Legal on hiring spree: DMD’s Harish Kumar, Argus’ Shubha Karaa
Link Legal India Law Services has been on a hiring spree of late, with the latest addition to the firm’s partnership being Harish Kumar in Delhi and Shubha Karra in Mumbai. The firm had earlier hired...
View ArticleThe Percy effect? Cyril Amarchand gets AZB’s Sidhartha Barua (plus team) as...
The number of inter-firm movements between Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and AZB & Partners are ratcheting up. And the latest one to switch firms is AZB & Partners’ Sidhartha Barua who has joined...
View Article[Exclusive]: Five new Partners at AZB’s Delhi office weeks after Percival...
There has been plenty of senior-level movement when it comes to Indian law firms. And AZB & Partners is no different. Days after its Litigation Partner Percy Billimoria moved to Cyril Amarchand...
View Article[Exclusive]: Ajay Bahl confirms VP Singh’s appointment as Head of Litigation,...
It is now confirmed that Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Mumbai litigation Partner Vijayendra Pratap Singh is joining AZB & Partners in Delhi as Head of Litigation, Delhi. Confirming the move, Managing...
View ArticleRegulatory Updates #24: SEBI on REITs, RBI forms group to review FinTech & more
Bar & Bench will bring to you the latest regulatory and policy updates from different ministries and regulatory authorities. In this edition of the Bar & Bench Regulatory Updates, we analyse...
View ArticleHyderabad hotting up? Dhir & Dhir hires Kochhar’s Siva K. Gopinatham +3 to...
The city of Hyderabad, for long relegated to “back office” status for Indian law firms, is seeing a fair degree of inter-firm movement. After Rahul Sarella’s exit from Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, it is...
View ArticleAtticus Law Partners Co-Founder, Pradyuman Dubey, rejoins Luthra as...
Pradyuman Dubey, who had left Luthra & Luthra in 2011, has rejoined the firm as a Partner in the firm’s Litigation practice group confirmed Senior Partner Mohit Saraf. A graduate of Delhi...
View Article[Exclusive]: Cyril Amarchand hires Khaitan’s Anshuman Sakle for Competition...
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has hired Khaitan & Co’s Principal Associate Anshuman Sakle as a Partner in its Competition practice in Mumbai. The firm’s Managing Partner Cyril Shroff confirmed...
View ArticleCyril Amarchand hires SAM Partner, Asim Abbas (Updated)
Asim Abbas, a Partner at Shardul Amarchand has resigned to join Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Delhi office. Cyril Shroff and Pallavi Shroff were not available for comment at the time of publishing the...
View ArticleGautham Srinivas to join Khaitan from Krishnamurthy & Co
Krishnamurthy & Co Partner Gautham Srinivas has left the firm to join the Capital Markets team at Khaitan & Co. Khaitan HR Director Amar Sinhji confirmed the appointment. He said, “Gautham’s...
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