Singh & Singh Lall & Sethi makes 3 Associate Partners
Singh & Singh Lall & Sethi has recently promoted three of its lawyers, Ashutosh Kumar, Archana Sahadeva, and Upender Thakur to the position of Associate Partner. Ashutosh joined Singh &...
View Article[Breaking]: SAM goes strong in south with CAM’s Chennai team
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas has hired Cyril Amarchand’s Chennai team including Partner Dorothy Thomas and a team of 9 lawyers and staff, according to authoritative sources. As reported by Bar &...
View ArticleAZB hires Cyril Amarchand’s Jasmin Karkhanis as Counsel
AZB & Partners continues its hiring spree from Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas. The latest one to join AZB is Senior Consultant Jasmin Karkhanis who has joined AZB as a Counsel. Jasmin was part of...
View ArticleMergermarket Q3 2016: Khaitan tops in deal value, AZB first in deal count
The Mergermarket Indian M&A league tables for the third quarter of 2016 reveal that Khaitan & Co has displaced Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and others to take the top spot in terms of deal value....
View ArticleAZB hires PDS Legal’s Deepak Chopra as Head of Tax Litigation
AZB & Partners has hired PDS Legal Partner Deepak Chopra as a Partner in its Delhi office. Deepak would be heading the firm’s Tax Litigation Practice. Prior to joining PDS Legal, he was a Senior...
View Article[Exclusive]: CAM has initiated arbitration against ex-Partner Dorothy Thomas....
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas today filed a Section 9 petition in the Bombay High Court. And the respondent in the application is none other than former Chennai Partner, Dorothy Thomas. The matter was...
View Article[Exclusive]: Details of CAM versus Dorothy Thomas revealed
Anuj Agrawal and Pallavi Saluja Whoever said that the CAM versus SAM rivalry had died was wrong. Very wrong. This is just one of the inferences that can be drawn from the petition filed by one Cyril...
View ArticleEx-Khaitan lawyer Sarika Raichur joins Kochhar as Partner
Kochhar & Co. has hired former Khaitan lawyer Sarika Raichur as a Partner in the firm’s New Delhi office. The hire follows a merger of her practice with Kochhar & Co. A BSL.LLB graduate from...
View Article[Exclusive]: Read the (three) sides of the coin: CAM’s petition, Dorothy’s...
Even as the Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas versus Dorothy Thomas dispute is nearing settlement, Bar & Bench brings you the three versions – the petition filed by Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Dorothy’s...
View Article[Exclusive]: Shardul Amarchand Equity Partner Kalpataru Tripathy resigns
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas Delhi Equity Partner Kalpataru Tripathy has resigned from the firm. Kalpataru confirmed his decision to resign to Bar & Bench. However, at this moment, there is no...
View Article[Exclusive]: HSA gets Argus Co-founder Ramya Hariharan, Paras Kuhad’s Prateek...
HSA Advocates is expanding its presence in Kolkata with ex Argus Co-founder Ramya Hariharan and Paras Kuhad’s Prateek Ghosh, according to multiple sources in Kolkata. However, recently appointed...
View ArticleLink Legal hires AZB’s Ashutosh Narang, promotes Anurag Dwivedi to partnership
Link Legal India Law Services has made a hire and a promotion in its Mumbai and Delhi offices respectively. In Mumbai, Ashutosh Narang – who was previously a Senior Associate at AZB & Partners –...
View ArticleWhat we know of Tata vs Cyrus Mistry so far: Justice Raveendran, Salve,...
So Cyrus Mistry was fired by Tata Sons this evening. Clearly, this would not have happened without seeking enough legal advice. But according to Cyrus and Shapoorji Pallonji, this termination is...
View Article[Breaking]: CAM versus Dorothy Thomas: Settlement terms filed in Bombay High...
The potentially explosive litigation between Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and former Chennai partner Dorothy Thomas has been put to rest in the Bombay High Court. The settlement terms have been filed...
View ArticleFive Indian lawyers in Asian Legal Business 40 under 40 list
Asian Legal Business (ALB), an entity of Thomson Reuters, has come out with a list of the top 40 Asian lawyers under the age of 40. Among the list of the “brightest legal minds in the region” are four...
View ArticleRopes and Gray promotes Nikhil Bodade to partnership
Nikhil Bodade is one of the eleven lawyers promoted to partnership at international firm Ropes and Gray LLP. A graduate of Government Law College, Mumbai, Bodade started his career at WS Kane & Co...
View ArticleEx-Deutsche, Apollo lawyer Atulya Sharma set to join HSA Advocates
Former Global Chief Legal Counsel of Apollo Tyres Atulya Sharma will join HSA Advocates. Sharma joins HSA as the firm’s Banking & Finance Partner. This was first reported by VCCircle. In a...
View ArticleLink Legal promotes Abhishek Sharma, Sarojanand Jha as Associate Partners
Link Legal India Law Services has promoted two of its Principal Associates – Abhishek Sharma and Sarojanand Jha – as Associate Partners. Both Abhishek and Sarojanand belong to the firm’s Dispute...
View ArticleKochhar hires UAE veteran Nikhat Sardar Khan as Partner in Dubai
Kochhar & Co. has hired Nikhat Sardar Khan as a Partner in its Dubai office. Nikhat completed her B.Com from MMK College of Commerce and Economics in Mumbai, after which she obtained an LL.B degree...
View ArticleELP Associate Partner Sumit Rai sets up counsel practice
Arbitration and dispute resolution expert Sumit Rai has left Economic Laws Practice, where he was an Associate Partner in the firm’s Mumbai office. As first reported by Global Arbitration Review, Rai...
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