Breaking: JSA makes 15 retained partners, 2 Equity Partners
After Khaitan & Co and Trilegal, J. Sagar Associates is the next law firm to announce its promotions. JSA has promoted 15 of its lawyers to retained partnership. Two ‘Equity Partner Elects’ Lalit...
View ArticleELP hires Hariani’s Dinesh Pednekar in Mumbai
Economic Laws Practice has hired Hariani & Co’s lawyer Dinesh Pednekar, as an Associate Partner to boost the firm’s litigation and dispute resolution practice. Dinesh is a graduate of University of...
View ArticleTis the season for promotions: HSA Advocates promotes 2 to partnership
Adding to the end of financial year law firm promotions, HSA Advocates has promoted 2 of its lawyers to partnership. Arun Mani and Avijeet Kumar Lala have been elevated with effect from today. In...
View ArticleWadia Ghandy promotes 5 to partnership; Mumbai Partner Rati Patni resigns
Wadia Ghandy has promoted five of its lawyers to partnership across Mumbai, Pune and Delhi, as first reported by Legally India. In Mumbai, the firm has promoted three lawyers, including Pradeep Bakhru,...
View ArticleThe B&B Regulatory Updates #7: MCA & SEBI on Accounting Standards
Bar & Bench will bring you the latest regulatory and policy updates from different ministries and regulatory authorities. In this edition of the Bar & Bench Regulatory Updates, we analyse the...
View ArticleEight new Partners at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has today promoted 8 of its lawyers to partnership across Mumbai and New Delhi. The partnership is effective from April 1, 2016. Below is the list of new Partners Amita...
View ArticleAZB Partners of 2016 to include Cyril Amarchand’s Shyamali Singh
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Principal Associates Shyamali Singh and Harsh Maggon, who had earlier this year resigned from the firm have joined AZB & Partners in Mumbai. As per our sources, Shyamali...
View ArticleAlpha Partners merges with Seth Dua & Associates; Akshat Pande to head SDA...
Delhi-based law firm Alpha Partners has merged its practice with Seth Dua & Associates (SDA). Akshat Pande, Founder Partner of Alpha Partners, will now head the SDA Noida office along with his 10...
View ArticleMergermarket Q1 2016: Cyril Amarchand tops deal value table, Khaitan has most...
Mergermarket recently released its M&A league tables for the first quarter of 2016. And it has been a busy quarter for Indian law firms. During this period, there have been 23 outbound M&A...
View Article[Breaking]: Ashwath Rau to leave Cyril Amarchand for possible move to AZB...
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas Mumbai Corporate Partner Ashwath Rau is leaving the firm, according to our sources. There is a strong possibility that Rau will be moving to the Mumbai office of AZB &...
View ArticleConfirmed! Cyril Amarchand’s Ashwath Rau to join AZB, who else will follow?
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas’ Equity Partner and Corporate Practice Co-Head, Ashwath Rau will be joining AZB & Partners. The move, which has given rise to much industry talk, has been confirmed by...
View ArticleBloomberg Q1 2016: Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas tops deal value table; AZB first...
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has topped Bloomberg’s first quarter league tables for M&A transactions in India in terms of deal value. AZB & Partners has the highest number of deals for the first...
View ArticleBreaking: Shardul Amarchand enters Bangalore with Ex-Amarchand, Omidyar...
Ex-Amarchand Partner and Omidyar Network Director Karthik Mahalingam has joined Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas as Head of Bangalore office. He has also been appointed as National Practice Head – Venture...
View ArticleChambers A-Pac Awards 2016: Trilegal wins National Firm of the Year; S&R wins...
Trilegal won the National Law Firm of the year award at Chambers Asia Pacific Awards 2016, while S&R won the Best Client Service award. Trilegal beat AZB & Partners, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas,...
View Article[Breaking]: DSK Legal gets 3 partners – Munaf Virjee, Maneesh Upadhyay, Sagar...
DSK Legal has promoted three of its Associate Partners – Munaf Virjee, Maneesh Upadhyay, and Sagar Kadam to partnership. The promotions have raised the total number of Partners to thirteen. Munaf...
View ArticleThe B&B Regulatory Updates #8: SEBI on exit offers, Copyright office under...
Bar & Bench will bring you the latest regulatory and policy updates from different ministries and regulatory authorities. In this edition of the Bar & Bench Regulatory Updates, we analyse the...
View ArticleCOMPAT stays sale of Lafarge’s India assets
The COMPAT, on April 13 2016, has stayed the supplementary order passed by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) on February 2, 2016 directing the sale of Lafarge’s India business. In March last...
View ArticleFormer Seth Dua, Fox Mandal partner Salman Waris starts new law firm
Salman Waris, a former Partner at Seth Dua Associates as well as Fox Mandal, has started a full service law firm in Delhi. The firm, christened TechLegis Advocates & Solicitors, will have a...
View ArticleOfficially censored? CAM lawyers unable to access Bar & Bench [Update]
Lawyers at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas are currently unable to access a number of websites including Bar & Bench. This site appears to have been blocked from the law firm’s servers in at least two...
View ArticleCCI imposes highest merger control penalty ever – 5 Crore!
An order passed in February this year, but published on the Competition Commission of India’s website yesterday, has imposed the highest merger control penalty in the history of the country. The...
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