Green signal for Lafarge-Holcim merger after Dalmia Cements withdraws appeal
The merger of global cement giants Lafarge and Holcim in India has been given a go-ahead today with the Competition Appellate Tribunal allowing Dalmia Cements to withdraw it’s appeal. The COMPAT today...
View ArticleRegulatory Updates #13: Geospatial Regulations, FDI in ARCs liberalised & more
Bar & Bench will bring to you the latest regulatory and policy updates from different ministries and regulatory authorities. In this edition of Bar & Bench Regulatory Updates, we analyse the...
View ArticleDua in expansion mode! Thakore Jariwala & Associates, SAK & Associates merge...
Dua Associates is on an aggressive expansion mode. And how. The firm has recently merged practices with Mumbai-based Thakore Jariwala & Associates, and Chandigarh-based SAK & Associates. In...
View ArticleShardul Amarchand gets another IP Partner with Phoenix Legal’s Mukul Baveja
The Shardul Shroff-led firm has hired Mukul Baveja as a Partner in its Mumbai office. He will be part of the firm’s Intellectual Property team headed by Dev Robinson. Speaking to Bar & Bench,...
View ArticleCapital gains now a part of India-Mauritius tax treaty
As a part of Government’s continuous effort to tackle the menace of base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS), India and Mauritius yesterday, in Port Louis, signed a Protocol amending the Double Taxation...
View ArticleRegulatory Updates #14: SEBI on public issue of InvITs & RBI issues norms for...
Bar & Bench will bring to you the latest regulatory and policy updates from different ministries and regulatory authorities. In this edition of Bar & Bench Regulatory Updates, we analyse the...
View ArticleEx-Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan lawyers start new IP firm, Vohra & Kumar
Dr. Sheetal Vohra and Nupur Kumar, former Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan lawyers, have started their own firm christened Vohra & Kumar, in Delhi. The firm will deal with IPR, Media, Entertainment,...
View ArticleR&A Legal opens new office in Kolkata
Delhi-based law firm R&A Legal, set up in 2005 by Rajiv Sankar Roy, has opened a new office in Kolkata. Shamik Chatterjee will head the new office. Commenting on the development, Managing Partner...
View ArticleELP makes 8 partners across Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Chennai and Delhi
Economic Laws Practice has promoted eight of its lawyers to partnership across Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Ahmedabad. This takes the total number of partners at the firm to 26. In Mumbai, the firm has...
View Article[Exclusive]: AZB poaches Cyril Amarchand’s Competition Practice Head Nisha...
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas’ star partner and Competition practice head Nisha Kaur Uberoi has resigned from the firm to join AZB & Partners in Mumbai, according to authoritative sources. This is the...
View Article[Breaking]:Quid pro quo? AZB Senior Partner Percival Billimoria to head Cyril...
AZB & Partners’ Senior Partner Percival Billimoria will soon be leaving the firm to join Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas in Delhi. According to sources, Percy will head Cyril Shroff’s Delhi office....
View Article[Breaking]: S&R’s Bhakta Patnaik resigns to most likely join Trilegal’s...
S&R Associates’ Partner Bhakta Patnaik has recently resigned from the firm. He will most likely be joining Trilegal to kick start the firm’s Capital Markets practice in Mumbai, according to...
View ArticleRegulatory Updates #15: RBI liberalises FDI in CICs, FIPB to be phased out &...
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 ArticleK Law Delhi Partner Ajay Sawhney exits the firm
Krishnamurthy & Co’s Delhi Partner Ajay Sawhney has exited the firm and is now pursuing other opportunities. Managing Partner Naina Krishna Murthy says, “I wish him every success in the future.”...
View Article[Exclusive]: Trilegal’s Counsel Krishna Venkat to join Krishnamurthy & Co as...
Krishna Venkat, who resigned from Trilegal earlier this month, will be joining Krishnamurthy & Co as a Partner. Venkat was working as Counsel in Trilegal’s Mumbai office. He joined Trilegal in...
View ArticleKrishnamurthy & Co hires IL&FS GC Pradeep Ratnam as Infrastructure Partner
Krishnamurthy & Co has made another top-level hire. Pradeep Ratnam, Group General Counsel of Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) group, will be joining the firm as a Partner,...
View ArticleRBI’s On-tap licensing : Introducing a transparent and competitive approach...
The Reserve Bank of India, earlier this month, issued the Draft Guidelines for ‘on tap’ Licensing of Universal Banks in Private Sector, which seek to put an end to the existing ‘Stop and Go’ licensing...
View ArticleCyril Amarchand hires AZB’s Percy Billimoria as Head of Delhi; Gauri Rasgotra...
As reported by Bar & Bench, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, has hired AZB & Partners Senior Partner Percival Billimoria as a Partner. He would be joining shortly as “Head – Delhi” and the “Chair of...
View ArticlePDS Legal’s Tarun Gulati felicitated at Asia Tax Awards 2016
Tarun Gulati, Partner at PDS Legal, was awarded Asia Tax Disputes and Litigation Practice Leader of the Year 2016 at the Asia Tax Awards held earlier this month. The ceremony, held in Singapore on May...
View ArticleCyril Amarchand’s Arjun Lall made Head of Southern Region
Cyril Shroff has introduced another significant change in the firm’s management structure, with the appointment of heads for Delhi and Southern regions. Bangalore-based Equity Partner Arjun Lall has...
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