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DSK Legal advised the seller shareholders of Citizen (Kamalesh Mehta and Praful Patel and their respective family members) led by a team of partner Hemang Parekh, principal associate Jayesh Kothari</lawyername

IndusLaw advised Zomato Private Limited led by a team of senior partner Suneeth Katarki, partner Pallavi Kanakagiri, senior associate Anantha Krishnan Iyer, senior associate Shweta Adhikari, associate Nishihi Shah and associate Shreyas Bapat.

Stratage Law Partners, which had been started in August 2020 by former Economic Laws Practice (ELP) partners, advised Bharat Insecticides Limited led by a team of managing partner Darshan Upadhyay, partner Bhavin Gada, associate partner Soumya Shanker, and…

Insider info galore but both sides' arguments have not changed much after most facts were already in public after months of very public confrontations between parties

From 1 Nishith Desai Associates is extending its unlimited leave policy to all lawyers come 1 January 2021. This is an expansion of the flexible leave / unlimited holiday model the firm had trialled since 2017 for all lawyers who had worked at the firm for…

The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) consortium has announced the 2021 exam to take place on 9 May 2021 at physical test centres, according to newspaper advertisements published today.

A Master of Laws degree (LL.M.) polishes a legal professional’s knowledge of the subject, thereby making them a subject matter expert. With the cut-throat competition that exists in the legal community, it becomes essential to stand out from the crowd. Jindal…

Phoenix Legal advised Pine Labs led by a team of partner Saket Shukla, partner Sriram Ramachandran and associate Maryam Naaz Quadri.

The Singapore law ministry has renewed all nine international law firms’ Qualifying Foreign Law Practice (QFLP) licences for another period of five years, according to a press release by the ministry.

Argus Partners has hired Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) counsel Udit Mendiratta as a partner in its Delhi office’s disputes practice.

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has announced its intention of banning fresh law graduates from joining the judicial services directly and instead making them slog it out in the courts for three years first.

NLSIU Bengaluru has selected three candidates for its first privately-funded PhD scholarship programme with Rs 74.55 lakh, which we had first reported on in May and September 2020.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) has hired AZB & Partners partner Vivaik Sharma as a funds partner in Mumbai.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has announced the joining of former Asian Development Bank (ADB) regional chief Arjun Goswami as director in its public policy practice, heading the practice area from both Mumbai and Delhi.

AZB & Partners has hired former State Bank of India (SBI) managing director Arijit Basu as a senior consultant according to a press release from the firm; the exact ambit of his role was not clear at the time of going to press though it is likely to be a…

IndusLaw has hired its second tax lateral partner with PDS Legal director Shashi Mathews having joined as a partner in its Delhi office.

Delhi-based corporate, competition and disputes firm Chandhiok & Mahajan (C&M) has promoted counsel Deeksha Manchanda to its partnership and as its second partner specialising in competition law.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas Delhi-based partner Sumeet Singh will be joining BharatPe as its new general counsel (GC), according to a press release from the company.

The 2021 Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) has been rescheduled from 9 May 2021 to 13 June due to a clash with the CBSE Board exam schedule that had been announced last week.