Indian law firm J. Sagar Associates has added a second partner in a week after welcoming back disputes pro Harshavardhan Abburi in Hyderabad. He becomes the firm’s only partner based in the southern city.
The Times of India, Property Share, Aseem Infrastructure Finance, Angel One, and Elan Group have made senior in-house legal hires.
Latham & Watkins and Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas have advised a Japanese consortium on its $370 million primary investment into India’s AG&P LNG Marketing.
Tax lawyer Shruti KP has left the partnership at IndusLaw to join AZB & Partners in Mumbai.
Khaitan & Co, India’s largest law firm by headcount, has welcomed aboard disputes expert Digant Popat as a partner in its recently launched Ahmedabad office.
Another in-house lawyer has returned to law firm practice in Bengaluru this week, with J. Sagar Associates welcoming back Rakesh Warrier as a partner from manufacturing services provider Zetwerk, where he was associate director for compliance.
Mumbai-headquartered boutique ANB Legal has established a maritime practice after hiring Apurva Mehta as a partner to lead it.
Singhania & Partners has recruited disputes lawyer Mayank Grover as a partner in Delhi. He was most recently running his own firm, Seraphic Advisors.
Dentons Link Legal, the Indian member of global law firm Dentons has continued to bulk up its ranks with the hire of banking and projects specialist Parul Verma as a partner in Delhi from Kochhar & Co.
Indian law firm Economic Laws Practice (ELP) has added Sanjit Nagarkatti, former general counsel of Ola Electric, as a partner in Bengaluru, months before the ride-hailing company’s electric offshoot is set to go public.
As one of Japan’s Big Four law firms, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune has made it its mission to improve diversity and inclusion, or D&I, across the firm and Japan’s legal industry. ALB talks to Mari Itoh, a partner at AMT and a