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.
Legal technology expert Suchorita Mookerjee has joined criminal law-focused firm MZM Legal as its chief technology officer. Mukherjee’s most recent role was that of senior vice-president for legal shared services at U.S. business solution provider Exela Technologies.
Top Indian law firm Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has announced a second partner hire in two days, with the addition of real estate pro Siddharth Vedula to its general corporate practice in Mumbai.
Indian law firm Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has hired a second intellectual property partner from IP firm Anand and Anand in six months with the addition of Revanta Mathur in Delhi.
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