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Khaitan & Co setting up shop in Chennai to expand South India reach
The new office will be led by corporate partner Vivek Sriram and newly-hired dispute resolution partner Arva Merchant
India's Khaitan & Co announces 22 new partners in bumper promotions round
Half of the firm's new partners are women, up from 25% in 2020
Five-strong finance team joins S&R in New Delhi from JSA
Team leader Divyanshu Pandey to become head of banking at new firm
India's Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan makes double partner hire to bolster corporate practice
Pair specialise in private equity and general deal-making
Will India's new data protection law serve as a government surveillance tool?
A bill that ostensibly sets out to mirror Europe's GDPR regime has drawn criticism over the powers it grants central government, reports Abhinav Mathur
India's Trilegal hires brace of partners from Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Shruti Rajan and Garima Joshi will bring financial regulatory expertise to firm's corporate practice
Trio of Indian legal tech startups emerge from Cyril Amarchand's incubator programme
Project to nurture Indian legal tech talent reaches milestone as first cohort emerges from scheme
First legaltech incubator for India
Following a February launch Indian law firm CAM names legaltech incubator's first cohort of winners.
Tie-up keen to cater for UK-India corridor clients
India Law Alliance has tied up with UK-based law firm Harrison Clark Rickerbys to cater to their clients in the UK-India corridor.
Confusion over big four Indian law change
Report says big four accounting firms may soon be able to practice law in India after all.
A&O's five-step plan for India
Allen & Overy sets out agenda to end institutional care in India and Nepal as pro bono team supports Hope and Homes for Children.
Osborne Clarke opens up Delhi office
Firm builds on longtime relationship firm in opening of Delhi office with two Partners, issues internet of things regional report.
HSF team hitting for six in India
Herbert Smith Freehills says team is capitalising on billion-dollar India capital markets surge, with a busy month of deals.
India gets first legal tech incubator
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas sets up country's first legal tech incubator, with selected start-ups due to move in mid-year.
Lawyers take to the streets in Delhi strike action
Lawyers who took to the streets of Delhi supported by 1.7 million nationally as profession demands budget allocation for lawyers' welfare.
Anglo-Indian partnership in paradigm shift
Firms revise relationship in response to shift in India's trade paradigms
Law students in India demand new environmental measures
Law Students from Maharashtra in India stage protest outside NGT Delhi against growing number of vacancies.
India's supreme court decriminalises gay sex
After years of protest and many days in court, the supreme court reads down India's section 377 which criminalised 'carnal intercourse.'
Indian court orders guilty pharma firm to donate to Kerala disaster fund
Court directs firm to deposit a sum of Rupees 1.5 million towards the Kerala relief work in the aftermath of the recent floods.
India amends anti-corruption legislation to cover bribe-givers
India introduces changes to its anti-corruption legislation to hold political bribe-givers accountable.