Khaitan law firm news

Amarchand & Mangaldas, Khaitan & Co and Jones Day have advised in a US$100m private placement of equity shares in a qualified institutional placement offering by Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services, one of India’s leading non-banking finance companies.

Following a rough few months during which it has lost not only two key firm alliances but also significant numbers of lawyers, Indian firm AZB & Partners has been highly active on the recruitment front.

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Following the hire of veteran attorney David Yang, Shin & Kim has launched a specialist team for the Latin American region – a first for Korean law firms.

Rajah & Tann, Stamford Law, King & Wood and Clifford Chance have acted on the first proposed takeover of a listed business trust in Singapore – a US$225m joint venture between Japan’s Mitsui & Co and Singapore Hyflux to develop a substantial water treatment business in Mainland China.

Korea’s Shin & Kim, India’s Khaitan & Co and two PRC law firms are the five best performing firms in this year’s ALB 50, the guide to the largest law firms in the Asia-Pacific region.

India’s oldest law firm Khaitan & Co has hired Rajat Mukherjee as an associate partner in the firm’s New Delhi office.

Majmudar & Co has appointed Abdul Rasheed and Ravishankar Raghavan – the associate vice-president of ING India’s corporate legal and compliance department and an Ernst & Young senior tax lawyer – to the firm’s corporate banking and tax advisory practices, respectively.

Mumbai-based boutique law firm ARA Law has added a new partner, Ashish Bhakta, to strengthen and develop its infrastructure practice.

Linklaters together with Indian firms Khaitan & Co and Juris Corp have acted on a US$500m financing deal in the Indian telecom sector.

Indian firm Majmudar & Co has relocated its Mumbai offices to potentially greener pastures in Bandra Kurla Complex

Indian firm Khaitan & Co has gained three new partners from rival firms

Former academic and public officer PK Agrawal joins Indian firm Khaitan & Co as partner in charge of real-estate

Asia’s law firms are increasingly offering flexible working arrangements such as adjustable working hours and options to work from home – even allowances to go to the gym

Indian firms Amarchand & Mangaldas and Luthra & Luthra have helped the Indian government sell off its US$1.8bn equity stake in the country’s largest energy company, NPTC.

A landmark decision recently handed down by the High Court constitutes a setback for foreign law firms looking to enter India

Khaitan & Co has lured Manas Kumar Chaudhuri from rival J Sagar Associates (JSA) to head the firm’s competition practice.

More players, more sophistication

Indian firm Khaitan & Co has boosted its New Delhi partnership with the appointment of corporate lawyer Gauri Rasgotra, who has rejoined the firm after spending two years in the US.