J Sagar Associates (JSA) has hired a team of six litigators in Mumbai from Wadia Ghandy & Co, including its head of litigation, Farid Karachiwala.
Karachiwala, who spent more than two decades at Wadia Ghandy, also specialises in real estate. His team includes two principal associates and three associates.
According to the ALB Top 50, JSA is India’s seventh-largest law firm, with approximately 300 lawyers.
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One Essex Court, a commercial set of barristers' chambers in London, has announced that Paul Tan, former partner and head of arbitration for Asia at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, has joined its ranks as an international counsel and arbitrator.
Global law firm Hogan Lovells has hired international arbitration expert Rob Palmer as a partner from rival Ashurst to boost its dispute resolution practice in Southeast Asia.
Anglo-German law firm CMS has strengthened its Hong Kong funds practice with the hire of Helen Wang as a partner from Mayer Brown, where she was a counsel.