Khaitan & Co has hired Rahul Dutt as a partner in its Mumbai office from Reliance Industries, where he was an in-house counsel.
At Reliance, Dutt handled mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and other transactions across various sectors.
“Given our working relationship of more than a decade, his joining the firm will further strengthen our relationship with the Reliance Group,” Khaitan & Co partner Haigreve Khaitan said in a statement.
Dutt’s hire takes Khaitan’s partner count to 101.
Top Indian dealmaker Shishir Vayttaden has left the equity partnership at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas to join Khaitan & Co, along with two other partners in his team, K. Aishwarya and Aditi Singhvi.
Resolut Partners and Khaitan & Co have guided lead investor Glade Brook Capital Partners and co-investor Lightspeed, respectively, on a $665 million investment into Indian e-commerce company Zepto.
Indian law firm Khaitan & Co has bolstered its employment practice with the addition of two partners from IndusLaw. Avik Biswas joins in Bengaluru, while Vaibhav Bhardwaj joins the firm in Delhi.