Indian law firm Saraf and Partners has continued its aggressive expansion from last year with the addition of Abhiraj Arora as a partner in its securities and regulatory practice. Arora joins from Economic Laws Practice, where he was associate partner.

A Thomson Reuters Market Insights research report has revealed that law firms conducting formal client feedback programs can earn nearly twice the share of a client’s external legal spend compared to those not engaging in feedback. Client feedback plays a pivotal role in helping law firms evaluate their performance, improve service quality, build strong client relationships, and differentiate themselves in a competitive Indian legal market.

Indian law firm Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) has hired dispute resolution expert Abhileen Chaturvedi as a partner in its Mumbai office from Economic Law Practice (ELP).

India’s Economic Law Practice has rehired tax expert Ritesh Kanodia as partner in Mumbai. Kanodia was most recently at Dhruva Advisors.

Indian law firm HSA Advocates has hired projects and energy specialist Ravi Jain as a partner in Mumbai from Economic Laws Practice (ELP).

Fast-growing Mumbai boutique White and Brief has hired Vineet Nagla as a partner and Prateek Bansal as an associate partner from Economic Laws Practice.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, India’s third-largest law firm, has expanded in Mumbai with the hire of partners Lalan Gupta from Dhruve Lildhar & Co. and Amruta Kelkar from Economic Laws Practice.

Darshan Upadhyay, Shyam Pandya, Amit Manubarwala and Bhavin Gada, erstwhile private equity partners at Indian firm Economic Laws Practice, have left to set up a boutique firm in Mumbai.

India’s HSA Advocates has hired Ashutosh Gupta as its chief strategy officer from the Delhi office of Economic Laws Practice, where he was a partner.

Indian law firm Economic Laws Practice has hired Ashutosh Gupta appointed as a partner in its Strategy and Planning practice from Khaitan & Co, where he was a director of business strategy and business development.