Top CAM dealmaker rocks market with move to Khaitan

by Nimitt Dixit |

 

Top Indian dealmaker Shishir Vayttaden (L) 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.

Vayttaden and Singhvi will be joining Khaitan’s Mumbai office, while Aishwarya joins in Bengaluru.…

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CAM adds real estate partner in Ahmedabad

by Nimitt Dixit |

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has added a fourth partner to its ranks in July as real estate attorney Siddharth Singh joins the firm along with his entire team in Ahmedabad. Singh previously ran his own law firm SBS Legal Advocates in the city.

SG: Withers real estate team jumps to Shook Lin

by Nimitt Dixit |

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Korea: Dentons Lee COO, disputes head jumps to local firm Lin

by Nimitt Dixit |

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India’s Khaitan establishes offices in Ahmedabad, Pune

by Nimitt Dixit |

Khaitan & Co, India's largest law firm by headcount, has established two new offices in Western India. It has opened an office in Ahmedabad after luring back projects finance lawyer Atman Desai from Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, and one in Pune.