India’s Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the interim Union Budget on Thursday. With elections around the corner, an interim budget is presented to keep essential government operations funded until the newly elected government presents its full budget.

The Indian legal market continued to see strong lateral partner movement this past month, with Kochhar & Co, Dentons Link Legal, Emerald Law Offices and Fox & Mandal among firms adding partners.

India’s legal market continues to see lawyer movement, with ANM Global, Keystone Partners, Sagus Legal, and Singhania & Partners recently bringing on board new partners.

Italian tax and law firm CBA Studio Legale E Tributario and India-based Singhania & Co have entered into a joint venture aimed at encouraging cross-border M&A transactions, JVs and partnerships among enterprises in both countries.