Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has advised Blackstone on its 75-billion-rupee ($1 billion) acquisition of Piramal Group’s Piramal Glass, which was counselled by Trilegal.

S&R Associates has represented India’s Embassy REIT on its $1.3 billion acquisition of Embassy TechVillage assets from affiliates of sponsors Embassy Group, which were advised by Khaitan & Co.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, India’s largest law firm, has announced a flexible working policy which allows teams to work in a combination of onsite and offsite arrangements.

Davis Polk & Wardwell and Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas have advised Reliance Industries on its $2.6 billion sale of stakes in its retail unit to Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC, global private equity firm TPG Capital, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and Mubadala Investment Company.

Partner Anu Tiwari has left AZB & Partners to rejoin Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas in Mumbai.

AZB & Partners and Linklaters have advised Japanese financial services group Orix on its $980 million investment in India’s Greenko Energy Holdings (GEH), which was represented by Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and King & Spalding.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and Talwar Thakore & Associates have represented Bharti AXA General Insurance and Bharti General Ventures on the demerger of Bharti AXA’s general insurance business with ICICI Lombard General Insurance, which was counselled by AZB & Partners.

Khaitan & Co  and Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas are advising Indian drugmaker Gland Pharma on its planned $780 million IPO, with Herbert Smith Freehills and S&R Associates acting for the bookrunners and lead managers.

Indian law firm Link Legal has welcomed dispute resolution specialist Bhalchandra Palav as a partner in Mumbai from Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, where he was a principal associate.