According to a survey of general counsel in the UK and the U.S. conducted by content marketing platform Passle, almost half of GCs (48 percent) said they would ditch firms that do not keep them informed of relevant legal developments, with 61 percent of GCs preferring to work with law firms that proactively update them as the legal landscape changes. Law firms, therefore, need to make keeping GCs updated a priority. 

India’s AZB & Partners has welcomed back Nandish Vyas as a senior partner in Mumbai from Veritas Legal.

Krishnamurthy & Co (K Law) and Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas have advised biopharmaceutical company Biocon on the $730 million sale of a 15 percent stake in subsidiary Biocon Biologics to Serum Institute of India (SII), which was represented by Veritas Legal.

India’s Veritas Legal has hired Manav Raheja as corporate partner in Mumbai from J Sagar Associates.

India’s Veritas Legal has hired corporate lawyer Srabonee Roy as a partner in Mumbai from rival Samvad Partners.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas has added Zubin Mehta as a partner in its banking & finance practice in Mumbai from Veritas Legal.

Indian law firm Veritas Legal has appointed banking and finance specialist Zubin Mehta as a partner in Mumbai from AZB & Partners.

AZB & Partners stars in Anheuser-Busch InBev’s $104 bln acquisition of SABMiller, Allen & Gledhill advises Singapore’s Housing and Development Board on the issuance of fixed rate notes worth $718 mln, and more in this week’s Southeast Asia deals table.

Bird & Bird acts on AXIO Data Group’s sale of MIMS Group for $250 million, Nishith Desai stars in Marina Holdco’s $130 million purchase of Electra Partners’ stake in Zensar Technologies, and more in this week’s Southeast Asia deals table.