Lateral partner recruitment in the Indian legal market continued in the past month, with firms including Kochhar & Co, Samvad Partners and Chandhiok & Mahajan bolstering their ranks.

Indian law firm SNG & Partners has expanded its presence in the southern part of the country after entering into an alliance with R&P Partners.

India’s HSA Advocates has hired banking and finance specialist Amit Charan as a partner in its Delhi office from SNG & Partners, where he was a principal associate.

Indian law firm SNG & Partners has opened an office in Doha, its second outside its home country, and also beefed up its first international outpost in Singapore with the addition of associate partner Kshitij Dua.