For many, the COVID-19 pandemic served as something of a reset when it came to professional priorities. As flexible working grows increasingly normalised, and some firms begin to make employee wellness a top priority, lawyers are also reconsidering their options moving forward. Recruiters and other industry watchers feel that this could be a time for established lawyers to consider lesser-known firms to call home.

Fast-growing Mumbai boutique White and Brief has hired Vineet Nagla as a partner and Prateek Bansal as an associate partner from Economic Laws Practice.

Mumbai-based boutique White and Brief has hired Manu Varghese as partner and head of its general and corporate practice from Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, where he spent more than 13 years.