The former general counsel (GC) of Tata Sons, Shuva Mandal, has today officially announced his exit and joining start-up law firm Anagram Legal with a job profile change on LinkedIn.
Three Khaitan legal associate partners start boutique firm Consortia Legal
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“As the world embraces a different ‘normal’ with a fundamental shift in all sectors including professional services like law, we thought it was also the time to pursue a different venture,” said Satyendra Shrivastava, senior partner of Consortia Legal.
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Three partners from
Khaitan Legal Associates, Jehaan Shroff, Mahrukh Umrigar and Satyendra Shrivastava have launched their own boutique corporate law firm Consortia Legal. Initially, the firm will have offices in Mumbai and London.
The firm will focus on Insurance, Data Protection and Cyber Security, Global Mobility, Employment, Private Client alongside the standard Corporate Transactional and Commercial advisory area.
M&A specialist Simone Reis and international tax expert Rajesh Simhan, who both left Nishith Desai Associates (NDA) after more than 12 years at the firm’s Mumbai office, have set up a boutique firm called Anagram Partners in Mumbai.
Reis, who joined NDA in 2009 as a senior associate, was named co-headed of the firm’s M&A practice in 2013. She previously worked with DSK Legal.
Meanwhile, Simhan, who joined NDA in 2008, recently led the team on ReNew Power’s planned $8 billion SPAC listing.
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Indian multinational conglomerate Adani Group has tapped PM Devaiah to be its new general counsel. Devaiah joins from Everstone Group, which has hired Pratibha Jain, a former partner at Nishith Desai Associates (NDA), to replace him.
Devaiah, who joined India-focused private equity firm Everstone Group in 2007, was the group’s vice-chairman and general counsel. His entire career, which began in 1990, has been spent in in-house roles, including legal head positions at ICICI Venture, The Carlyle Group and BPL Cellular.
Meanwhile, Jain, who helped launch NDA’s Delhi office in 2011, joined the firm from Goldman Sachs. Her previous firms include Sullivan & Cromwell and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. Jain’s practice focuses on private equity, M&A, corporate and regulatory advisory and public policy.
Nishith Desai explains why firm
Nishith Desai Associates has hired Actis Capital India legal head Ratnadeep Roychowdhury to join and replenish its recently depleted senior headcounts in funds and corporate, following the departure of Delhi leader Pratibha Jain and Mumbai M&A leader Simone Reis.
NDA managing partner had confirmed on Monday: “He joins NDA after leading the legal function for Actis in India for more than three years. Actis is a growth fund focusing on responsible investing with AUM of USD 10b. Prior to that he was a partner at AZB where he specialised in PE, M&A and disputes.