Appointments: Squire builds in Perth, Shearman signals LatAm ambitions
27 May 2021
Round-up also features Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, Proskauer, Abreu, HFW, Hughes Hubbard and Fladgate
Squire secures Clayton Utz s ex-public sector head in Perth Squire Patton Boggs has bolstered its Perth construction practice with the arrival of partner Donna Charlesworth from Australian powerhouse Clayton Utz. Charlesworth joins the firm after roughly seven years at Clayton Utz, including four years as head of the Sydney-based firm’s public sector practice group in Perth. She brings with her a background in advising private and government clients on construction, engineering, maintenance and offtake contracts in relation to projects in Australia, Asia and the Middle East.
Indian law firm Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas has hired a corporate team from Tatva Legal in the southern city of Bengaluru, including equity partner Manav Nagaraj and partner KS Bhargava.
The hires come at a time when Bengaluru, widely known as India’s IT hub, has been seeing a battle for legal talent. Top-tier Indian law firms that have made lateral partner hires in this year alone include Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, J Sagar Associates, Trilegal and Link Legal.
With more than 21 years of experience, Nagaraj specialises in local and international private equity, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, fund formation, inbound and outbound investments, debt financing, general corporate transactions, and general advisory. He joined Tatva in 2010 from Dua Associates, where he was a partner and spent nearly eight years.
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) with his team, including partner
Bhargava KS, we have reliably learned.
According to our deals league tables, his clients include a number of funds (the ones that we have reported include ones such as Quona Capital and Indegene).
We have reached out to Nagaraj, Tatva and SAM for comment.
Update 14:10: Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas confirmed in a press release that Nagaraj would be joining as an equity partner, with Mumbai-based co-managing partner Akshay Chudasama commenting: “Manav and his team will undoubtedly add great value to the firm with their expertise.”
Update: Nagaraj added that he hoped to “further develop the Bengaluru market”: