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Reena Asthana Khair Joins Kochhar & Co. As Senior Partner To Bolster The International Trade And Indirect Tax Litigation Practice
Giving formal colour to a long-standing professional relationship with Kochhar & Co. ('Firm'), Ms. Reena Asthana Khair, along with a team of two associates, has recently joined the Delhi Office of the Firm as a Senior Partner and Head of the International Trade & Indirect Tax practice. One of India's leading legal luminaries in the highly specialized areas of International Trade Defence and Indirect Taxation, Ms. Khair brings niche and unparalleled expertise to the Firm. She has...
Phoenix Legal Acts For Cooper-Standard For Its Indian Leg Of Operations Entering Into An Agreement With Mutares SE & Co. KGaA
One of the leading firms in India, Phoenix Legal has been retained by Cooper-Standard for its divesture of the Indian rubber fluid transfer and specialty sealing business to Mutares SE & Co. KGaA. The agreement includes approximately 2,500 employees and divestment of its European rubber Fluid Transfer Systems (two manufacturing plants in Poland, one each in Spain and Italy) and all of its India operations (excluding corporate IT development office located in Chennai). Completion of the...
Singhania & Partners Appoints Bhawna Sharma As Head, Patents & Designs
Despite the economic crunch ensuing after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic leading to pay cuts and job losses across sectors, Singhania & Partners has continued recruitment.The firm recently inducted Bhawna Sharma as Head, Patents & Designs. Previously, Bhawna has served at Archer & Angel and S.S. Rana & Co. Over the years, she has specialised in Patents, Designs, Life Sciences, Bio Medical Devices and Clean Energy, amongst other technology domains. Before joining the field...
Singh & Associates Appoints Apoorve Vashistha, Ex- L&L Partners, As Partner (Designate)
Singh & Associates has appointed Apoorve Vashistha, Ex-L&L Managing Associate, as Partner (Designate) to the dispute resolution team at its Gurugram Office.Apoorve has extensive experience of over a decade in handling various commercial disputes and advisory work. Apoorve joins the firm from L& L Partners, where he worked for 9 years. His areas of practice include high-stakes litigation, arbitration, contract negotiations, corporate commercial disputes, regulatory matters,...
Obhan & Associates Advises Aditya Ghosh On His Investment In CreditEnable
CreditEnable, is a global, AI driven SME credit marketplace that partners with private sector banks, NBFCs and fintech leaders to arrange credit to SMEs with loan requirements. CreditEnable, an Oktober6 Limited company, is headquartered in UK, with offices in London & Mumbai and has been named as one of the 'Most Influential Financial Technology Companies'. CreditEnable recently said that it is ramping up activities in India to help improve access to finance for small and medium...
Naik Naik & Company Act On Eberspaecher's Indian Joint Venture With Sharda Motor Industries Limited
Recently Sharda Motor, the leading local exhaust after treatment system manufacturer in India, and Eberspaecher, the global technology leader in emission control technologies for commercial vehicles entered into a 50:50 joint venture in India. Starting mid- 2020, exhaust after-treatment technology in India is required to meet the new emission standard Bharat Stage VI. It represents a major technological leap from the previous Bharat Stage IV standard and requires far more complex...
Karanjawala & Co. Promotes 6 Senior Associates And 10 Associates
Karanjawala & Co. recently promoted 6 Senior Associates to the designation of Principal Associates. Here is the list of promotees: Tahira Karanjawala [alumnus of Amity Law School, affiliated with IP University (LLB) and Columbia Law School (LLM)]. Vikas Gogne (alumnus of Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, Delhi University) Saurabh Seth (alumnus of Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies) Natasha Sahrawat (alumnus of Campus Law...
JSA Acted On Business Transfer And Franchising By PepsiCo To VBL
J. Sagar Associates (JSA) advised and assisted PepsiCo India Holdings Private Limited ("PepsiCo") in relation to the sale of its company-owned bottling operations for its carbonated drinks business in seven states and five union territories in Western and Southern India region to Varun Beverages Limited ("VBL"), PepsiCo's the largest bottler in India and the flagship company of the R. K. Jaipuria Group. VBL is now a franchise of PepsiCo beverages business across 27 States and 7 Union...
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas Advised NIIT Technologies Limited In The Acquisition Of Whishworks IT Consulting Private Limited
Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co (SAM & Co) advised NIIT Technologies Limited in the acquisition of Whishworks IT Consulting Private Limited with an initial acquisition of 100% stake in three tranches and the sale of 88.99% shareholding in ESRI India Technologies Ltd (formerly NIIT GIS Ltd) to Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc (ESRI US). The transaction in the acquisition of Whishworks IT Consulting Private Limited involved the sale of the entire share capital of...
"Mumbai Centre For International Arbitration (MCIA) Has Unveiled The Latest Steering Committee For Its Young Practitioners Group
The Young MCIA steering committee will be chaired by Sheila Ahuja of Allen & Overy (Singapore office) and Rishab Gupta of Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (Mumbai office).The committee, which focuses on international arbitration related initiatives for the under-40s, will now comprise of 19 members. Nearly half of those members are based in India. The remaining members are leading young arbitration practitioners at international law firms in Singapore, Seoul, Tokyo, London, Geneva and New York...