Legally India - News for Lawyers

Chennai writ losers: LPOs, CAs, secondments & logic. Winners: Invisible in-house & pragmatism

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:03:07 GMT

The ruling in the Chennai writ petition was hailed as pragmatic for solving the nearly two-year-old deadlock foreign firms were in. But frankly it is likely to continue exposing the deficiencies of the 1961 Advocates Act in dealing with modern-day India. And it could possibly plunge a number of industries into a world of pain via the Bar Council of India (BCI).

BCI may appeal Chennai writ ruling as foreign firms, SILF like judgment

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:03:49 GMT

LI-Mint exclusive: The Bar Council of India (BCI), regulator of the legal profession, has indicated it might appeal against Tuesday’s Madras high court ruling allowing foreign lawyers to visit the country to advise clients on foreign law.

CPA Global restructures LPO biz as India headcounts plummet ahead of $1.45bn sale

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:39:41 GMT

LI-Mint Exclusive: Legal process outsourcing (LPO) and intellectual property (IP) management firm CPA Global Ltd, which is being fully acquired by UK-based Cinven Partners Llp for an estimated $1.45 billion (Rs 7,135 crore), has internally restructured the LPO business unit that failed to hit growth targets in India and saw headcount reductions and senior executives’ departure.

17 deals in brief: $1bn Reliance US notes with AZB; D&D, Amarchand for $41m Fidelity; Voda-Piramal reprise; Alliance Vishnu +1 & more…

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:20:04 GMT

13 deals and cases in brief this week, spanning M&A, a raft of financings, private equity, debt and equity capital markets and litigation.

SRGR sends cops to FoxMandal offices with FIR, counters Fox’ December FIR

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:38:32 GMT

Exclusive: SRGR Law Offices have filed a first information report (FIR) against Fox Mandal, whose offices were investigated by police today, alleging that Fox’s December 2011 FIR was mala fide and that FoxMandal had supplied false information to police officers and public servants.

Juris Corp Delhi snags FoxMandal lit partner Sandeep Mahapatra

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:07:31 GMT

Juris Corp has hired former FoxMandal litigation co-head and partner Sandeep Kumar Mahapatra for its Delhi office.

Chennai writ ruling: Foreign lawyers can advise foreign law but not domestic; LPOs must not give legal advice [download judgment]

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:55:57 GMT

The Chennai High Court has cleared foreign lawyers from flying in and out of India to advise on foreign law, as well as the operations of legal process outsourcing (LPO) outfits, although it added that foreign lawyers would not be allowed to practice domestic law unless they registered with the Bar Council of India (BCI).

Jindal, Indiana University US to offer combined LLB with JD in 6 or 4 years

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:36:54 GMT

Jindal Global Law School (JGLS) Sonipat has partnered with Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law in the US to conduct dual degree programmes offering a US Juris Doctorate (JD) in addition to Jindal’s BA LLB or LLB degree, cutting down on the duration of the regular JD course.

Nalsar, CUSAT win BCI-Nirma & Surana Tech moots; NLU Delhi overtakes NLU Jodhpur in MPL3

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:43:40 GMT

Nalsar Hyderabad defeated SOEL Chennai at the 27^th Bar Council of India Moot hosted by Nirma University at Ahmedabad. CUSAT Kochi got past ILS Pune in the final rounds of the Surana & Surana International Technology Law Moot.

Aunty & Uncle: Can worried, non-elite law schoolite get corporate law job without legal godfather?

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:59:48 GMT

Dear Aunty & Uncle. I am a fourth year from a lesser-known law school in Delhi, which has no placement committee, and my parents have no legal background. How can I get a corporate law job?

LI-Mint exclusive: Rs 1000cr Amarchand-BCG plan revealed, analysed

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:54:14 GMT

In today’s edition of Mint: Legally India reveals Cyril and Shardul Shroff’s, and Boston Consulting Group’s masterplan to take the firm to the next level of a Rs 1,000 crore ($203m) turnover, while securing the future of future generations of the family. [Click here to read: India’s biggest law firm prepares for next stage of evolution].

But the real question is, are the changes they are making enough? Legally India’s column today explains the fundamental problem of managing Amarchand, and most other Indian law firms. [Click here to read- Indian law firms: too young to live]

Amarchand to set up int’l arbitration centre to bring disputes back to India, after 7 year gestation

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:38:18 GMT

Exclusive: Amarchand Mangaldas Delhi managing partner Shardul Shroff will start a separate company that will offer virtual international arbitration services from India, and includes its own arbitration rules and state-of-the-art technology.

Majmudar lures Norton Rose counsel, ex-Amarchand partner Sabeshan back to India projects

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:03:53 GMT

Former Amarchand Mangaldas partner and Norton Rose of counsel Prashanth Sabeshan has joined Majmudar & Co as partner in the Bangalore office today.

Delhi HC dismisses anti-AOR petition against ‘anomalies, unhealthy practices’

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:02:30 GMT

Exclusive: The Delhi High Court (HC) has dismissed advocate Balraj Singh Malik’s petition to abolish the advocates-on-record (AOR) classification of advocates on Monday.

Breaking: Argus and Udwadia & Udeshi weld 5-office nat’l firm in cross-generational merger

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:01:32 GMT

Exclusive: Two-and-a-half-year old Argus Partners has merged with Mumbai-headquartered Udwadia & Udeshi to create 12-partner, 60-lawyer national firm, which will be managed by Argus co-founder Krishnava Dutt.