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...