Indian law firm Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has hired Swati Sharma as the head of its intellectual property practice from Anand and Anand, one of the country’s leading IP outfits. Based in Delhi, she joins with a team of lawyers.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas has advised KKR & Co on its $250 million follow-on investment in Reliance Retail Ventures, which was represented by Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas.

Law firms Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and AZB & Partners have advised on the Indian aspects of Qatar Investment Authority’s $1 billion investment in Reliance Retail Ventures, the retail arm of Reliance Industries.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has advised Adani Group’s Ambuja Cement on its acquisition of a majority stake in cement manufacturer Sanghi Industries, which was counselled by Khaitan & Co.

Vasudha Goenka, who was most recently a deputy general manager at India’s securities regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), has joined law firm Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas as a disputes partner in Mumbai, where she will focus on the firm’s contentious securities market practice.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has hired technology specialist Gauhar Mirza as a partner in Delhi from Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett have advised private equity firm Blackstone on its $570 million acquisition of jewellery certification firm International Gemological Institute (IGI) from China's Fosun and IGI’s founding family, which were represented by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has welcomed back corporate practitioner Jeeta Nayak as a partner in Mumbai from Samvad Partners.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. has advised Indian pharmaceutical company Mankind Pharma on its 43.26-billion-rupees ($527 million) IPO on the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange, with Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and Sidley Austin acting for the bookrunning lead managers.

Indian law firm Trilegal has revealed it is hiring corporate and private client expert Tanmay Patnaik as a partner in Mumbai from Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, its 10th lateral partner hire announcement in April alone.