The Legal 500

ALMT Legal is a ‘strong player in the Bangalore market’, and is particularly renowned for its corporate and IP practices. Notable recent instructions include advising a selling entity on the demerger of its online tutoring business. It also advised Siddhartha Resorts and Foods on an investment into Siddhartha Resorts by 
Crystal Mauritius. Recommended individuals include litigation expert Prashant Popat; S R Arun, who is ‘excellent on corporate matters’; and the ‘first-rate’ Dhanya Menon.

AZB & Partners’ Bangalore team is recommended for its ‘good business acumen’ and ‘well thought out guidance’. Highlights included advising Pfizer on the $2.4bn sale of its Capsugel business to KKR. Srinath Dasari is ‘first rate’. As an addendum, the firm recently de-merged 
from Anup S Shah Law Firm with which it now shares a best-friends agreement.

FoxMandal Little advises international and domestic clients on foreign investment, due diligence, commercial work and corporate governance. Other notable strengths include IT-related instructions and its work for financial institutions.

J Sagar Associates’ Bangalore office recently advised Silicon Laboratories on the Indian elements of its global $40m acquisition of the shares and assets of SpectraLinear. It also advised Red Fort Capital on various matters Vivek K Chandy, Murali Ananthasivan and Sajai Singh are recommended.

Kochhar & Co’s five-partner Bangalore office represents numerous high-profile clients 
including Apple, Oracle, Google, TLT Babcock, Textron, Cisco, Dell and SanDisk. Stephen Mathias is recognised as an expert for corporate and technology matters. Preetam D’Souza was promoted to the partnership.

Praised for its ability to ‘deliver a very high level of client service’, Lexygen advised a consortium including The Carlyle Group and Advent International on its $1.22bn buyout bid for Patni Computer Systems. Vijay Sambamurthi and Roshan Thomas are recommended.

Narasappa, Doraswamy & Raja’s responsive team advised International Finance Corporation on its loan facility to Auro Mira Biosystems 
Kanyakumari for the purposes of building a biomass power plant in Tamil Nadu. It also advised 
Strides Arcolab on the acquisition of a 70% controlling stake in Inbiopro Solutions, a Bangalore-based biotechnology company. Harish B Narasappa is a ‘remarkable lawyer who comprehends issues quickly and is accurate in his advice’; 
Siddharth Raja is a ‘committed lawyer’.

Trilegal advised Reva Electric Car Company on selling a 55.2% stake in the company to the Mahindra and Mahindra Group. It also advised Norwest Venture Partners, IDG Ventures India and Caplan Ventures on their investment into iProf Learning Solutions. Ajay Raghavan is recommended.

Anup S Shah Law Firm recently split from AZB & Partners. Its key clients include Manyata Promoters. Anup S Shah is recommended.

Clients of Dua Associates’ five-partner Bangalore office include Cargill Foods, Innovative Foods, Azure Capital Advisors and Tata Global Beverages. NU Subaya and BR Srinivas are the key figures.

IndusLaw advised SDB Cisco (India) on selling its entire shareholding to Innovative Salary Services and Payroll Advisory. It also advised Siesta Logistics Corporation on the sale of a minority stake to UK-based fund, Ashmore Alchemy. Kartik Ganapathy, Srinivas Katta and Suneeth Katarki are the team’s key individuals.

Khaitan & Co.’s ‘first-rate’ Bangalore team includes Rajiv Khaitan, who is recommended for disputes. Corporate lawyers Anindita Phukan and Abhilekh Verma recently joined the firm.

Majmudar & Co advised Reliance Venture Asset Management on its $12m investment in AllGreen Energy India. It also advised Green Energy Group on its investment in Hindustan Turbomachinery. Raja Sujith is recommended.

Poovayya & Co’s clients include Bangalore International Airport, Convergys Corporation, Merrill Lynch and Oracle. Managing partner Sajan Poovayya is highly recommended in dispute resolution work, and is particularly noted for his expertise in IT, media and telecoms matters.

Tatva Legal’s clients include Manipal Education and Medical Group (MEMG), Manipal Health Enterprises, the Elbit Group and Mantri Developers. NK Dilip, Manoj Menon and Manav Nagaraj are recommended.

Thiru & Thiru’s ‘excellent’ team has acted for clients such as United Spirits and One Access.

Aditya Sondhi Law Chambers’ dispute resolution practice is highly regarded.

Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co’s key clients include Merrill Lynch.

The team at Atman Law Partners displays ‘sharp business acumen’, and managing partner Vivek G Durai is recommended.

Crestlaw Partners’ dispute resolution team is recommended.

Holla & Holla’s experience spans IP, corporate and banking work.

Kris & Kolloth’s clients include Etisalat Software Solutions and Tata Elixi. Anil Kolloth is recommended for corporate advice.

Krishnamurthy and Co’s founding partner Naina Krishna Murthy is recommended.

MD&T Partners advised Eastern Condiments in its joint venture with the McCormick Group and acted for Security and Intelligence Services (India) in its joint venture with Prosegur Compania De Seguridad. Mahesh Devaiah and P M Thimmaiah are the key individuals.

Nishith Desai Associates’ Vaibhav Parikh is highly regarded.

Singhania & Co’s Bangalore team is recommended for its dispute resolution and IP expertise.

Singhania & Partners is recommended for dispute resolution, infrastructure, tax, real estate, and banking advice. Bangalore office head Shilpa Shah is recommended, and is supported by Ravi Singhania in New Delhi.