BFSI firms ramp up legal teamsDemand for legal and compliance professionals in the BFSI sector has surged, with companies making key appointments to strengthen regulator...
BFSI sector sees surge in demand for legal, compliance professionalsDemand for specialist legal and compliance professionals has surged in the BFSI sector in the past year. Companies are seeking to bolster t...
Promotions boost gender diversity: More women get partner roles nowIn a trend catching up fast, India's top law firms are playing fair in gender diversity and promoting an increasing number of high-potentia...
Indian law firms expanding their talent pool with younger partnersA boom in legal business amid a rise in M&A deals, a vibrant IPO market, rising litigations, constantly evolving uniform producer levy stru...
Devika Chadha of ReNew power joins Sunsure Energy as General CounselDevika Chadha, a former AVP-legal at India's largest renewable energy company by operational capacity, ReNew Power, joins Sunsure Energy as...
India Inc shelling out big bucks in race to hire legal expertsLarge companies are willing to pay anywhere between ₹4 crore and ₹6 crore to their in-house legal experts. This is on a par with what some ...
Benguluru-based boutique law firm’s realty, litigation team joins IndusLawDuring the fiscal year March 2021, the combined legal cost of all the companies was about Rs 36,973.75 crore, a marginal decline of 1.67% c...
HUL’s legal head and whole-time director Dev Bajpai set to retire on March 31Over a three-decade veteran, Bajpai has also worked with Maruti Udyog Ltd, Marico Ltd, Indian Hotels Company Ltd and ICICI Venture Funds Ma...
Law firms picking regulatory brains for niche adviceThis is different from the trend of retired senior bureaucrats joining company boards as advisers as a goodwill gesture because of their lo...
Bijoya Roy of Flipkart joins Pernod Ricard as General Counsel for its South Asia operationRoy will be responsible for all corporate, compliance and employment legal issues in the fast-growing South Asian market for the maker of p...
Future court rooms to look different; tech may replace fresh-out-of-college lawyers at entry levelThe survey also highlighted the skills gap in legal education.
Ability to understand, anticipate client needs to be most sought-after skill among lawyers: SurveyThe survey finds that 42 percent respondents indicated that over 20% of their day to day legal work could be taken over by technology such ...
EY’s legal head joins a local subsidiary of RBS group as head legalAmar Kumar Sundram, the national director for legal and general counsel at EY, will join the RBS Group subsidiary.
Reliance Industries inducts Arundhanti Bhattacharya on boardBhattacharya, the first woman to head banking giant SBI, is the second woman director on the board of RIL which already has Nita Ambani as ...
As M&A activity hots up, India Inc rushes to hire top lawyersDemand is on the rise for lawyers specialising in mergers and acquisitions, as the M&A market remains hot in India and companies aim to cre...
Demand for women lawyers at an all-time high with India Inc trying to better diversity ratioDemand for women lawyers is at an all-time high now, with both law firms and other companies looking to hire more of them.
Lawyers working abroad seek job opportunities to come backThe number of such career moves in the legal profession has been unprecedented this year and law firms big and small are still looking to r...