Associate General Counsel for Interglobe Aviation Limited (IndiGo) Akshay Nagpal is joining L&L Partners Law Offices (Luthra & Luthra) as a Partner.

Former Link Legal Partner Harish Kumar has joined the firm as Partner Designate.

Senior Partner Mohit Saraf confirmed these developments to Bar & Bench.

Akshay, who holds an LL.M. from Columbia Law School, joined Indigo in 2016 from J. Sagar Associates. He was made Partner at JSA in 2013 and focuses on M&A, joint ventures, commercial contracts and corporate advise. He has previously worked at Davis Polk & Wardwell.

Harish has over sixteen years of experience and focuses on corporate restructuring, M&A, fundraising, corporate advisory and corporate governance.

He left Link Legal in 2017 after spending a year at the firm. He joined Link Legal in 2016 from DMD Advocates. He has previously also worked at Amarchand Mangaldas, Jaypee Group and Singhania & Co.

There are some departures from the firm as well. Corporate Partner Anshul Jain has resigned from the firm and will be leaving in due course. He will most likely be joining PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

Another Luthra Partner, Sanjeev Sachdeva, has shifted to Of Counsel and continues with the firm on a need basis. He has temporarily moved to London.