Adani Group has taken a major step amid civil and criminal cases filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Eastern District of New York. The group has hired top US law firms Kirkland & Ellis and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP to handle its case. According to reports, both are among the world's largest law firms. On November 21, US authorities accused Gautam Adani and some others of paying more than $250 million in bribes to Indian government officials to help Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) secure solar energy contracts from the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI). 

The case has been assigned to a single judge in the US court

AGEL clarified in November that group chief Gautam Adani, his nephew Sagar Adani and senior executive Vineet S. Jain have not been charged with violating the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and bribery. The civil and criminal case being run by the SEC and the Eastern District of New York against Gautam Adani, Sagar Adani and other officials has been assigned to a single judge in the US court.

Ranjit Gupta and Rupesh Aggarwal charged with conspiracy to violate FCPA

Former Azure Power executives Ranjit Gupta and Rupesh Agrawal are charged with conspiracy to violate the FCPA, including accepting bribes to obtain Indian government contracts. Cyril Cabannes, Saurabh Agrawal and Deepak Malhotra, associated with Canadian institutional investor CDPQ, are charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice, including destroying or altering evidence and withholding material information during an investigation.

Quinn Emmanuel has worked for big companies like Microsoft and Uber

Quinn Emanuel has an office in Los Angeles, reports the Economic Times. The firm says its lawyers have handled more than 2,300 cases and won 88% of them. The firm has won verdicts and settlements worth more than $70 billion. The firm has also worked for big companies like Google, Apple, Microsoft and Uber.

On the other hand, Kirkland & Ellis is headquartered in Chicago. The firm has represented big companies like Apple, Google and Facebook. Apart from this, this law firm has also fought cases for companies like Johnson & Johnson and Volkswagen