The Bar Council of India (BCI) has announced that foreign lawyers and law firms will be allowed to practise law in India, following years’ worth of debate over the legal market’s liberalisation. A foreign lawyer or law firm will be entitled to practise foreign law in India only if they register with the BCI. The […]
Gowling WLG has extended its “best friend” relationship with Indian law firm Naik Naik & Company from its UK LLP to the firm’s Canada arm as post-merger integration continues.
Osborne Clarke’s best friend firm in India has opened its second office in the country to tap into the region’s burgeoning technology markets.
Linklaters has once again claimed the title as the international firm seen to have the most robust India practice, while Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has shot up to second place, research reveals.
The Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF) has contacted its members saying the opening of the country’s legal services market to foreign firms is inevitable and imminent.
Kennedys has launched its first India desk, becoming the latest firm to increase its focus in the country ahead of a possible market liberalisation.
India has taken one step forward and two steps back in its move to liberalise its legal market following an unexpected move by the Bar Council of India (BCI) this month.
While the dramatic split of its largest law firm has dominated the headlines, India is poised for growth and firms say they are in shape to take advantage.
The dramatic split up of India’s largest firm Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co has created two separate firms led by two brothers – Cyril and Shardul Shroff. Although sharing the same family tie, similar names and the same aspiration to be the country’s best, the two firms could not be more […]
Lewis Silkin will pay out £2m to former client, ex-Indian Premier League CEO Tim Wright, following a High Court ruling on Friday (3 July). Mr Justice Hamblen ruled the firm acted in breach of duty in advising Wright on his £10m severance guarantee, which did not include a jurisdiction clause. Wright instructed Lewis Silkin head […]
There was a time when practically every foreign firm was clamouring to tap into the lucrative Indian market. But with the road to liberalisation proving interminably long and other Asian markets showing more value, many seemed to lose their interest in the vast country. Or did they? As new research from RSG Consulting shows, the […]
Linklaters has supplanted magic circle rival Allen & Overy (A&O) as the international firm seen to have the most robust India practice, with the firm coming highly-recommended by clients and Indian firms. Legal strategy consultants RSG asked 514 buyers of legal services and 26 Indian law firms to name the foreign firms they felt had […]