Asia/India

CMS adds top Indian firm to network ahead of market liberalisation

Tie-up with 400-lawyer Induslaw follows Bar Council India amending rules to allow foreign lawyers to practise in India for the first time

  • 3w

‘A significant development’: India’s legal market liberalisation welcomed by profession

Rule changes mean foreign lawyers and firms will be able to open offices in India and work on corporate matters on a reciprocal basis, as well as in arbitrations

  • 1mo

UK lawyers rue omission of legal services from trade deal with India

UK dropped request for legal services access in exchange for Indian visa concessions, according to reports

  • 1mo

WIPO reports return to growth in patents and trademarks filings in 2024

China was the leading country filer for patents and designs, while US took the top spot for trademarks

  • 3mos

Elevate acquires 500-strong Sagacious IP

Leading alternative legal services provider makes third acquisition in nine months

  • 4mos

Debevoise, Nishimura called in for Nippon Life’s $8.2bn Resolution Life acquisition

Kirkland & Ellis and Herbert Smith Freehills also among nine law firm’s called in for the largest takeover by a Japanese insurer

  • 6mos

‘A dynamic international landscape’: The Global Legal Post launches IP guide

Law Over Borders Intellectual Property guide is edited by Foley & Lardner’s Jeffrey Greene

  • 6mos

Memery Crystal and BCLP advise Oberoi Group and Grosvenor on London luxury hotel launch

Oberoi Hotel’s Mayfair location is part of Grosvenor’s £500m South Molton redevelopment, currently the West End’s largest mixed-use project

  • 7mos

Education company Kaplan seizes thousands of counterfeit materials in India

Kaplan is a leading global financial education provider through its successful Kaplan Schweser books

  • 8mos

CAM takes 49-lawyer capital markets team from IndusLaw

Hire of IndusLaw’s entire capital markets team marks India’s biggest team hire this year

  • 10mos

Ashurst hires pair of senior Indian lawyers as international firms ramp up interest in India market

Anglo-Australian firm identifies India as a ‘key strategic focus’ as it recruits former partners from Khaitan & Co to grow global practice

  • 11mos

Stewarts launches profession-wide pledge to help promote Indian arbitrators globally

India Promise addresses under-representation of Indian arbitrators on tribunals

  • 1yr

Bird & Bird’s former London arbitration head launches own practice

Nick Peacock ‘excited to be truly independent and conflict-free for first time’

  • 1yr

Xiaomi hit by FRAND lawsuits in France and India

Patent holding company Sun Patent Trust is asking the Paris Judicial Court to determine a global FRAND rate, while India will examine infringement

  • 1yr

Fusing food and fashion: bon appétit à la mode

In the fashion and food industries, successful collaborations underscore the importance of protecting brands and innovation, write Remfry & Sagar lawyers Radha Khera and Bisman Kaur

  • 1yr

‘We have to be as creative as counterfeiters’ – seven takeaways from the Anti-Counterfeiting World Law Summit

Delegates heard lively debate on how to tackle counterfeiters who are creative, resilient and constantly evolving

  • 1yr

‘A dynamic process’: Indian lawyers welcome government initiative to reform arbitration regime

High-level review heralds serious drive to boost India’s international status as arbitration seat, reports Ben Rigby

  • 1yr
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