Boutique Indian IP law firms Lall & Sethi and Singh & Singh are merging, according to the website Bar & Bench (B&B). The new firm, named “Singh & Singh Lall & Sethi” will have nine partners and 27 lawyers. The merger will be effective Apr.1.
According to B&B, Singh & Singh was set up by the husband-wife duo of Maninder and Pratibha Singh in 1997. Lall & Sethi, headquartered in New Delhi, has branch offices in Sri Lanka and Nepal.
Malaysian law firm Adnan Sundra & Low (ASL) has significantly bolstered its intellectual property capabilities with the addition of a five-member IP, sports, and gaming group from local rival Christopher & Lee Ong (CLO), led by practice head Sri Sarguna Raj.
South Korean Big Six firm Yulchon has continued its aggressive expansion with the addition of antitrust and intellectual property expert Dave Koo, who becomes the firm’s tenth partner hire in 2024. Koo joins from Kim & Chang, where he was a senior foreign attorney.
The past year marked an important turning point in the development of the regulatory ecosystem for intellectual property (IP) across Asia.