The Indian legal market has seen at least three new law firms, two of which focus on disputes, being set up in recent weeks.
Anukrit Gupta and Tanvi Dubey, former colleagues of Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, have broken off to launch their dispute resolution-focused law firm, T&A Law Chambers.
With an office in Delhi, T&A will focus on litigation and arbitration and represent clients before courts and regulators such as the National Company Law Tribunal. Gupta and Dubey were both previously a part of SAM’s dispute resolution practice.
Another new disputes-focused law firm in the Delhi market is Legal Scriptures, set up by Abhijit Mittal, the co-founder of ADAZ Law, and independent practitioner Anukalp Jain.
Shilpa Sharma, the former deputy chief of legal at Indian multiplex operator INOX, has also set up her own boutique, Counsel & Council, in Mumbai with an aim to “de-formalize” the lawyer-client relationship.
Sharma’s vision is to break traditional law firm models in India, which she aims to do by embracing technology, including AI-driven platforms, going paperless and creating a flexible work-from-office policy, according to the firm’s website.
Meanwhile, two disputes partners have left established Indian firms to set up their own counsel practices. They are Bishwajit Dubey, a partner in Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas’ disputes practice in Delhi for the last eight years, and Robin Ratnakar, a former equity partner at Dua Associates.
