India’s law firms might be the last obstacle to the government’s plans to liberalise its legal industry, after the country’s most prominent law firm association sought responses to a recent government plan to allow foreign law firms to operate within special economic zones (SEZs).

India has moved one step closer to liberalising its legal market, after Suresh Chandra, the Union Law Secretary, formally called a meeting in New Delhi on Sept. 29 to discuss draft rules governing the entry of foreign law firms and lawyers.

New Delhi-headquartered Hammurabi & Solomon (H&S) has acquired boutique law firm Seagull Law in the southern Indian city of Bangalore, thus expanding its presence in the city.

Indian law firm Hammurabi & Solomon (H&S) has opened an office in the eastern city of Patna, the capital of the state of Bihar, to go with an office in Ranchi in neighbouring Jharkhand.