According to a survey of general counsel in the UK and the U.S. conducted by content marketing platform Passle, almost half of GCs (48 percent) said they would ditch firms that do not keep them informed of relevant legal developments, with 61 percent of GCs preferring to work with law firms that proactively update them as the legal landscape changes. Law firms, therefore, need to make keeping GCs updated a priority. 

Veteran corporate lawyer Mohit Saraf recently established his own firm after an acrimonious split from L&L Partners, a firm that he had been a part of since 1995. He tells ALB about why Saraf and Partners, with 21 partners and offices in three cities, will be a different experience for both lawyers and clients.

Mohit Saraf, an erstwhile equity partner of India’s L&L Partners, has left the firm and launched his own outfit. With offices in Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru, Saraf & Partners will have more than 85 lawyers, including 21 partners.

Rajiv Luthra and Mohit Saraf, equity partners at India’s L&L Partners, have been involved in a public tussle over differences related to dilution of shareholding at one of the country’s largest full-service law firms.

Ropes & Gray and Luthra & Luthra have represented private equity firm The Carlyle Group in its acquisition of a 37 percent stake in Metropolis Healthcare, an India-based global operator of pathology laboratories.