Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan recruits two partners, and Anand & Naik, Chandhiok & Mahajan, Kochhar & Co, KRIA Law, Rahul Chaudhry & Partners, and TT&A also grow their partner numbers.

Even as the industry has been reeling from the pandemic, a number of lawyers have left the comfort of established firms in order to set up their own businesses. The founders talk about what led them to make the move, and what the experience has been thus far. 

Bharath MS, formerly head of Anand and Anand’s South India practice, has set up an intellectual property-focused firm called KRIA Law.