IndusLaw Partners With Global Legal Giant CMS Amid Regulatory Changes In India
The development comes as the recent regulatory developments in India are expected to significantly open up the domestic legal market to foreign firms
(The Corner Office Journal) -- IndusLaw, one of India’s full-service law firms, has become a member firm of global legal giant CMS amid recent regulatory developments in India and the on-boarding is likely to be completed by the end of 2025.
“This is a significant step in CMS’s expansion across Asia and globally,” CMS Executive Partner Duncan Weston said in a statement. “With IndusLaw now a CMS member firm, we can offer clients a coordinated, full-service legal platform in India, one of the fastest growing and most strategically important markets in the world.”
CMS, an international organization of independent law firms, said this development will enable it to deliver seamlessly coordinated, complex cross-border legal services. In line with the CMS model, IndusLaw remains an independent law firm under the CMS brand, it added.
IndusLaw lawyers will support multinational CMS clients looking to enter and operate in the Indian market, while more than 6,800 CMS lawyers in over 45 countries around the world will support clients wanting to expand internationally from India, according to the statement.
Value Enhancement
“Joining CMS not only aligns with our strategic goals but enhances the value that we offer to our clients as well as our fee earners,” IndusLaw founding partners Avimukt Dar, Gaurav Dani, Kartik Ganapathy and Suneeth Katarki said in a joint statement.
IndusLaw has a presence across India’s principal commercial hubs, including Bengaluru, Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR), Hyderabad, Mumbai and Chennai.
The firm, with 60 partners and more than 400 lawyers, advises several leading Indian corporates.
Regulatory Developments
The latest development comes as the recent regulatory developments in India are expected to significantly open up the domestic legal market to foreign firms.
Earlier this month, the Bar Council of India (BCI) amended the rules allowing the entry of foreign lawyers and law firms in India. The entry, with certain restrictions, aims to safeguard the interest of Indian advocates while regulating the practice of foreign law and international law in the country.
The amended regulations are strategically designed to provide structured opportunities for foreign lawyers to practice foreign law and international legal matters in India, the BCI said.
The amendments also aim to make India a premier hub of international arbitration, which would benefit Indian advocates and law firms by creating advantageous opportunities for them, it noted.
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