Over the last 20 years, First Law International has consolidated its position as a leading legal network, consistently expanding its reach on a global level, and adding more top global firms to their network of trusted Partners. In 2020, the network, lead by CEO Orlando Casares, was named Global Network of the Year by The Lawyer, a leading legal publication. Chambers Global ranks the firm Band 1 in Global Market Leaders amongst top law firms across the world.

Daniel Casares-Lauritsen, CBDO at FLI, commented: "Our member firms are helping clients scale projects across multiple jurisdictions, and adding Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan to our trusted network of partners will accelerate the creation of new opportunities for both FLI and our clients. We are excited to expand our Indian-based market coverage by bringing the Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan onboard.”

The latest Partner firm at FLI has offices in 14 cities and has over 400 professionals specializing in areas such as corporate & commercial laws, dispute resolution, taxation and intellectual property.

Orlando Casares, Founder and CEO at FLI, also commented on the expansion: “We are looking forward to welcome the Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan team and we look forward to amplify our client service offering together.”

About Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan is a full-service law firm based in India. The firm has 14 offices and has over 400 professionals specializing in areas such as corporate & commercial laws, dispute resolution, taxation and intellectual property. Over the last three decades, the firm has worked with a variety of clients – start-ups, small & medium enterprises, large Indian corporations and multinational companies. The team is highly experienced in working in both traditional sectors such as commodities, automobile, pharmaceuticals, petrochemicals and modern sectors such as e-commerce, big data, renewables.

About FLI

First Law International is a Brussels-based legal network of more than 100 leading national law firms known as FLI NET. Together with our local partners, we've provided legal support to hundreds of clients across the years. Our experts specialise in cross-border legal projects, enabling each of our clients to achieve growth and success on a global scale. We’re passionate about helping to connect large and small-scale businesses to expert Legal talent across borders, using the very best technology. Our leadership team shares 100+ years of collective Legal & Legal Tech experience between them and for over two decades, we've built a solid network created by GCs for GCs. For more information about FLI’s global practice, please see here and connect with us on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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