Tag: Lalit Bhasin
SILF and VIAC seal co-operation agreement to improve ties
The Society of Indian Law Firms and the Vienna International Arbitral Centre sign cooperation pact to strengthen Indo-European arbitration ties
ELP’s Mumtaz Bhalla elected as new SILF vice president
ELP partner Mumtaz Bhalla has been elected vice president of the Society of Indian Law Firms
SILF denies BCI claim it blocks foreign firm entry
SILF president Lalit Bhasin reaffirmed support for foreign law firm entry, urging proper and balanced regulatory reforms
Top Indian, foreign lawyers react to BCI opening legal market
Lawyers react to BCI’s move allowing foreign lawyers in India
Shattered dreams
The withdrawal of the amendment bill crushed the in-house community’s hopes for recognition under the Advocates Act
Lalit Bhasin’s book celebrates lawyers in India’s history
SILF president Lalit Bhasin’s book, Lawyers in the Freedom Struggle, honors the legal fraternity’s role in India’s independence
The A-List 2024-25
Based on insights from in-house counsel and top business leaders, India Business Law Journal celebrates India’s most popular lawyers making the A-List
Matters on minds
Professional attrition, technology, and foreign firms are the key challenges for Indian law firms, according to our annual legal market survey
In-house Counsel Awards 2023-24
In-house counsel and corporate legal teams honoured by their peers for outstanding legal work. Katherine Abraham reports
The value vector
Law firms are going the extra mile to prove their intrinsic worth to corporate counsel, but are their billing innovations paying off?
Glimpses of the Road Ahead
'State of the Legal Market' survey finds that AI, specialist firms, discerning clients and the paired trends of fragmentation and consolidation are preoccupying the legal community
SILF launches new group to support women lawyers
The Society of Indian Law Firms has introduced the SILF Lady Lawyers Group to support women, including associates, partners and managing partners
Man on a mission
With a relentless demeanour and the stamina to remain in the game for longer than an Indian test opener, Lalit Bhasin discusses the finer nuances of life, law and legacy with Gautam Kagalwala
GCs fight for access
Lawyers are forced to give up their bar licences once they move in-house, and yet under Indian laws, no general counsels or in-house ones are statutorily recognized
FICL hosts panel with Singapore’s Second Minister for Law Edwin Tong
The Federation of Indian Corporate Lawyers (FICL) hosted roundtable discussions with Edwin Tong, Singapore’s Second Minister for Law, on 28 November, during his first official visit outside the country
Here comes the sun
Managing partners at law firms are more optimistic about the future than they have been in years as the negative effects of the pandemic on the economy decline
GCAI calls for due recognition of in-house counsel at India event
Key stakeholders from law, policy and business called for recognition of general counsels’ (GCs) value and rights at an event on 4 October at the India International Centre in New Delhi
FICL releases code of ethics at corporate summit
The Federation of Indian Corporate Lawyers (FICL) held its First Corporate Lawyers Summit
