Bharucha & Partners, a Mumbai-based corporate law firm, has expanded after entering into a merger with New Delhi outfit Arthe Law. The merger will come in effect next month.
The name Bharucha & Partners will be retained by the new entity, and have 80 lawyers, including 12 partners, across New Delhi and Mumbai. It will specialise in M&A, competition law, IP and white-collar defense.
The 12 partners include Bharucha’s senior partner MP Bharucha. However, partner Vivek Vashi reportedly will leave his former firm to introduce his own practice.
Bharucha & Partners was founded by MP Bharucha along with his wife Alka in 2008. Prior to this, they both were partners at the legacy Amarchand & Mangaldas and Suresh A Shroff & Co.
Arthe Law was created in April 2017 through a merger between TMT Law Practice, a New Delhi-based boutique IP and media law firm, and dispute resolution firm DPSA Legal, which was founded by lawyer DP Singh.
India’s corporate legal scene has witnessed an increasing numbers of firms entering into merger of late. Recently, Bangalore‘s Universal Legal and Mumbai’s IC Legal merged to form IC Universal Legal Advocates & Solicitors; Link Legal India Law Services (LL-ILS) and DH Law Associates (DH Law) combined their practices in January 2017; and pan-Indian law firm HSA Advocates acquired Kolkata’s Citadel Law Chambers in December 2016.
