The Top Law Firms in India – The best of the best

Working in a top-notch law firm which pays the highest salaries, has a beautiful work surrounding, has exposure to many areas of law and has a wide variety of clientele is a dream of every law student or lawyer.  There are thousands of law firms in India, and not all of them are of the same level. The top law firms in India pay the best salaries because they have confidence among its employees and that their knowledge deserves to be rewarded.

Here are the top law firms of India[1] – 

• Khaitan and Co. –

Khaitan and Co law firm was founded in the year 1911 and are one of the oldest and the largest law firm in the country. As of 2013, it had 97 partners and directors. Its offices are situated in New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Bengaluru. There are some International offices as well. Its practice areas include –

•  Banking and Finance
•  Capital Markets
•  Competition/Anti-Trust
•  Corporate and Commercial
•  Dispute Resolution
•  Energy, Infrastructure, and resources
•  Estate planning, trusts, and private clients
•  Funds
•  Intellectual Property
•  Labour and employment
•  Real Estate and Construction
•  Direct tax
•  Technology, Media and Telecommunications
•  White-collar crime
•  Indirect Tax

• S&R Associates –

S&R Associates is a very successful law firm founded in the year 2005. Its domestic work comprises about 20% whereas 80% of the work is International. It has offices located in New Delhi and Mumbai.

Its practice area includes –

• Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)
• Private equity
• Litigation and Arbitration
• Capital Markets
• Banking, Finance, Restructuring, and Insolvency
• General corporate
• Competition/Anti-trust
• Private client practice
• Employment
• Regulatory

• Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas and Co. –

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co is also one of the top law firm which came into existence in 2015 after the split of the iconic Amarchand and Mangaldas and Suresh A Shroff and Co. This is a full-service law firm having its offices in New Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Gurugram and Ahmedabad.

Its practice areas include –

• Banking and Finance
• Capital Markets
• Antitrust and Competition
• Corporate and M&A
• Dispute Resolution
• Insurance
• Investment funds
• Labour And Employment
• Projects and Energy
• Real Estate and Construction
• TMT
• Tax
• White-Collar Crime

• Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and Co. –

Like Shardul Amarchand Mngaldas, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas & Co firm too came into existence in the year 2015. It is regarded as the largest full-service law firm in India having over 625 lawyers, including 103 partners. Its offices are in Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, and Chennai.

Its practice areas include –

• Banking and Finance
• Capital Markets
• Corporate And M&A
• Dispute Resolution
• Investment Funds
• Labour And Employment
• Projects and Energy
• Real Estate and Construction
• Shipping
• TMT
• Tax
• Competition Law
• Employment
• Intellectual Property
• Private client
• Investigations
• Financial Service regulatory

• J. Sagar Associates (JSA) –

J. Sagar Associates is a leading national law firm having more than 300 professionals. JSA has eight offices in India at New Delhi, Gurugram, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad. The firm was founded Jyoti Sagar in 1911.

Its practice area includes –

• Agriculture and Forestry
• Capital Markets
• Construction and Engineering
• Defence and Internal Security
• Education
• Environment
• Financial Services and Insolvency
• Hospitality, Tourism, and Retail
• Insurance and Pension
• Knowledge-based industries
• Manufacturing
• Mines and Minerals
• Non-Governmental Sector
• Pharma
• Real Estate
• Services
• Smart cities
• Startups
• Telecommunications, Media and Technology
• Transportation and Logistics
• White-collar crimes and Compliance practice

• Trilegal –

The tri legal firm was founded in the year 2000 and is among the list of top-notch law firms in India. Its offices are situated in Bangalore, Gurugram, Mumbai, and New Delhi. It has around 150 lawyers with expertise in diverse areas –

• Real Estate
• Infrastructure
• Energy
• Technology and IT
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Capital Markets
• Private Equity
• Capital Funds
• Corporate and Commercial Disputes
• Intellectual Property
• Banking
• Tax
• TM

• AZB and Partners –

AZB & Partners is one of the top three corporate law firms in India having offices in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Gurugram. Its practice area includes –

• Antitrust and Competitions
• Aviation
• Banking and Finance
• Capital Markets
• Corporate and M&A
• Dispute Resolution
• Insurance
• Intellectual Property
• Investment Funds
• Projects and Energy
• Real Estate and Construction
• TMT
• Tax

• Luthra and Luthra – 

Luthra and Luthra’s firm was founded in 1991 by Mr Rajiv K. Luthra who had started his career in 1978. It is now among the Tier 1 Law firms with expertise in diverse areas. It has 52 partners and has branches in New Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Mumbai.

Its practice area includes  –

• Corporate/ M&A
• Private Equity
• Banking and Finance
• Capital Market
• Dispute Resolution
• Projects, Infrastructure, and Energy
• Tax
• Intellectual Property
• Competition/Antitrust
• Real Estate

CONCLUSION –

Thus, above from the above information, we can conclude that there so many top law firms in India. Apart from the list mentioned above, there are quite a few top law firms such as S&R Associates, Talwar Thakore and Associates, Desai, and Dewanji, etc. It is a pleasure to work in these top law firms which give the lawyers exposure to international standards and helps develop their overall sense of personality. However, we cannot say that this list is always going to be static. With External and Internal changes such as Governmental policies, changes in economic structures, the firms often decrease their salary, because that is one basis for determining the status of a law firm. New law firms are coming up now and then, and that firm may well be on top of the mountain in the next 10-20 years.

[1] Furtado, Rebecca. “Top 10 Law Firms That Pay The Highest Salary In India.” IPleaders, 24 Apr. 2019, blog.ipleaders.in/top-10-law-firms-that-pay-the-highest-salary-in-India/.