PSA is a solution-driven, pragmatic business law firm that has carved a special niche in the Indian legal market by the quality of its legal service, responsiveness and client commitment. The range, breadth and depth of the firm are broad-based and full-service. Be it start-ups, or large conglomerates with global footprints, the firm provides high-quality legal services in a timely and a cost-effective manner. We focus on providing practical and innovative legal solutions that help our clients succeed. Located in India's capital city - New Delhi - we work all over the country.

The firm is headed by Priti Suri, a lawyer with over two decades of experience in three continents. We believe in hiring the most broadly and deeply trained collection of lawyers in India. Our lawyers are also trained rigorously within broad practice areas. Possessing a uniquely diverse experience, they work closely with each other so that the clients get the benefit of exceptional professional judgment and innovative solutions

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Founded in 1952, Hoge Fenton is a mid-sized, full service law firm headquartered in California's Silicon Valley. Our clients are domestic and global mid-market and larger companies doing business in the U.S. Long known and respected for our advocacy practice - with nine esteemed firm alumni now serving on the bench in state and federal trial and appellate courts - today we provide a full range of exceptional business legal service.

Why do our clients hire us? Fluent in more than a dozen languages, our lawyers focus on delivering creative and cost-effective business solutions. Our clients appreciate our commitment to being as responsive as a small firm, offering the rates and flexible billing solutions of a mid-size firm, while having the depth and breadth of legal expertise often found in a much larger firm. We differentiate ourselves by making sure our clients have quick and direct access to knowledgeable, senior lawyers, resulting in increased efficiencies and important cost savings for our clients.

Providing both transactional and litigation service in: intellectual property; antitrust & unfair business practices; corporate, tax & business law; mergers, acquisitions & strategic joint ventures; labor & employment; and real estate & land use development.

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Nokia has played a pioneering role in the growth of cellular technology in India, starting with the first-ever cellular call fourteen years ago, made on a Nokia mobile phone over a Nokia-deployed network.

Nokia started its India operations in 1995, and presently operates out of offices in New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Jaipur, Lucknow, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune and Ahmedabad. The Indian operations comprise of the handsets business; R&D facilities in Bangalore and Mumbai and a manufacturing plant in Chennai.

Over the years, the company has grown manifold with its manpower strength increasing from 450 people in the year 2004 to over 15000 employees in March 2008 (including Nokia Siemens Networks). Today, India holds the distinction of being the second largest market for the company globally.

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Founded in 2000, Franklin is an independent, top-quality, internationally oriented law firm based in Paris, France. Franklin provides its French and international clients with the expertise of over fifty lawyers whose market-recognized practices cover the key areas of French business law. Franklin's manner of practicing law is designed to meet the demands of a diverse clientele:

• Forefront expertise provided by a seasoned team of mostly French and American attorneys, having received high-level academic and professional training, both in France and abroad, and who are comfortable working in French and English;
• High reactivity of client-dedicated teams, where each partner is actively involved throughout each assignment and reports to the client personally;
• Complete flexibility, inherent in a light structure operating independently from any network, which permits Franklin to be cost-effective and, in cross-border transactions, to freely choose the foreign attorneys best suited to the specific needs of each project;
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of the client's business, which comes from a focus on creating stable, multi-practice teams to assist the client in finding pragmatic, business-oriented solutions to its legal challenges.

In 2006 Franklin broke new ground in France by establishing an India Desk led by one of the Firm's founding partners -- Bradley L. Joslove, who is a recognized leader in the areas of technology transactions and international trade. The India Desk is also led by Meghna Prakash, an experience Indian attorney. For over 3 years, the India Desk has pursued a twofold objective: to support Indian companies that invest in France and French companies that invest in India. The India Desk provides tailored services to numerous Indian industrial groups and state-owned companies on the full gamut of French law issues. Franklin also assists French companies, often in tandem with Indian law firms, in structuring their Indian investments, setting up subsidiaries, drafting and negotiation of commercial agreements and complying with the myriad of rules and regulations that affect their business ventures.

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Allen & Overy is one of the largest international law firms with over 2,600 lawyers and some 5,500 staff worldwide. Since opening its first office in London in 1930, Allen & Overy has grown into a global organisation with 31 offices in 22 countries across Europe, Asia, the US, South America and the Middle East. 2008 saw Allen & Overy achieve two milestones in its history: breaking the GBP1 billion turnover mark and, for the first time, generating over half of its turnover outside London, demonstrating the truly international nature of our business.

Our network combines broad international cover with deep local roots, and we are present in those locations which are the source or destination of the major international capital flows, and in the financial centres that handle those flows. We combine within one firm a leading local law, international law and US law practice. Our lawyers are qualified to practise in 31 countries and speak 40 languages, ensuring our clients receive consistency of quality wherever they work with us.

Allen & Overy LLP or an affiliated undertaking has an office in each of: Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Bangkok, Beijing, Bratislava, Brussels, Bucharest (associated office), Budapest, Dubai, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Mannheim, Milan, Moscow, Munich, New York, Paris, Prague, Rome, Säo Paulo, Saudi Arabia (associated office), Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo and Warsaw.

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Rainmaker is a quality service provider focussed on the legal industry, specifically in India. With a combination of market leading capabilities across executive search, education and training, knowledge services and consulting, we support and create solutions for organisations and individuals across the legal industry

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AZB & Partners (the "Firm") is one of the prominent law firms in India. Our aim is to provide clear, concise and practical advice based on an in-depth knowledge of the legal, regulatory and commercial environment within which our clients operate and a full understanding of their overall business objectives.

The Firm is a combination of the practices of CZB & Partners in Mumbai and Bangalore and Ajay Bahl & Company in Delhi. Anup S. Shah, a lawyer with nearly 30 years experience, recently joined AZB & Partners in Bangalore along with his team. AZB has expanded its footprint further in South India, with additional offices in Hyderabad and Chennai.

Our practice is structured to offer an appropriate combination of legal and transactional expertise and broader market sector knowledge in a timely and effective manner.

Our services are tailored to the needs of individual clients, drawing on the collective knowledge of the Firm and its members. We aim to add value at all stages of a project, from its initiation, through its planning right up to its execution.

The legal services rendered by the Firm cover the corporate, commercial, regulatory, financial and tax planning aspects of modern businesses. The Firm has a strength of approximately 300 personnel, which includes an integrated team of approximately 225 legal professionals.

The Firm's domestic and international clients range from privately owned to publicly listed companies, including Fortune 500 entities, Multinationals, Investment Banks and Private Equity firms. In the course of its practice, the Firm and its members have built close working relationships with specialists, regulatory authorities and several international law firms.

The Firm has invested in advanced communications technology, and its offices are connected by a dedicated e-mail link. It has CD-ROM based libraries, internet capabilities, and state-of-the-art computer networks. The offices of the Firm are interfaced and work very closely together.

Given the strong human resource base, the Firm has the ability to readily assemble dedicated teams of professionals with the requisite expertise to meet client requirements and to handle large and complex transactions.

Each client has a dedicated partner who coordinates the work and is directly responsible to meet client requirements efficiently. The ability to respond to client requirements and to render the highest level of services is fundamental to the approach of the Firm towards its clients.

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Bar & Bench is India's new face of legal journalism. Bar & Bench is a comprehensive news and analysis portal for the legal fraternity in India. Bar & Bench provides the latest in news, information, interviews and columns spanning the entirety of the legal spectrum, attempting a 360-degree perspective on legal matters.

Established in '09, Bar & Bench is a unique platform aimed at connecting India's legal fraternity, in particular, for lawyers, non-governmental or public interest organizations working on law & policy issues, in-house counsel, judge or academician.

Bar & Bench aims at catering to specific professional requirements, bringing to fore an extensive coverage of the news as it happens, interviews with legal heavyweights, columns by expert commentators, articles on issues facing the law and profiles of India’s law firms, legal process outsourcing entities and not-for-profit organizations.

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b>The North American South Asian Bar Association (NASABA) provides a vital link between South Asian lawyers and the South Asian community across North America. As a bar association, NASABA affords North American South Asian lawyers a recognized forum for professional growth and advancement. By promoting the South Asian bar and focusing on the legal needs of the South Asian community, NASABA is the fastest growing organization of South Asian lawyers in the world. A strong South Asian bar in North America is essential to protecting the rights and liberties of South Asians across the continent. As the South Asian business community in North America continues to prosper, NASABA provides them with a access to qualified legal professionals that not only have the sophistication to provide creative business solutions, but also understand their motivations and goals.

The mission, goals and objectives of NASABA are:

• To support, guide, mentor, and foster all the South Asian Bar Associations in the nation
• To be a resource tool for all the local SABAs, allow the leaders of the local SABAs a platform to communicate with each other, and share the best practices of local SABAs with other chapters
• To assist in the formation of new SABA chapters around the country
• To provide a nationwide networking forum for all South Asian attorneys
• To provide a referral network/service to the entire South Asian community
• To promote professional development for South Asians, attorneys and law students
• To coordinate activities and thoughts with other national bar associations
• To coordinate activities and thoughts with national bar associations in the South Asia
• To educate and disseminate information to the South Asian community about the law, legal access, and relevant legal issues

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Setterwalls is one of the largest independent, full service law firms in Sweden. We offer clients a complete range of services, working hard to put together cross-departmental teams carefully tailored to achieve their business goals. And with substantial offices in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmoe, and strong relations across the globe, we can offer a high level of support whenever and wherever our clients do business.

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Founded in 2000, Franklin is an independent, top-quality, internationally oriented law firm based in Paris, France. Franklin provides its French and international clients with the expertise of over fifty lawyers whose market-recognized practices cover the key areas of French business law. Franklin's manner of practicing law is designed to meet the demands of a diverse clientele:

• Forefront expertise provided by a seasoned team of mostly French and American attorneys, having received high-level academic and professional training, both in France and abroad, and who are comfortable working in French and English;
• High reactivity of client-dedicated teams, where each partner is actively involved throughout each assignment and reports to the client personally;
• Complete flexibility, inherent in a light structure operating independently from any network, which permits Franklin to be cost-effective and, in cross-border transactions, to freely choose the foreign attorneys best suited to the specific needs of each project;
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of the client's business, which comes from a focus on creating stable, multi-practice teams to assist the client in finding pragmatic, business-oriented solutions to its legal challenges.

In 2006 Franklin broke new ground in France by establishing an India Desk led by one of the Firm's founding partners -- Bradley L. Joslove, who is a recognized leader in the areas of technology transactions and international trade. The India Desk is also led by Meghna Prakash, an experience Indian attorney. For over 3 years, the India Desk has pursued a twofold objective: to support Indian companies that invest in France and French companies that invest in India. The India Desk provides tailored services to numerous Indian industrial groups and state-owned companies on the full gamut of French law issues. Franklin also assists French companies, often in tandem with Indian law firms, in structuring their Indian investments, setting up subsidiaries, drafting and negotiation of commercial agreements and complying with the myriad of rules and regulations that affect their business ventures.

Visit www.franklin-paris.com