Trilegal is a law firm based in India with over 100 lawyers across offices in Bangalore

Bangalore

Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...

, Hyderabad, Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

 and New Delhi

New Delhi

New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...

. The firm provides services in areas of real estate

Real estate

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, infrastructure

Infrastructure

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, energy

Energy law

Energy laws govern the use and taxation of energy, both renewable and non-renewable. These laws are the primary authorities related to energy...

, technology

Technology

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 and IT enabled service

Business process outsourcing

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s, M&A, Capital Markets, Private Equity

Private equity

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, capital funds, corporate

Corporate law

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 and commercial disputes

Commercial law

Commercial law is the body of law that governs business and commercial transactions...

, intellectual property

Intellectual property

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 and banking

Bank regulation

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In the year 2007, Trilegal along with Linklaters

Linklaters

Linklaters LLP is a global law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom and a member of the 'Magic Circle' of leading UK law firms. Linklaters is the world's fourth largest global law firm by revenue. In 2009/10 it received total revenues of £1.18 billion and profits per equity partner of £1.2...

 advised Vodafone

Vodafone

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 along in relation to its multi-billion dollar ($11.1 billion) acquisition of a 67% stake in Hutchison Essar Ltd., a leading telecom company in India

India

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 which is still one of the biggest M&A transactions in India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

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In early 2008, Trilegal announced that it had entered into a non-financial relationship with Allen & Overy

Allen & Overy

Allen & Overy is a global law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom.A member of the UK's Magic Circle of leading law firms, Allen & Overy is widely considered to be one of the world's elite law firms, advising national and multinational corporations, financial institutions, and...

 entailing client referrals, training, consultation and joint marketing in India. Later that year, three partners left the firm to start up their own independent practice. Allen & Overy posted its capital market

Capital market

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s partner Srinivas Parthasarathy at Trilegal's Mumbai office.

In 2009, Trilegal won the award for being India's Best Overall Law Firm by the India Business Law Journal and was placed amongst the top ten law firms in the Asia-Pacific region by Mergermarket

Mergermarket

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. In 2010, Trilegal was ranked in the category of "Best Indian Law Firms 2010" at the International Legal Alliance Summit and Awards function in Paris. It also won the Best Corporate and Commercial Team Award at the World Finance Legal Awards.

Key people

• Rahul Matthan
• Srinivas Parthasarathy, Partner
• Anand Prasad, Partner
• Akshay Jaitly, Partner
• Karan Singh, Partner
• Sridhar Gorthi, Partner
• Sitesh Mukherjee, Partner
• Yogesh Singh, Partner