Atul Dua, co-founder of law firm Seth Dua & Associates, is joining Advaita Legal along with a team of 20 lawyers.
While Amit Mehta, Sushil Mehta and Subodh Sadana are joining Advaita Legal as senior principles, VK Agarwal is joining as senior attorney.
"We are delighted to welcome Atul and his team. This will boost the firm's competency in dispute resolution, corporate commercial, M&A, taxation as well as antitrust and competition practices," Sujit Ghosh, national head, Advaita Legal, said in a statement.
“It is time we leveraged our strength to create a law firm which can deliver tax and legal services meeting global standards,†said Dua.
“Advaita Legal has taken the first step towards inorganic growth. Atul and Sujit will form a synergy to help Advaita Legal achieve its vision,†said Bithika Anand, founder and CEO of consultancy and management advisory firm Legal League Consulting.
This is the second instance in a year when an entire team of lawyers has moved with a partner. In April, Amit Khansaheb, Siddhartha Nair and Kaushik Mukherjee of law firm BMR Legal joined Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co along with close to 30 lawyers.
