Between The Market And The Firm

Lawfinity Solutions advises international law firms on cross-border legal market positioning. If the India corridor is a live question for your firm, we would be interested in a conversation. Lawfinity works with one firm per jurisdiction. Engagements begin with a single conversation about your firm’s current position and where the corridor question is live for you. Write […]

Legal AI Sovereignty Across US, Singapore, and India Corridors

Watch in 1 min video here  Indian law firms have widely adopted international generative AI platforms as enterprise subscribers. Because software agreements are private commercial contracts, neither corporate clients nor international co-counsel can observe from the outside what protections were negotiated. It cannot be known specifically whether explicit data-training exclusions, retention limits, or vendor indemnities […]

Why Seoul and Tokyo bring India’s Largest Inbound Capital Markets Mandates

Hear me talk about it here  Latham & Watkins acted as international legal counsel on Hyundai Motor India’s $3.3 billion initial public offering in October 2024. It was the largest IPO in Indian corporate history and the second-largest globally that year. Its client was not Hyundai Motor India; it was Hyundai Motor Company, the South […]

In-House Privilege Limits and AI Waivers in US and India Investigations

Watch in 1 min video here  A multinational with Indian operations holds two categories of legal document that its privilege policy almost certainly treats as protected, and that are not. The first is everything its Indian in-house legal team has written including internal investigation notes, risk assessments, witness interview summaries, advice to the board. None […]

Revenue Per Lawyer Asymmetries Across US, UK, and India Desks

Hear me talk about it here  Cross-border legal strategy across international corridors is governed by an economic metric that pitch books rarely mention: the Revenue Per Lawyer (RPL) differential between market cohorts. While market commentary routinely assumes that lower Indian billing rates simply reflect a lower cost base, the underlying financial metrics reveal a different […]

Adjudicator AI Hallucinations in India, Singapore, and East Asia Disputes

Watch in 1 min video here  On 2 July 2026, the Supreme Court of India set aside an NCLT order and the NCLAT judgment affirming it because the tribunal’s order rested on six judicial authorities it had not been given. Three of the cited judgments do not exist while the others were attributed paragraphs that […]

Why India Rejects the Singapore and Asian Alliance Model

Hear me talk about it here  Across Asia’s financial centers, the relationship between a local law firm and an international firm carries a statutory license and a defined regulatory classification. Singapore’s Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) regulates five distinct collaboration and foreign-entry structures for international practices. In India, equivalent cross-border arrangements provoke Bar Council show-cause […]

De-Dollarisation Risks in US, UAE, and India Corridors

Watch in 1 min video here  Since 1 October 2026, an Indian export invoiced or settled in rupees has twelve months to realise. The same export invoiced in any other currency has nine months. The three-month differential was introduced by the 22 September amendment to the Foreign Exchange Management (Export and Import of Goods and […]

The India–Singapore Referral Gap: What Happens When Clients Go Direct

Hear me talk about it here  Market standing in cross-border legal corridors relies on a two-way recognition economy: foreign partners nominate domestic counsel, and domestic partners nominate foreign specialists. When global sponsors and corporate acquirers bypass foreign intermediaries to instruct local law firms directly, this recognition circuit breaks down at both ends. This recognition infrastructure […]

Where Project Risk Gets Decided in US, Middle East, and India Projects

Watch in 1 min video here  A project passes through four decision points between announcement and operation. In Indian infrastructure, the point at which commercial risk is actually assessed has moved, and the legal work has not moved with it. Private-sector project announcements in India more than doubled over the three years to FY26, rising […]