INDUSLAW joins CMS as member law firm
02 June 2025
CMS has announced that INDUSLAW, a full-service Indian law firm, has become a CMS member firm. The newly-formed CMS INDUSLAW expects to complete on-boarding by the end of 2025.
The firm states that this relationship represents a natural evolution for CMS and INDUSLAW, combining complementary strengths and working styles. “It will enable CMS to deliver seamlessly coordinated, complex cross-border legal services. It marks a significant milestone in CMS’s global growth strategy, enhancing its capabilities in one of the world’s most dynamic and rapidly expanding legal markets,” the firm said in a statement.
INDUSLAW lawyers will support multinational CMS clients looking to enter and operate in the Indian market, while the more than 6,800 CMS lawyers in over 45 countries around the world will support clients wanting to expand internationally from India.
INDUSLAW has a presence across India’s principal commercial hubs, including Bengaluru, Delhi & NCR, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Chennai. With 60 partners and more than 400 lawyers, INDUSLAW advises many of India’s leading corporates including over 50% of the country’s unicorns established in the last decade.
CMS is an international organization of independent law firms, with each of the firms respecting the legal and regulatory requirements of its jurisdiction, combining deep local market understanding with a global mindset. In line with the CMS model, INDUSLAW remains an independent law firm under the CMS brand.
This announcement also comes at a pivotal moment, as recent regulatory developments are expected to significantly open up the Indian legal market to foreign firms. This puts CMS in an advantageous position to establish a robust, locally rooted yet internationally connected offering, the firm noted.
“This is a significant step in CMS’s expansion across Asia and globally,” said Duncan Weston, executive partner at CMS. “With India’s economy being increasingly integrated into the global economic system, the need for agile, forward-thinking legal advisers capable of bridging local and international jurisdictions has never been more critical. With INDUSLAW now a CMS member firm, we can offer clients a coordinated, full-service legal platform in India, one of the fastest growing and most strategically important markets in the world.”
In a joint statement, Avimukt Dar, Gaurav Dani, Kartik Ganapathy and Suneeth Katarki, the founding partners of INDUSLAW said: “This is another milestone in the history of our firm. Joining CMS not only aligns with our strategic goals but enhances the value that we offer to our clients as well as our fee earners. This reflects our shared vision to offer effective and world class legal solutions with global perspectives. While we will continue on our journey as a leading full-service Indian law firm delivering exceptional client service and thought leadership, we now also enjoy the support of CMS to bring to the table the ability to offer a coordinated global offering.”
