Fox Mandal Little (FML), one of India’s oldest and now largest full service law firms has announced the opening of its newest office in Kochi, Kerala. Mr. Shuva Mandal, Managing Partner, South India, will head the team at Kochi. The Kochi launch marks the opening of FML’s tenth office in India.
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The new office is launched to serve as a gateway of legal expertise to various companies, private, public as well as statutory corporations, regarding a wide range of legal issues. Along with Mr. Mandal, two other prominent partners, Mr. Kaustuv Chunder and Mr. Shyamal Mukherjee will directly supervise the innovative solutions and enhanced legal services in this region. The Kochi office is a full fledged office with five lawyers and paralegal staff at present. FML has rightly positioned its premises two kilometersfrom the High court, two hundred meters from the Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) as well as close to Mahatma Gandhi road.
"With the growth in the Indian economy, industry needs the support of lawyers and law firms andto facilitate this need, we have opened our tenth office in India at Kochi”, said Mr. Shuva Mandal, Managing Partner-South India.
“Kochi is attracting quite a lot of business, and we feel there is a substantial market, numerous opportunities, and several companies in need of good international standard legal advice in Kochi. The legal industry today is set for fast track growth. The presence of our office in Kochi is an endorsement of our commitment to offer opportunities to the people of this city with one of the most respected and growth oriented law firms in India”, added Mr. Mandal.
Formerly, FML, through its representative offices in Kochi and Trivandrum, had been advising clients on legal, corporate advisory, acquisitions, real estate, title documentation, litigation and business matters for decades. But after a study, the law firm concluded that opening an office in Kochi was the next logical step to serve their clients. In line with its growth, FML plans to open more such offices in various other cities in India and abroad.
Currently, the firm has offices in India, UK and Bangladesh; in cities including Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dhaka, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Noida, New Delhi, London and Pune with representative offices at Coimbatore, Mangalore and Trivandrum.
