India is known to own the second largest legal profession with around 6, 00,000 lawyers. Globalization has brought a revolution in international trade, involvement of countries and increase in participation in the domestic economies. On the other hand the past decade has been not less than a revolution for the legal sector as well. Number of law firm dealing with the issues of corporate governance, infrastructural contract, environmental protection and corporate taxation has emerged. Hence with the need for tremendous professional service in the legal service sector has led to the increase in the internal and external demand for legal services. The need for legal services today is inevitable, at the same time it is significant for professional development in this era of globalization.

It is no less than a challenge for a business firm to establish and choose the right structure for it. It is equally important to seek the advice of an attorney or consult legal firms. There are a lot of issues that a business could face regarding their employee, contract dispute or a lawsuit from a customer. Moreover, even for the routine matters like forming a new LLC or putting together a commercial lease, one needs the advice and consultancy from legal firms. But there are many firms who solely focus on bombarding their clients with their bookish knowledge. This leads to a need for the firms who dives deep into the real business challenges of the clients and help them to overcome them with best suited solutions, thus assisting them to expand their business wings. It is also a daunting task for the enterprises to partner with the multi-practice law firms that make their businesses legally sound.

With the purpose to make it easy for the companies and individuals to find an ideal legal consultant partner who not only help businesses to clear out their legal stumbling blocks, but also help in meeting their growth objectives, siliconindia identifies ‘Top 5 Legal Firms in India 2016’. A distinguished panel of the industry’s topmost CEOs, Managers, and industry analysts including siliconindia’s editorial board scrutinized the list of companies in different business touch points. The list intends to help businesses diminish risk and provide them with information on records through high quality legal and assessment services.