Ashwin Sapra, a former Luthra & Luthra Managing Associate, has joined Clasis Law as Practice Head, IP and Healthcare at the firm’s New Delhi office.

Ashwin is a graduate of Symbiosis Law School and holds a Masters degree in law from the Duke University School of Law, USA. He initially worked with Ashok Sapra and Associates for five years before pursuing his masters in 2003.

Ashwin worked at Luthra for over four years prior to which he was working at Ascend Therapeutics in the US as a Senior Manager, Legal Affairs. Before that, Ashwin was involved with patent litigation and prosecution as Technical Advisor at US law firm Greenblum and Bernstein, and as part of the intellectual property practice group at Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw. He worked in the US till 2009 after which he moved back to India and later joined Luthra.

“Clasis law has been steadily deepening the breadth and level of specialisation we offer to our clients and international partners as part of the firm’s strategic development plan. We very much look forward to working with Ashwin to further develop the firm’s offering and capability”, commented Vineet Aneja, head of Clasis Law’s New Delhi office.

Last year, Clasis Law had added two practice areas including Energy and Infrastructure with Partner Jay Cheema, and an indirect tax team headed by Manoj Mishra.