Allen & Overy LLP has announced that its Singapore-based Partners Sheila Ahuja and Pallavi Gopinath Aney will jointly chair the firm's India Group.

Ahuja leads the India arbitration practice and also has extensive experience in other jurisdictions, including Singapore, Hong Kong, England and Wales and Southeast Asia.

Aney leads the India capital markets practice and has several years’ experience advising clients on a wide range of debt, equity and liability management transactions in India and Southeast Asia.

Commenting on the new leadership team, A&O Senior Partner Wim Dejonghe said:

“Sheila and Pallavi’s expertise and knowledge of the Indian market makes them two of the top India-focused lawyers. They offer complementary skills with their respective disputes and transactional focused backgrounds and will together build on an already highly successful India practice.”

Ahuja commented on the development,

“We are proud to be fronting a diverse and successful group in the form of Allen & Overy’s India Group and look forward to leading it with a new perspective.”

Aney added,

“Our core focus will be to provide our clients with a combination of quality legal services and innovative solutions against the backdrop of our lawyers’ deep-rooted understanding of India.”