Anand and Anand forge a new alliance with Naik & Naik to form 'Anand and Naik' in Mumbai

Anand and Anand forge a new alliance with Naik & Naik to form 'Anand and Naik' in Mumbai

Anand and Anand has forged new ties through its Mumbai practice with Naik Naik & Co to form a new entity christened Anand and Naik.

Led by founders of the respective firms Pravin Anand, Safir Anand, and Ameet Naik, Anand and Naik will be a cross-border, integrated, and multi-disciplinary practice.

Ameet Naik will be firm's Managing Partner. He will manage the practice and head the operations of the firm. Anand and Anand will nominate one of its lead partners to co-head the practice.

Anand and Naik will specialise in corporate commercial litigation, international commercial arbitration, corporate transactional practice, and intellectual property rights. The aim is to create a national and international litigation practice enabling it to represent clients in domestic and international arbitration.

The firm will also focus on industries disrupted by technology, especially in the media and entertainment sectors. They will render services in intellectual property, data protection, fashion, films, advertising, and social media, with a special bent towards emerging technologies such as OTT, broadcasting, digital media, the internet, and convergence. Tech-based hybrid areas such as FinTech, EdTech, AgriTech, and HealthTech will be in focus too.

This development comes close at heels with Anand and Anand parting ways with Khimani & Associates.

Here's what the three founders of Anand and Naik have to say on how the collaboration was a perfect blend.

"Ameet is an acclaimed corporate commercial litigator in the country. He is also one of the leading lawyers in the media and entertainment space, globally, with extensive experience in the sector and some great contentious work to his credit. Together, we are set to amplify our presence, both in domestic and cross-border litigation. We will focus on fresh thinking and creative solutions well-suited to address the biggest and most complex cases, especially in the times of virtual hearings and with substantial reliance on electronic data and technology." Said Pravin Anand, Managing Partner, Anand and Anand

"Our vision is grand. This synergy will set a benchmark for not just our transactional IP practice, but also in extremely specialized areas such as digital asset management, information & data, content, currencies and online reputation. Ameet has an impressive repertoire of work in top-level strategic advisory and handling big-ticket corporate transactions. With his corporate expertise, we will be a leading team of experts advising on strategically significant agreements and transactions across the globe. Expansion of our client base and operations to more locations, within and outside India, is also on cards."

Said Safir Anand, Senior Partner, Anand and Anand

"While Mr. Pravin Anand is undoubtedly an icon who has contributed towards strengthening India's IP jurisprudence, Safir's practice is extremely niche and unconventional. At Naik Naik and Co., we have a dynamic blend of the conventional and unconventional. This collaboration is, therefore, the perfect blend of insightful vintage litigation practice and refreshingly dynamic expertise that has evolved with time...

We each have a strong and well-established foothold in Delhi and Mumbai respectively and the collaboration will allow each of us access to the other's dominant presence...With this collaboration, we will create one of the largest litigation and dispute resolution practice in the country, that will focus on high-profile, high-stake and nuanced contentious matters across all forums and allow us to further our domestic and international commercial arbitration practice."

Said Ameet Naik, Founder & Managing Partner, Naik Naik & Co