Our firm’s collective experience in handling the region’s related work is deep and spans across various sectors, industries, and jurisdictions across the ASEAN countries and beyond. Through years of extensive exposure to India and the surrounding region, our team has strong bonds with Indian business leaders, general counsel and leading legal practitioners. From these relationships, our firm has acquired specific knowledge unique to the region and its surrounding markets and is thus sensitive to the current needs and challenges and emerging trends that confront our clients.

Local Knowledge

The South Asia Desk comprises lawyers, some of whom are India-qualified, with substantial legal practice experience in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh – including leading practitioners in arbitration, corporate, shipping, tax and construction. This distinctive combination of local knowledge with legal and commercial skills enables our team to offer a complete solution, as well as provide area-specific and value-added support to meet the requirements of our clients.

Market-leading Expertise

As an affirmation of the strong capabilities of our South Asian desk, our firm has been awarded for two consecutive years – Indian Practice, Asian Law Firm of the Year at the ALB India Law Awards (2024 and 2025) and International Law Firm of the Year – Singapore at the 10th and 11th India Legal Awards (2024 and 2025). We were also named Foreign Law Firm of the Year at the 9th India Legal Awards (2023).

Commended for having service of “global quality” standards, we have been consistently ranked Band 1 by Chambers Global for our International & Cross-Border capabilities. In addition, our lawyers are lauded for their notable experience with handling cases connected to the India market in Chambers Asia-Pacific (2025). 

Since 2020, we have also been consecutively featured as a leading Regional & Specialist firm for our work in the region by India Business Law Journal.

Unrivalled Southeast Asian Capabilities

With more than 1,000 fee earners across all jurisdictions in Southeast Asia, Rajah & Tann Asia is the largest network in the region providing full service legal offerings. Our South Asia desk is able to leverage on the all-round professional abilities available in our firm, while clients can rely on our extensive network whether they are investing into India or looking to expand their India-based operations into the region.

Active Lead Counsel Role

Our lawyers have experience taking on lead counsel roles on cross-border matters. We have established strong relationships with a range of leading firms in South Asia and other jurisdictions where Rajah & Tann Asia does not have a presence in, so our clients can benefit from our ability to find the right lawyers, and to provide a seamless and integrated advice. 

Exceeding Expectations
In addition to the quality of our service to clients, we are business-oriented in our approach and constantly endeavour to link our clients with each other if they have corresponding objectives that mutually benefit them.