Awards

Individual Awards

• Mr. Ankur Sharma, Partner, has been recognized as 𝗨𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲.
• Dr. Malathi Lakshmikumaran, Executive Director and Practice Head, has been recognized as Band 1 Notable Practitioners in Life Sciences and Band 2 Ranked Lawyers in IP.
• V. Lakshmikumaran, Managing Partner, has been recognized as Band 1 ranked lawyers for Tax.

Firm Awards -

• Band 1: Tax; Life Sciences
• Band 2: Intellectual Property; International Trade

Individual Awards

Mr. Ankur Sharma, Partner, has been recognised as 𝗨𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲.

Firm Awards -

Band 2: International Trade

Firm Awards -

• Tier 1: Tax, WTO / International Trade
• Tier 2:Intellectual Property
• Tier 3: Competition & Anti-Trust; Life Sciences and Healthcare; City Focus: National Capital Region: NCR > Real estate and Construction

HALL OF FAME -

V. Lakshmikumaran

RECOMMENDED LAWYERS -

• Charanya Lakshmikumaran (Tax and Competition & Anti-Trust)
• L. Badri Narayanan (Corporate and M&A, Intellectual Property)
• Dr. Malathi Lakshmikumaran (Intellectual Property, Life Sciences and Healthcare)
• Raghavan Ramabadran (Tax)
• Neelambera Sandeepan (Competition & Anti-Trust)
• Ravi Raghavan (Tax)
• S. Vasudevan (Tax)
• Gaurav Dayal (Corporate and M&A)
• Mathivanan N. (Corporate and M&A)
• Kunal Arora (Corporate and M&A)
• Noorul Hassan (Corporate and M&A)
• Asish Phillip (Corporate and M&A)
• Vindhya S. Mani (Intellectual Property)

Next Generation Partners -

• Charanya Lakshmikumaran

Individual Awards

• V. Lakshmikumaran, Founding Partner, has been recognised as Highly regarded Practitioner for Indirect Tax and Tax Controversy.
• L. Badri Narayanan, Executive Partner, has been recognised as Highly regarded Practitioner for Indirect Tax and Tax Controversy.
• Mathivanan N, Principal Partner, has been recognised as Highly regarded Practitioner for Indirect Tax.
• Raghavan Ramabadran, Executive Partner, has been recognised as Highly regarded Practitioner for Indirect Tax.
• Vishwanathan T, Principal Partner, has been recognised as Highly regarded Practitioner for Indirect Tax.
• BL Narasimhan, Principal Partner, has been recognised as Highly Regarded Practitioner for Tax Controversy.

Firm Awards -

• Tier 1:Indirect Tax
• Tier 2:General Corporate Tax

Individual Awards -

• Mr. V. Lakshmikumaran, has been conferred with the prestigious title of ICON (Bankruptcy & insolvency; corporate & commercial; litigation; taxation)
• L. Badri Narayanan have been recognised as Leading lawyers in the A-List 2023-2024 (E-commerce, fintech, blockchain & cryptos; M&A; private equity; venture capital & funds; taxation)
• Mr. Raghavan Ramabadran have been recognised as Leading lawyers in the A-List 2023-2024 (Bankruptcy & insolvency; corporate & commercial; litigation; taxation)

Firm Awards -

• International Trade Law firm of the year
• TMT Law firm of the year
• Tax Law firm of the year

Individual Awards

• V. Lakshmikumaran, Founding Partner, has been recognised as Leading Lawyer Legends for IP & Tax
• Charanya Lakshmikumaran, Executive Partner, has been recognised as Leading Lawyer for Dispute Resolution Arbitration & Litigation, Tax
• L. Badri Narayanan, Executive Partner, has been recognised as Leading Lawyer for Tax
• Malathi Lakshmikumaran, Executive Director and Practice Head, has been recognised as Leading Lawyer Champions Intellectual Property

Firm Awards -

• Tier 1: Firm - Patent Prosecution
• Recommended : IP Transactions
• TIER 3 : Patent Disputes
• Other notable firms : Trademark Prosecution

"Individual Awards – "

• Malathi Lakshmikumaran, Executive Director and Practice Head has been recognised as Patent star 2024.
• Prashant Phillips, Executive Partner has been recognised as Patent star 2024.
• Aruna Verma, Partner, has been recognised as Notable practitioner.
• Vindhya Mani, Partner, has been recognised as Notable practitioner.
• Raghav Sarda, Partner, has been recognised as Notable practitioner.

Firm Awards –

• Highly Recommended Firm: Prosecution
• Silver Firm: Litigation.

Individual Awards –

• Malathi Lakshmikumaran, Executive Director and Practice Head, has been recognised as Highly Recommended in Prosecution.
• V Lakshmikumaran, Founding Partner, has been recognised as Silver Tier in Litigation.
• Prashant Phillips, Executive Partner, has been recognised as Recommended in Prosecution.
• Ankur Garg, Partner, has been recognised as Recommended in Prosecution.

Firm Awards –

• Tier 4: M&A
• Tier 5: Private equity
• Notable: Restructuring and Insolvency

Individual Awards –

Gaurav Dayal, Partner, has been recognised as Rising Star Partner in M&A.

Firm Awards-

Tier 3 Firm- Asia M&A Rankings

Firm Awards –

• Highly Recommended -Pharmaceuticals and life sciences
• Notable- Real estate, Technology and telecommunications, Restructuring and Insolvency
• Recommended- Competition/antitrust
• Recognised- Corporate and M&A, Dispute resolution, Private equity
• Outstanding- Intellectual Property, Tax

Individual Awards –

• V. Lakshmikumaran, Managing Partner, has been recognized as Elite Practitioner in Tax.
• Malathi Lakshmikumaran, Executive Director and Practice Head, has been recognized as Elite Practitioner in Intellectual Property – Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences.
• Charanya Lakshmikumaran, Executive Partner, has been recognized as Rising Star in Tax.

Firm Awards -

Law firm of the year (Apex of Excellence)- Tax

Firm Awards -

Recommended Firm: Jurisdiction - Delhi

• Tier 1 Firm: Tax
• Tier 2 Firm: Intellectual Property
• Other Notable Firm: Competition/Antitrust and Insolvency

Individual Awards -

• V. Lakshmikumaran, Managing Partner, has been recognized as Asia Pacific Guide - Litigation Star.
• Charanya Lakshmikumaran, Executive Partner, has been recognized as Asia Pacific Guide - Litigation Star in Tax.

Firm Awards- -

Law Firm of the Year- Intellectual Property Enforcement, Intellectual Property Protection, International Trade (WTO, BIT Arbitration), Direct Tax, and In-Direct Tax

Intellectual Property

Band 1:

Notable Practitioners – Malathi Lakshmikumaran

Band 2:

Intellectual Property (FIRM)

Life Science

Band 1:

Notable Practitioners – Malathi (FIRM)

Band 2:

Life Science (FIRM)

Dispute Resolution

Band 5:(FIRM)

Tier 1 Firm ranking in Tax

Hall of Fame – V Lakshmikumaran

Next Generation Partner – Charanya Lakshmikumaran

Tier 2 WTO/International Trade

Tier 3 Antitrust And Competition

Tier 4 Corporate and M&A

Recommended and Key Lawyers:

• Charanya Lakshmikumaran – Tax, Antitrust and Competition
• L. Badri Narayanan – Corporate and M&A, Intellectual Property
• Malathi Lakshmikumaran – Intellectual Property, Life Science and Healthcare
• Raghavan Ramabadran – Tax
• Neelambera Sandeepan - Antitrust and Competition
• Ravi Raghavan – Tax
• S. Vasudevan – Tax
• Gaurav Dayal – Corporate and M&A
• Mathivanan N. – Corporate and M&A
• Sudish Sharma – Corporate and M&A
• Kunal Arora – Corporate and M&A
• Hemant Krishna – Corporate and M&A
• Noorul Hassan – Corporate and M&A
• Asish Phillip – Corporate and M&A
• Vindhya S. Mani - Intellectual Property

Outstanding – Tax

Highly Recommended – Pharmaceuticals and life sciences Intellectual Property

Notable Firm – Real Estate

Intellectual Property – Recommended

Competition and Antitrust

Notable – Corporate and M&A

Dispute Resolution – Recognized

Private Equity – Other Notable

Best Deal - Corrogated Box Deals -

Neelambera Sandeepan and Charanya Lakshmikumaran

Law Firm Category

TAXATION (DIRECT)

TAXATION (INDIRECT)

Leading Lawyers Ranking Charanya Lakshmikumaran -

Tax

TMT

Dispute Resolution

Trademark prosecution- Other notable firms (2023).

Highly-recommended - Firms: prosecution

Silver - Firms: litigation

Recommended Individuals: Ankur Garg Malathi Lakshmikumaran V Lkashmikumaran Prashant Phillips

"Trade mark prosecution (2023) other notable firms "

Tier 1 firm Patent Prosecution

Tier 3 for Patent Disputes,

Notable firm in Trademark Prosecution

Patent Star – Malathi Lakshmikumaran and Mr. Prashant Phillips

Tax Law Firm of the Year

Tier 1- Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year (2023)

Tier 1- Patents

Teir 2 - Copyright / Trademark

Competition & Antitrust: Highly recommended

Patents: filing and litigations: Leading

Trademark prosecution and litigation: Highly Recomended

Corporate Tax: Leading

World Tax - Top Teir Firm 2023

World TP - Recognised Firm 2023

General corporate tax - Tier 2

Indirect tax - Tier 1

Intellectual property - Highly recommended

Corporate and M&A- Other notable

Tax- Outstanding

Dispute Resolution- Recognised

Competition/antitrust- Recommended

Pharmaceuticals and life sciences- Recommended

Real Estate- Other notable

Individuals- Malathi Lakshmikumaran Intellectual property Distinguished practitioner; V. Lakshmikumaran, Managing Partner - Elite practitioner for TAX; Charanya Lakshmikumaran, Partner- Rising star for Tax

Competition/antitrust- Corporate and M&A- Dispute resolution- Intellectual property- Tax

Asia Pacific Rankings

TIER 1: TAX

TIER 2: Antitrust & Competition, WTO/International Trade

TIER 3: Data Protection

TIER 4: Corporate and M&A

Hall of Fame

V. Lakshmikumaran, Managing partner, LKS

New Generation Partner

Charanya Lakshmikmaran, Partner, LKS

IP transactions - Recommended, Patent contentious (2021)

Tier 2 and Patent prosecution (2021)

Tier 1 and Trade mark prosecution (2021)- Notable firm

Leading global trademark firms

India's top lawyers and a member of India Business Law Journal's prestigious A-List 21-22

- V. Lakshmikumaran, Managing Partner

- Raghavan Ramabadran, Executive Partner

Ranked for 4 practice areas:

Band 1: Life Sciences and Tax

Band 2: Intellectual Property & International Trade

One of the leading firm in India - best Law Firms for Corporate Tax

India - Best Law Firms for Corporate Tax – 2021

India Tax Disputes Firm of the Year

Indirect Tax leaders- Mr. V. Lakshmikumaran, Managing Partner and Mr. L. Badri Narayanan, Executive Partner

Indirect Tax- Tier 1

General corporate tax- Tier 2

- Ranked Tier 1 (Highly Recommended) this Year for Patent Prosecution.

- Lakshmikumaran and Sridharan noted under Recommended category for Patent Litigation.

The individuals from the firm who have been ranked in the above categories are-

- Patent Prosecution- Dr. Malathi Lakshmikumaran (Executive Partner), Prashant Phillips (Partner) and Ankur Garg (Joint Partner).

- Patent Litigation- Mr. V. Lakshmikumaran (Managing Partner) and Mr. Parthasarathy R.

Dr. Malathi Lakshmikumaran has received the most coveted certificate of competence in the global IP legal industry.

Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan has been recognized in the following categories.

- IP transactions: Recommended

- Patent prosecution: Tier 1

- Patent contentious: Tier 2

- Trade mark prosecution: Notable category

Mr. V. Lakshmikumaran

Named "Leading individual" and inducted into the prestigious Hall of Fame.

Next Generation Partners

Charanya Lakshmikumaran, Partner

Rankings in

Tax, Antitrust & Competition, WTO/ International Trade, Data Protection & Intellectual Property

The A List of 100 top lawyers 2020-21:

Mr V. Lakshmikumaran, Managing Partner along with with Top 50 legal icons award

Indian Law Firm Awards in following practices

- Competition & Antitrust

- Intellectual Property Enforcement

- International Trade

- Pharma & Life Sciences

- Taxation (Direct)

- Taxation (Indirect)

Top 50 India-related deals and disputes of 2020

Tier 1 in Asia IP rankings 2021:

Patents, Trademarks and Copyright

Charanya Lakshmikumaran :

One of the ALB's Super 50 Dispute Lawyers in Asia.

Rachit Jain :

ALB's India's Ring Stars 2021

Charanya Lakshmikumaran and Prashant Phillips

India’s top TMT / Fintech lawyers 2021

Tax Law Firm of the year

Legal Era Indian Legal Awards 2021

Distinguished Legal Minds of India - Mr V. Lakshmikumaran and Mr Badri

Best Tax Law Firm

Best Trademark Law Firm