Two weeks before Clifford Chance said it would fire as many as 100 lawyers in London and New York, the world’s largest law firm by revenue announced an alliance with India’s AZB & Partners to expand operations there.

The firms said in January that they were establishing a referral relationship that would give Clifford Chance a way to serve clients doing business in India, which bans foreign firms from practicing in the country. This month London-based Clyde & Co. and ALMT Legal announced a similar association, saying they would look to merge once it was “permissible.”

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