Eversheds has boosted its India group with the hire of Denton Wilde Sapte lawyer Gauri Advani, the top 10 UK law firm confirmed this week.

Advani joins the national giant's City arm as head of the India group and will take over the day-to-day running of Eversheds' India team alongside group chair Parmjit Singh, who retains responsibility for the India group's strategy.

Eversheds set up its India team 18 months ago. It currently numbers 10 lawyers and has bagged clients including financial services giant ICICI Bank.

Commenting on the appointment of Advani, Singh, said: "We needed someone who understood the Indian market and had really good contacts. Gauri ticked all the boxes."

He added: "India is a growing market and has huge potential especially with the government talking about liberalising the legal market for foreign law firms. We wanted to be at the forefront of this."

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