A young firm, an old tradition.

The First Counsel is a new name in an old profession. We make no pretense otherwise — and we hold that this is a strength. The firm was founded by lawyers trained in the disciplines of the subcontinent’s courts, heirs to a tradition that runs from the Hedaya through the Indian Contract Act of 1872 to the Constitution of 1973 — a tradition older than any letterhead.

What we borrowed from the great firms of the last century is not their age but their habits: the partner who reads every page, the opinion that says what it means, the file opened for one client at a time.