Here Since 1856

Built On Tradition , Ready For Competition

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Here Since 1856

Built On Tradition, Ready For Competition

❝ The lawyer’s greatest weapon is clarity and its whetstone is succinctness. ❞

– Judge Elijah Barrett Prettyman

Our Foundation

The 168-year-old Firm, Little & Co. is one of the oldest Firms of Advocates and Solicitors in India. Though based in Mumbai, the Firm is well-known across India and worldwide for its legal expertise and services.

Little & Co. was established in 1856 under the able guidance of Mr. John Pares Bickersteth and was the first to be registered under the Indian Partnership Act, 1932. The Firm has had the honour of representing the East India Company, the Secretary of State for India, the Government of Bombay Presidency and its successors and finally, the State of Maharashtra till 1974.

Legacy

The Firm has acted as Solicitors to the Great Indian Peninsula Railway and continued to act for it till its merger with the Central Railway. The incorporation of the Tata Iron and Steel Company was done with the assistance of the Firm and its then partner Mr. T.C.B. Acworth signed the company’s original Memorandum of Association.

Mr. Charles Grundy, the last British Senior Partner was the only expatriate British lawyer practising law in India, after independence. The Firm combines the heritage of the best practices along with the present-day legal expectations, to bring clientele the most efficient and practical advice in the most competent and organised manner.

The Firm is known for its integrity, efficiency and a high intensity of partners involvement. The Firm aims to ensure a high degree of personal involvement, quick service delivery and quality advice that is based on a practical understanding of the business perspective of the client and is also relevant from the legal perspective.

Team of experienced Advocates & Solicitors

Team of experienced
Advocates & Solicitors

Spheres of Specialisation

Admiralty Law

Admiralty Law in India deals with the regulation of maritime matters civil and criminal. The Firm once upon a time aced in this practice and even today, it’s one of its significant practice areas.

Banking and Finance

The Firm has always had a strong experience in the Banking and Finance field of law. Being empanelled with and representing most of the Public Sector and a few Private Banks.

Corporate Law

For the last 50 years, Little & Co. has been the synonym for Corporate practice that supports Indian and Multinational companies to expand their corporate structure.

Employment / Human Resource

At Little & Co., we believe that no business can prosper without sound human resource practice. To assist organisations in having an effective team of appropriate hands.

Infrastructure

Recognised as the oldest law firm in the nation, with a known history spanning of over more than 165 years, Little & Co. has held on to its experience with clients.

Intellectual Property Rights

The Firm’s IPR practice has been a very satisfying experience for almost a decade now with contentious and non-contentious mandates being challenging as well as legally educative.

Litigation

The Firm's core practice and expertise lies in Litigation and Arbitrations before all Indian as well as International Courts and tribunals-judicial as well as quasi-judicial, including the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT).

Real Estate and Project Finance

Real Estate and Project Finance forms the backbone of commerce and industry which makes it an indispensable asset of any individual or organisation. To extend the best support, the Firm offers intensely experienced guidance.

Taxation

Our Firm offers limited but accurate tax-related advice since we are primarily only a law firm. The Firm’s area of focus is limited to handling litigation with accurate and effective representation of the client’s legal rights.

Spheres of Specialisation

Admiralty Law

Admiralty Law in India deals with the regulation of maritime matters civil and criminal. The Firm once upon a time aced in this practice and even today, it’s one of its significant practice areas.

Banking and Finance

The Firm has always had a strong experience in the Banking and Finance field of law. Being empanelled with and representing most of the Public Sector and a few Private Banks.

Corporate Law

For the last 50 years, Little & Co. has been the synonym for Corporate practice that supports Indian and Multinational companies to expand their corporate structure.

Employment / Human Resource

At Little & Co., we believe that no business can prosper without sound human resource practice. To assist organisations in having an effective team of appropriate hands.

Infrastructure

Recognised as the oldest law firm in the nation, with a known history spanning of over more than 165 years, Little & Co. has held on to its experience with clients.

Intellectual Property Rights

The Firm’s IPR practice has been a very satisfying experience for almost a decade now with contentious and non-contentious mandates being challenging as well as legally educative.

Litigation

The Firm's core practice and expertise lies in Litigation and Arbitrations before all Indian as well as International Courts and tribunals-judicial as well as quasi-judicial, including the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT).

Real Estate and Project Finance

Real Estate and Project Finance forms the backbone of commerce and industry which makes it an indispensable asset of any individual or organisation. To extend the best support, the Firm offers intensely experienced guidance.

Taxation

Our Firm offers limited but accurate tax-related advice since we are primarily only a law firm. The Firm’s area of focus is limited to handling litigation with accurate and effective representation of the client’s legal rights.

Knowledge Centre

Did You Know ?

Kakasaheb Dixit (1864-1926) “Mr. Hari Sitaram, alias Kakasaheb Dixit, was born in 1864 into a Brahmin family at Khandwa. His primary education was completed at Khandwa and his secondary education at Nagpur. He came to Bombay for his higher education and studied first in Wilson College and then in Elphinstone College. After graduation in 1883, he passed his LL.B. and the solicitor’s examination, and then worked in the firm of the Government Solicitors, Messrs Little & Co. Then after sometime, he started a solicitors’ firm of his own.”

" Little & Co. is mentioned in chapter 50 in the Sai Satcharitra book of Shri Sai Baba. "

Knowledge Centre

Did You Know ?

Kakasaheb Dixit (1864-1926) “Mr. Hari Sitaram, alias Kakasaheb Dixit, was born in 1864 into a Brahmin family at Khandwa. His primary education was completed at Khandwa and his secondary education at Nagpur. He came to Bombay for his higher education and studied first in Wilson College and then in Elphinstone College. After graduation in 1883, he passed his LL.B. and the solicitor’s examination, and then worked in the firm of the Government Solicitors, Messrs Little & Co. Then after sometime, he started a solicitors’ firm of his own.”

"Little & Co. is mentioned in chapter 50 in the Sai Satcharitra book of Shri Sai Baba. "