Economic Laws Practice (ELP) Delhi tax litigation partner Alok Yadav left the firm to go independent on 30 June, over two years after having joined it.

The Delhi University 2000 alumnus had joined ELP after a 13-year-long career at Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (LKS) assisting the firm on Supreme Court matters.

He started his career in 2000 at JB Dadachanji & Co. and specialises in direct and indirect tax litigation which will be the primary focus of his counsel practice.

He commented: “I always wanted to start [practicing] on my own and become a senior counsel.”

Former LKS senior partner MP Devnath joined ELP Delhi as partner last month, and will head Yadav’s team of seven tax litigation lawyers.

ELP Delhi now has four partners including Devnath, Kumar Visalaksh for tax advisory, Ravi Shekhar Nair for competition and Ashish Prasad for non-tax related litigation.