Infrastructure and disputes-focused firm PLA Advocates has launched an office in the southern city of Bengaluru, its first outside its Delhi headquarters.

The new office will be led by three partners, Aniket Prasoon, Utsav Mukherjee and Akashdeep Singh, and will have five fee-earners in total. The firm plans to double that number to 10 soon.

PLA was established in 2018 by Prasoon, who quit the partnership at HSA Advocates. He specialises in infrastructure disputes and represents clients before the APTEL, CERC, State Regulatory Commissions, High Courts, and the Supreme Court of India. Prasoon started his career at Trilegal in 2009 and moved to HSA in 2014.

Mukherjee is a white-collar crime expert focusing on banking and corporate insolvency. He joined PLA last year after working at Vidhii Partners for six years as a partner, moving to the latter firm from Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co.

With more than a dozen years of experience, Singh advises clients in sectors such as renewable energy, manufacturing, mining, telecommunication, entertainment, and media on indirect tax matters. He previously worked at DSK Legal and HSA Advocates.

Bengaluru, home to more than 67,000 technology companies, has recently seen a steady flow of Indian law firms setting up offices there. Last year, Emerald Law Offices, Wadia Ghandy & Co, and Stratage Law Partners established presences in that city.