New Delhi, Oct. 8 -- Karishma Sundara had already spent six years working at India's top law firms before joining Trilegal, another marquee name in the country's legal profession, as an equity partner three years ago. But an "irrefutable desire" to start her own practice lingered. In August, boutique legal services provider Kintsugi Law was born.

"I've helped entities shape and deploy compliant, impactful tech products and features for years -there's no better way to be bitten by the entrepreneurial bug," said the first-generation lawyer. She named her firm after the Japanese art form of repairing broken pottery with gold-mixed lacquer, signifying transformation while preserving the old.

"The pandemic made it clear that we are, collecti...