Legal outsourcing to India threatens more than 1,000 City jobs

More than a thousand City lawyer jobs could be be outsourced to India until the end of the year. Soumitro Chatterjee of FoxMandal Little, India's largest law firm, told Evening Standard the boom could result in more than 3,000 corporate lawyers and administration staff in cities such as Mumbai and Delhi going on the pay roll of City firms and British companies in the next months. Indian law graduates are paid £300 to £550 a month, which can rise to £1,000 a month for lawyers with two years' experience.

Legal outsourcing to India threatens more than 1,000 City jobs thisislondon.co.uk Tue, Jul 14, 2009