Charul Yadav, who had rejoined IP firm Obhan & Associates as associate partner in January of this year after a one-year stint at LexOrbis, has been promoted to partner at the firm, according to a press release.

Yadav had previously worked at Obhan from 2014 to 2017 before moving to LexOrbis.

She specialises in patent services including drafting and prosecution of patent applications, freedom-to-operate advice and legal opinions, and has been active in patent litigation before various courts and forums in India.

Yadav is a 2000 BSc Life Sciences graduate from Delhi University, with an MSc in Biotechnology from Kurukshetra University, and a 2005 postgraduate diploma in IP law, and a 2013 Delhi University LLB graduate, and from 2004 until 2009 had also worked at LPO Evalueserve as manager of its IP group.

In 2012, she had been a senior associate at Lakshmikumaran and Sridharan in Delhi for just under a year.

Obhan & Associates has also promoted a number of associates up the ranks:

• Vrinda Patodia, principal associate, Pune office lead
• Ritika Udhani, principal associate
• Glen Pappan, senior associate
• Mehak Dhingra, senior associate
• Vivek Atwal, associate
• Prashant Sahgal, associate
• Aastha Sharma, associate