Tata Group factions hire top lawyers for control battle

Tata Sons and Tata Trusts have hired prominent law firms and advocates for a potential legal fight over the group's leadership and public listing. The dispute escalated after Tata Sons directors extended Chairman N. Chandrasekaran's tenure and moved toward a listing, rebuffing Tata Trusts Chairman Noel Tata, who wants the holding company to stay private. Tata Trusts called the extension 'illegal'.