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Cyril Amarchand promotes 20 to partner to reach 100 partnership count

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has promoted 20 lawyers to partner, with the majority in the corporate practice, in addition to formally inducting AZB & Partner partner Rishi Gautam as a partner from 1 April.

The break-up by city

  • 8 from Mumbai
  • 7 from Delhi
  • 4 from Bangalore
  • 1 Ahmedabad

Break-up by practice

  • 6 corporate
  • 5 projects
  • 3 capital markets
  • 3 real estate
  • 2 disputes
  • 1 pharma
According to its press release:

On the auspicious day of “Gu?h? P??av?” the first day of celebrations of the ‘Chaitra’ month to mark the beginning of the New Year (as per the Lunisolar Hindu Calendar) India’s leading full service law firm, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, announces the induction of twenty one (21) partners to its partnership with effect from April 1, 2017.

With this induction the firm’s partnership strength now stands at 100 nationwide, across its 6 offices, building upon values spanning a century. The firm will also be making further announcements on new positions.

Cyril Shroff commented in the release: “It gives us immense pleasure in the 100th year, to ride the wave of growth and prepare for significant future opportunities. We are delighted to welcome our new partners. Building largely upon our organic growth model, their experience & skills, sectoral knowledge and exposure to a variety of practices adds tremendous value to the firm thereby strengthening our leadership position.”

“The firm adheres to its core values of ‘Character’, ‘Competence’ & ‘Commitment’. The partner inductions have been in line with this philosophy and underscore our ‘talent first’ approach” Cyril Shroff further added.

To be updated.

Corporate

1. Manita Doshi, Ahmedabad

2. Manu Varghese, Mumbai

3. Pranay Chandran, Mumbai

4. Rishi Gautam, Mumbai

5. Rohil Vashist, New Delhi

6. Saurya Bhattacharya, Mumbai

7. Sundaresh Maheshwari, Bengaluru

Capital Markets

1. Abhinav Kumar, Mumbai

2. Reuben Chacko, Bengaluru

3. Vijay Parthasarathi, Bengaluru

Dispute Resolution

1. Aditya Mehta, Mumbai

2. Biswajeet Dubey, New Delhi

Pharma & Life Sciences

1. Ashwin Sapra, New Delhi

Projects

1. Atman Desai, Mumbai

2. Ruchira Shroff, Mumbai

3. Spandan Biswal, New Delhi

4. Subhojit Sadhu, Mumbai

5. Uday Khare, New Delhi

Real Estate

1. Abhilash Pillai, New Delhi

2. Ashish Jain, New Delhi

3. Mridul Kumbalath, Bengaluru

New partner profiles (via CAM press release)

Manita Doshi, Ahmedabad<u> </u>
Manita Doshi, Ahmedabad

With over 8 years of experience, Manita is part of the firm’s Corporate Practice based out of our Ahmedabad office, having also been part of our Mumbai office earlier. Manita graduated from the Gujarat National Law University, NLU Gujarat in 2009.

Manu Varghese, Mumbai
Manu Varghese, Mumbai

With almost 10 years of experience, Manu is part of the firm’s Corporate Practice based out of our Mumbai office. Manu graduated from the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata in 2007.

Pranay Chandran, Mumbai
Pranay Chandran, Mumbai

With close to 9 years of experience, Pranay is part of the firm’s Corporate Practice based out of our Mumbai office. Pranay graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru in 2007 and has also obtained his LLM degree from Bucerius Law School, Germany.

Rishi Gautam, Mumbai
Rishi Gautam, Mumbai

With over 15 years of rich experience, Rishi joins us from AZB Partners part of their M&A/PE team, advising investment funds and business houses on investments, acquisitions and divestments. Rishi earlier also has been part of the corporate finance practice group of Clifford Chance (London), the private equity team of Herbert Smith Freehills (Sydney) and with an Amazon group company (London). Rishi is a dual qualified lawyer (India and England & Wales) with extensive experience of working with leading international law firms and leading law firms in India.

Rohil Vashist, New Delhi
Rohil Vashist, New Delhi

With close to 12 years of experience, Rohil is part of the firm’s Corporate Practice based out of our New Delhi office, having joined us in 2015. Rohil graduated from ILS Law College, Pune in 2005.

Saurya Bhattacharya, Mumbai
Saurya Bhattacharya, Mumbai

With close to 10 years of experience, Saurya is part of the firm’s Corporate Practice based out of our Mumbai office, having also been part of the erstwhile AMSS at its Kolkata office. Saurya graduated from the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata in 2007.

Sundaresh Maheshwari, Bengaluru
Sundaresh Maheshwari, Bengaluru

With close to 9 years of experience, Maheshwari is part of the firm’s Corporate Practice based out of our Bengaluru office having rejoined us in 2013. Maheshwari graduated from NALSAR, Hyderabad in 2007 and has also obtained her LLM degree from Columbia University, New York.

CAPITAL MARKETS

Abhinav Kumar, Mumbai
Abhinav Kumar, Mumbai

With over 9 years of experience, Abhinav is part of the firm’s Capital Markets Practice based out of our Mumbai office. Abhinav graduated from the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata in 2008.

Reuben Chacko, Bengaluru
Reuben Chacko, Bengaluru

With close to 12 years of experience, Reuben is part of the firm’s Capital Markets Practice based out of our Bengaluru office having joined us in 2009. Reuben graduated from the National Law India University, Bhopal in 2005.

Vijay Parthasarathi, Bengaluru
Vijay Parthasarathi, Bengaluru

With close to 10 years of experience, Vijay is part of the firm’s Capital Markets Practice based out of our Bengaluru office. Vijay graduated from ILS Law College, Pune in 2006 and has also obtained a LLM degree from New York University in 2007.

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Aditya Mehta, Mumbai
Aditya Mehta, Mumbai

With over 9 years of experience, Aditya is part of the firm’s Dispute Resolution Practice based out of our Mumbai office. Aditya is a graduate from the Symbiosis Law School, Pune in 2008. He also has Diplomas in Alternate Dispute Resolution & Cyber Laws and is admitted with the Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa.

Biswajeet Dubey, New Delhi
Biswajeet Dubey, New Delhi

With over 12 years of experience, Biswajeet is part of the firm’s Dispute Resolution Practice having significant experience in Arbitration based out of our New Delhi office having joined us in 2015. Biswajit is a graduate from the National Law India University, Bhopal.

PHARMA & LIFESCIENCES

Ashwin Sapra, New Delhi
Ashwin Sapra, New Delhi

Ashwin based out of our New Delhi offices, joined us in 2015 with significant experience in in Intellectual Property law. Ashwin graduated from the Symbiosis Law College, Pune in 1998 and has also obtained his LLM degree with focus on Patents & Pharmaceutical from the Duke University, USA.

PROJECTS

Atman Desai, Mumbai
Atman Desai, Mumbai

With over 10 years of experience, Atman is part of the firm’s Project Finance Practice based out of our Mumbai office, having also worked in our Ahmedabad office. Atman graduated from MS University, Vadodara and holds an LLM degree from the Monash University, Australia.

Ruchira Shroff, Mumbai
Ruchira Shroff, Mumbai

With more than 9 years of experience, Ruchira is part of the firm’s Project Finance Practice based out of our Mumbai office. Ruchira graduated from the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata in 2008.

Spandan Biswal, New Delhi
Spandan Biswal, New Delhi

With close to 10 years of experience, Spandan is part of the firm’s Project Finance Practice based out of our New Delhi office having rejoined us in 2015. Spandan graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru in 2007.

Subhojit Sadhu, Mumbai
Subhojit Sadhu, Mumbai

With close to 9 years of experience, Subhojit is part of the firm’s Project Finance Practice based out of our Mumbai office. Subhojit graduated from the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata in 2008.

Uday Khare, New Delhi
Uday Khare, New Delhi

With close to 11 years of experience, Uday is part of the firm’s Project Finance Practice based out of our New Delhi office having rejoined us in 2015. Uday graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru in 2006.

REAL ESTATE

Abhilash Pillai, New Delhi
Abhilash Pillai, New Delhi

With over 12 years of enriching experience, Abhilash is based out of our New Delhi office, part of the firm’s Real Estate Practice, having joined us in 2015. Abhilash graduated from the Government Law College, Trivandrum in 2004.

Ashish Jain, New Delhi
Ashish Jain, New Delhi

With over 11 years of experience, Ashish is part of the firm’s Real Estate Practice based out of our New Delhi office having relocated from Mumbai in 2015. Ashish graduated from the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata in 2006.

Mridul Kumbalath, Bengaluru
Mridul Kumbalath, Bengaluru

With close to 8 years of experience, Mridul is part of the firm’s Real Estate Practice based out of our Bengaluru office, having relocated in 2013 from our Mumbai office. Mridul graduated from NUALS, Kochi in 2008.

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