After three months of serving out his notice, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) Delhi partner Anuj Prasad will join national rival Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) as partner and the firm’s (first) head of its new aerospace and defence sector group.

Update 16 January 2020: According to a CAM press release, Prasad hsa joined as equity partner.

Prasad had been at erstwhile Amarchand Mangaldas for the majority of his career, beginning there in 2006 from Dua Associates, where he had worked for five years after graduating from SLS Pune in 2001.

We understand that he will also be joined at CAM by Anandita Kaushik, who was a principal associate in his team at SAM.

As we had first reported, Prasad had resigned from SAM around mid-November 2019 for an unknown destination (though the market had been abuzz with that being CAM).

SAM had commented at the time that it would hold him to a three-month notice period, adding: “Anuj has been with us for over 13 years and we are thankful to him for his contribution to the success of our firm. We wish him all the very best in his future endeavours.”

Update 16 January 2020: In a press release, CAM managing partner Cyril Shroff said: “We are delighted to have Anuj on board, given his rich sectoral expertise he would add immense value to the firm’s corporate practice.” Prasad added: