Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has added Manan Lahoty as a Partner and Head of Capital Markets practice, along with a 48-member team of eight partners and 40 associates.
Well-respected for his legal expertise, Lahoty has advised on some of the largest and prestigious Indian transactions in the domestic and international capital markets. He is qualified to practice in both England and Wales, and India. He has been consistently recognised as a leading capital markets lawyer in India, and included in the top tier lawyers list by several independent surveys and directories.
The partners joining along with him in various locations are:
- Abhiroop Lahiri (Delhi – NCR)
- Abhyuday Bhotika (Bengaluru)
- Anshul Roy (Mumbai)
- Manshoor Nazki (Bengaluru)
- Priyadarshini Rao (Mumbai)
- Puneet Passi (Delhi-NCR)
- Ravi Dubey (Mumbai)
- Vishal Yaduvanshi (Delhi-NCR)
The team brings in a diverse range of experience and clients, and are well-recognised in their area of practice.
Yash J Ashar, who has recently been promoted to a cohort of Senior Partners at the firm effective April 1, 2024, will continue to be an integral and core part of the capital markets partners bench. He will also be member of the firms Partnership Council (managing committee), handling client matters and managing key relationships of the firm within capital markets, besides supporting Manan initially with the transition.
On his joining, Manan Lahoty said, “Coming together of top two teams on such a massive scale is unprecedented. I believe this will have a striking impact on the Indian capital markets fraternity. For our clients, the combined scale will offer an unmatched quality and availability – key ingredients for large and complex deals. For our lawyers, this scale will offer unparalleled reputation and respect, and solid management and governance. Above all else, I am delighted to be a part of the CAM brand, and grateful to have been given an opportunity to extend my ethics, values and management style onto a larger team of lawyers.”
Managing Partner Cyril Shroff welcomes the development, saying, “We are excited about the significant growth and undisputed market leadership that our Capital Markets practice will assume with this development. Capital Markets, one of the four major practices of the firm, will be a significant practice of scale. I am confident that the Capital Markets’ leadership team will take this practice to new heights”.
