Phoenix Legal has added Piyush Mishra as partner in the firm’s Mumbai office. He joins with two other partners, Rohit Sharma and Shivani Sinha, along with a team of four lawyers, from Luthra and Luthra Law Office India. Joining the firm as National Head of Bankruptcy and Restructuring, Mishra brings extensive expertise in insolvency, restructuring, finance, aviation finance and infrastructure. He specializes in Restructuring and Insolvency, Special Situation, Aviation Finance and Structured Finance. Mishra has acted on pre-IBC resolutions, CIRP process and liquidations, and has advised on acquisition of infrastructure projects and cross border investments. He has also worked with AZB Partners, Cyril Amarchand & Mangaldas, as partner, and Allen & Overy (London) and Amarchand & Mangaldas as associate. Sharma has worked with Bharucha & Partners, as a partner, and AZB & Partners and Tier-I Kuwaiti law firm ASAR-Al Ruwayeh and Partners. He has also worked as Vice-President at IDFC. To be based in the firm’s Mumbai office, Sharma is primarily involved in the banking and finance, and advises on a wide range of financing matters, such as securitisation, debenture issuances, structured finance and ECB facilities. Sinha has joined the firm’s Delhi office. She is primarily involved in the restructuring and insolvency, banking and finance, and structured finance practices. Sinha regularly advises a diverse clientele on a wide range of financing matters. She also does court / MCA approved schemes of amalgamations / arrangements, and handles contentious matters related to her practice areas. Prior to joining the firm, Sinha has also worked with Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co, Link Legal and Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff &...

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,...

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has added Jay Parikh as a Partner in its Corporate Practice with his team. He will be working out of the firm’s Mumbai and Ahmedabad offices. Parikh has over 18 years of considerable experience in M&A, joint ventures, private equity, banking & finance, restructurings & insolvency, capital markets and general corporate advisory. His core practice area is Corporate Finance and M&A that involves structuring, negotiating and documenting financing transactions at all business stages. Parikh also advises Private Equity funds on investment transactions, including those involving listed companies. He graduated from NUJS, Kolkata in 2006, and had started his career at erstwhile Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co (AMSS) Mumbai. The firm has also added Alok Sonker as a Partner in its Corporate Practice, along with his team. They will be working out of Mumbai, Ahmedabad and GIFT City offices. With over 15 years of experience, Sonker focuses on general corporate advisory and transactional matters, which mostly include Private Equity (fund set-up and transactions) and M&A transactions. He has a keen interest in economics and geo-strategy, and has spent majority of his time in sharpening his knowledge and skills in relation to the same. Sonker graduated in 2006 from Lucknow University, and completed his LLM in 2008 from National Law School of India University Bangalore. Moreover, the firm has added Mohit Gogia as a Partner in its Corporate Practice. He will be based in New Delhi. Gogia has over 18 years of experience, and has been leading on M&A, private equity and cross-border investment transactions, and on general corporate matters. He is admitted to practice law in India...

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas has added Ms Sowmya Kumar as a Partner in its Employment Practice. She will be based in New Delhi – NCR office. Kumar brings more than a decade of experience in advising clients on all aspects of India’s employment and social security laws. Her approach to human resource laws combines the depth of Indian jurisprudence, along with the pragmatism of market practices. A graduate of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, Kumar also holds an LLM (with distinction) from University College London. She started her career at the erstwhile Amarchand & Mangaldas Suresh A Shroff and Co...

Blumenthal Richter & Sumet has added partner Promboon Sookatup and her team to the firm’s Tax & Customs and M&A Practice. With over a decade of experience, Sookatup specializes in tax disputes, M&A-related tax structures and complex corporate set-ups across a variety of industries. Her active role in shaping Thailand’s tax policies through positions on key governmental and private sector committees further bolsters her impressive profile. Sookatup holds an LLB from Thammasat University, an LLM in International Commercial Law from Queen Mary University of London, and an MBA from Chulalongkorn University. She returns to the firm, where she began her legal...