Ms. Sugandha Asthana has joined Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas as a Partner in its Banking & Finance Practice. She will be based in Mumbai office.
Sugandha has extensive experience dealing with a wide range of debt and equity transactions during her career spanning over 17 years. Previously, she was a Partner at AZB & Partners and Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas and has most recently been the GC of a fast growing fintech. Sugandha brings with her a vast financing experience along with transactional experience in the equity space. She leverages this unique mix of experience to advise marquee clients on complex transactions.
Cyril Shroff, Managing Partner, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas said, “I am delighted to welcome Sugandha to the Firm. I’m confident she will be an asset to the banking & finance practice and the firm and contribute to our success.”
Amey Pathak, Partner (head – banking), Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas said, “We welcome Sugandha to the CAM Finance team. We are sure that her experience would further strengthen the practice and client focus. We wish her all the very best.”
Pranav Sharma, Partner, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas said, “I am delighted that Sugandha is joining us and warmly welcome her to the firm. She is a very talented lawyer with rich and diverse experience - and further enhances our strong offering in banking and finance.”
Sugandha graduated from Symbiosis International University.
On her joining, Sugandha Asthana, said, “I am delighted to join the market leading finance practice at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas. I look forward to contributing to the growth and success of the finance practice of the firm and working with a great team of lawyers."
About Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) is India’s leading law firm with a global reputation of being trusted advisers to its clients. The Firm advises a large and diverse set of clients, including domestic and foreign commercial enterprises, financial institutions, private equity and venture capital funds, start-ups, government and regulatory bodies. The Firm’s generalists, specialists and senior ex-regulators expertly guide clients across a spectrum of transactions, sectors and regulations. With 1100 lawyers including over 200 Partners, the Firm is a full-service law firm with offices in key business centres at
Mumbai, Delhi-NCR, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Chennai, GIFT City, Singapore and Abu Dhabi.
The Firm has been consistently named “Best Overall Law Firm” by the IBLJ Indian Law Firm Awards. It received “National Law Firm of the Year: India” at the IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards for the second consecutive year in 2023 and “Innovation in Advancing Markets” award at the FT Innovative Lawyers Asia Pacific 2022 Awards. The Firm also won “India Deal Firm of the Year” at the ALB India Awards and “Firm of the Year” at the IFLR1000 India Awards in 2022.
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