FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CYRIL AMARCHAND MANGALDAS
ANNOUNCES THE INDUCTION OF 8 NEW
PARTNERS TO ITS PARTNERSHIP

Mumbai, April 4, 2016: India’s leading full service law firm, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, announces the
induction of eight (8) new partners to its partnership with effect from April 1, 2016.
The partners inducted into the partnership (in alphabetical order) across our various offices and practices are as
follows:
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Ms. Amita Choudary Katragadda, Dispute Resolution, New Delhi
Ms. Anchal Dhir, General Corporate, Mumbai
Mr. Anu Tiwari, General Corporate, Mumbai
Mr. Dhruv Singhal, General Corporate, Mumbai
Mr. Himanshu Dodeja, General Corporate, Mumbai
Mr. Kranti Mohan, Capital Markets, Mumbai
Mr. Ramgovind Kuruppath, General Corporate, Mumbai
Ms. Shruti Rajan, Financial Regulatory, Mumbai

On the induction, Managing Partner Cyril Shroff commented, “We are delighted to have our new partners, join
our partnership. Their rich and diversified experience, with exposure to a variety of practices would add value
immense value to our firm and will further enhance our capabilities to support our clients.”
“The firm stands for its commitment to the growth and development of its human capital” Cyril Shroff further
added.

 Ms. Amita Choudary Katragadda,
Disputes Resolution Practice Group, New Delhi

Amita Choudary Katragadda completed her B.A.B.L. (Hons.) from NALSAR,
Hyderabad in 2005 and her MBA from the Graduate School of Business, Stanford
University, California in 2015. At NALSAR, she was the class topper and was
awarded six gold medals including Best Student for Overall Excellence and Best
Student in Constitutional Law.
Amita joined at the Mumbai office of the erstwhile firm, Amarchand & Mangaldas &
Suresh A Shroff & Co in 2005 and specialized in public and private mergers and
acquisitions, joint ventures and the SEBI Takeover Regulations. During her
professional career, she led a number of complex transactions and her responsibilities
included structuring, drafting and negotiations. She has interacted with, and made
representations to, several regulatory authorities including the SEBI and the RBI.
She was seconded with Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, from September
2008 to June 2009. In 2014, she was elected to be a SMIF Fellow in a team of three
Stanford MBA students to work with the High Court of Bombay on administration
efficiencies and optimisation of resources.
Amita was first elevated to the partnership in 2012 at the erstwhile firm and has rejoined Cyril Amarchand’s partnership
with effect from April 1, 2016 after her academic sabbatical. She will be working with the dispute resolution practice in
the firm’s New Delhi office.

Ms. Anchal Dhir,
General Corporate Practice Group, Mumbai

Anchal Dhir completed her B.A.B.L. (Hons.) from NALSAR, Hyderabad in 2007 and
has been with the erstwhile firm since graduation and continued to Cyril Amarchand.
She is registered with the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa.
Based in Mumbai, Anchal is part of the general corporate practice with a focus on
public mergers & acquisitions and corporate restructuring.
Anchal routinely advises on takeovers, delistings and private equity investments in
listed companies on both the buy side and the sell side. She has worked on a number
of complex acquisitions and restructuring transactions and has advised several large
corporates (both Indian and overseas) on various general corporate matters.
Prior to her focus on public mergers & acquisitions and on advising listed companies,
she has advised on a variety of capital markets transactions (both domestic and
foreign), including initial public offerings, qualified institutions placements, private
placements, rights offerings and overseas listings.

 Mr. Anu Tiwari,
General Corporate Practice Group, Mumbai

Anu Tiwari graduated from the W.B. National University of Juridical Sciences
(NUJS), Kolkata having obtained a B.A., LL.B (Hons.) and is admitted to the
Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa, India.
As part of the general corporate practice with a focus on financial services and
regulatory work, Anu focuses on transactional and advisory aspects concerning
mutual funds, banks, NBFC/ CICs, SEBI intermediaries, payments space, and
data privacy/ anti-bribery related aspects. Anu has also handled complex
domestic and cross-border M&A transactions.
Outside of work, Anu’s interests include watching football, playing squash and
travelling to coastal destinations.

Mr. Dhruv Singhal,
General Corporate Practice Group, Mumbai

Dhruv Singhal completed his BA LLB (Hons) from the National Law School
of India University, Bangalore in 2007 and is admitted to the Bar Council of
Maharashtra & Goa.
Dhruv is part of our general corporate practice, and has considerable
experience in mergers & acquisitions and private equity, having advised
numerous clients from the healthcare, infrastructure, cement, insurance and
the e-commerce space.
Dhruv has been listed as one who has received the most unsolicited positive
comments from clients and international firms in the 2013 RSG India Report,
published by the London based RSG Consulting., which states, “Considered a
‘Go Getter’, clients value Singhal’s ‘excellent knowledge on the subject’.
Recommended for M&A”.

 Mr. Himanshu Dodeja,
General Corporate Practice Group, Mumbai

Himanshu Dodeja completed his LL.B. (Hons.) from Amity Law School in 2004 and
LL.M. from NYU School of Law, New York University in 2007. He is admitted to
the Bar Council of India and is a member to the New York State Bar Association. He
has practiced law at reputable law firms in New York and New Delhi.
As part of the general corporate practice Himanshu has a special emphasis on
mergers & acquisitions, private equity and joint ventures.
He has in-depth experience of liaising with regulatory authorities and handling
complex cross border transactions in financial sector and service sectors.
He regularly advises foreign companies in acquiring companies in India, postacquisition issues, structuring their investments in India, and on issues, such as exit
mechanism, intellectual property, dispute resolution, etc.

Mr. Kranti Mohan,
Capital Markets Practice Group, Mumbai

Kranti Mohan joined the erstwhile firm in 2007 after completing his LLM from
Newcastle University (UK) and also did a short stint at the Securities and Exchange
Board of India (SEBI). He has previously undertaken litigation practice at the Punjab
and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh.
He is a part of the Capital Markets practice and has advised clients on a number of
capital markets transactions, including initial public offerings, qualified institutions
placements, private placements, rights offerings and overseas listings.
Kranti has advised on several pioneering transactions, such as SGX listing of a health
trust, initial public offering involving safety net arrangement for prospective investors,
and also one of the first IPOs under SEBI ICDR Regulations.
He has also assisted with the work related to the firm’s representation on various
regulatory committees and assistance to industry chambers and market intermediaries on securities laws related matters.
He is currently also focusing on listing of Infrastructure Investment Trusts and Real Estate Investment Trusts in India.

 Mr. Ramgovind Kuruppath,
General Corporate Practice Group, Mumbai

Ramgovind Kuruppath completed his LLB from the West Bengal National
University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata in 2007. He also holds a bachelors degree
in English Literature from Loyola College, Chennai He is admitted as an advocate in
the Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa in the year 2007.
He is part of General Corporate practice with a focus on mergers & acquisitions,
general corporate and related regulatory matters and has advised clients from a range
of sectors including pharmaceuticals, broadcasting, ports, insurance, manufacturing
and real estate.
Ramgovind routinely advises on corporate law, securities law and foreign exchange
related issues and has acted for various Indian and overseas companies and funds on
acquisition transactions.

Ms Shruti Rajan,
Financial Regulatory Practice Group, Mumbai

Shruti Rajan graduated from the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata in
2007. She is admitted to the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa, India.
Shruti has been a part of the financial regulatory practice since its inception and her
experience spans advisory, transactional, internal investigations as well as securities
market related disputes. Her experience also includes regulatory issues in relation to
RBI and SEBI regulated intermediaries. Her expertise in financial regulation spans
across market entry/innovation, ongoing compliance issues, transactional advisory as
well as internal investigations and regulatory representations. Shruti has advised a
number of financial institutions with their licensing and registration processes, ongoing compliance issues as well as on structuring of new products and business lines
of financial intermediaries.
From a transaction perspective, Shruti also specialises in advising on the regulatory
implications of transactions involving financial institutions/financial institution
groups, especially in the banking and securities market space. On the adversarial side,
Shruti has been keenly involved in a number of internal regulatory investigations
conducted by financial intermediaries on market conduct, potential FCPA concerns, mis-selling etc and has also
represented a number of Indian and foreign financial institutions before SEBI, RBI and the Securities Appellate Tribunal.

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas would also like to add that that Singapore based Thomson Reuters entity the Asian
Legal Business’s (ALB) through its annual survey of the best law firms to work for in Asia, has announced
‘Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas’ as Employer of Choice for 2016. Last year, the erstwhile firm Amarchand &
Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co (Mumbai Region) had also won, hence 2 years in a row, to be published in
their April 2016 issue.

 ALB SE Asia Law Awards, 2015
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India Deal Firm of the Year,
2015

About Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas was founded on May 11, 2015 and takes
forward the values of the erstwhile 97-year old Amarchand & Mangaldas &
Suresh A. Shroff & Co., whose pre-eminence, experience and reputation of
almost a century has been unparalleled in the Indian legal fraternity.
Tracing its professional lineage to 1917, the Firm of Cyril Amarchand
Mangaldas is now the largest full-service law firm in India, with over 625
lawyers, and offices in India’s key business centres at Mumbai, New Delhi,
Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai and Ahmedabad. The Firm advises a large,
and varied client base that includes domestic and foreign commercial
enterprises, financial institutions, private equity funds, venture capital
funds, start-ups and governmental and regulatory bodies.
The firm Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas was also recently awarded “India
Deal Firm of the Year, 2015” by ALB SE Asia Law Awards, 2015 building
upon the several awards that the erstwhile Amarchand & Mangaldas &
Suresh A. Shroff & Co. had won in the past.