Nishith Desai Associates (NDA) Partner Ratnadeep Roychowdhury has joined Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas as a Partner in the firm's Corporate practice at Mumbai.

Roychowdhury is a 2007 graduate of West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS) Kolkata.

He has over 17 years of experience as a commercial lawyer with top law firms and as the India General Counsel at a private equity firm. With expertise in transactional experience and high profile, high stakes corporate litigation, he has executed complex cross-border transactions for leading private equity and sovereign wealth funds investing into India.

Roychowdhury was the Co-head, Private Equity and Sovereign Wealth Funds at NDA. He had previously worked at the erstwhile Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co.

Welcoming him aboard, Managing Partner Cyril Shroff said,

“I am delighted to welcome Ratnadeep back to the firm as Partner. His extensive experience and deep understanding of firm’s culture and client service focus makes him an invaluable addition to our corporate practice. With his arrival, we continue to strengthen our capabilities to serve our clients.”

Roychowdhury said on his new role,

“I am excited to be joining the market leading private equity and M&A practice at Cyril Amarchand. I will be returning to my original professional home and that is a source of great pride and joy for me. I am looking forward to contributing to the growth and success of the corporate practice of the firm."

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