Prajna Mohapatra has rejoined Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas as a Partner in its Corporate Practice at Mumbai.

Mohapatra is a 2012 graduate of West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences. She earned her LLM in Law & Finance from Leiden University, The Netherlands in 2022.

She is an M&A and PE lawyer with over a decade of post-qualification experience. Her primary practice areas are inbound M&A (with a focus on healthcare, financial services and construction and development), PE investments and exits (control and minority), strategic mergers, amalgamations and joint ventures, corporate restructuring, and general corporate advisory. She has advised clients such as Morgan Stanley PE and GIC Singapore in the past and regularly advises similar clients on a wide spectrum of transactional and governance related aspects under Indian law.

Prior to rejoining CAM, Mohapatra was a Trilegal Counsel for 2 years. She has previously worked with CAM for 3 years as well as the erstwhile Amarchand Mangaldas for a year.

On her joining, Cyril Shroff, Managing Partner, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas said,

“I am delighted to welcome Prajna back to the Firm. She has excellent legal acumen and experience. She will be a great addition to our corporate practice.”

Mohapatra herself said,

“Rejoining Cyril Amarchand is like homecoming for me and that makes me proud and happy. Cyril Amarchand has made me the lawyer I am today, transcending the role of offering legal advice and becoming a trusted advisor to my clients. I am excited to join the market leading Corporate practice at the firm and look forward to working with some of the best minds in the profession.”

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