Soumitro Mukerji has joined DLA Piper as a Partner in the International Finance practice.

Mukerji is a 2004 graduate of National Law School of India University. He earned his LLM from the University of London in 2007.

He is qualified in both India and England & Wales, and has worked in Mumbai, London and Singapore.

Mukerji is a Corporate Finance specialist with nearly two decades of experience. He started his career at the erstwhile Amarchand Mangaldas. He has been associated with numerous leading international firms including Linklaters, Hogan Lovells and Mayer Brown.

Prior to his move to DLA Piper, Mukerji was a Partner at Mayer Brown for nearly three years.

Commenting on the appointment, DLA Piper’s Regional Managing Partner for Asia, Satpal Gobindpuri said,

“As a key market and hub for Southeast Asia, building out our Finance bench in Singapore has been a long-term strategic goal. Over the past couple of years our Singapore office has welcomed Jared Green from London, closely followed by Matthias Schemuth from Hong Kong. With Soumitro’s appointment, we have an exceptionally strong Finance team in Singapore and are in prime position to capitalise as one of the leading firms in the finance space in Asia.”