Sumit Sinha has joined Phoenix Legal as a Partner at the firm's New Delhi office. He will be part of the firm’s General Corporate, M&A, Private Equity and Venture Capital practice.
Sinha is a 2006 graduate of the Symbiosis Law College, Pune.
Sinha has nearly 17 years of experience. His areas of practice include mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity and venture capital investments, corporate restructuring and reorganizations, corporate investigations, white-collar crimes and general corporate and commercial transactions.
He has been advising domestic and international clients, private equity funds, hedge funds, banks & financial institutions and business houses across a range of sectors. He has significant transactional experience and had been actively involved in some large M&A and private equity deals in the country.
He has previously worked with leading law firms such as Trilegal, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas and JSA.
Prior to joining Phoenix Legal, Sinha held the position of a Partner at DMD Advocates for 6 years.
Sinha joins Phoenix Legal with a team of 2 lawyers - Ashima Dewan (Associate Partner) and Sukanya Bhattacharya (Senior Associate).
Commenting on Sinha's addition to the Partnership, Manjula Chawla, Founding Partner, said,
"We are pleased to welcome Sumit and his colleagues to the firm. They make a great fit to the firm's strong corporate practice. Sumit represents some of the marquee names in the venture capital and start-up sector and with Sumit's energy, enthusiasm and strong client relationships, we expect him to make a strong contribution to the growth of the firm and its corporate practice."
Sumit Sinha himself commented,
"Phoenix Legal is known for high quality work, solution-oriented approach and commitment towards client service and I am completely aligned with this vision and approach. I am very excited to be a part of the firm and look forward to working with all members of the firm to help the firm scale greater heights."
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