After spending almost 17 years at Anand and Anand, Swati Sharma has now left the firm along with her team to join Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas as a Partner and Head of its Intellectual Property Practice.

She will be based out of the firm's Delhi-NCR office.

Sharma is a 2007 graduate of the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University. She comes with almost two decades of experience in Intellectual Property, with an expertise in IP transactional & commercial, strategy, and disputes to prosecution.

Over the years, she has been involved in prestigious IP re-branding, brand adoption, IP strategy, tie-ups, IP mergers and acquisitions, IP disputes, business setup and commercial transactions involving IP for Fortune 100 clients and has most recently been associated with the Air India re-branding project.

On her joining CAM, Sharma said in a press release,

“I am delighted to join CAM to build and scale its IP practice to new heights. Mr. Shroff and my vision is to collaborate seamlessly with our Corporate and Commercial practice areas, synergizing our expertise across these domains to help our clients unlock, protect and deliver value through their IP assets.”

Welcoming her on board, Managing Partner Cyril Shroff said,

“I am excited to welcome Swati to the Firm. With her experience, talent and commitment, we aim to revamp and establish a leading IP transactional, advisory, strategy, disputes and prosecution specialist globally.”

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