Jian Johnson joins Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas from ICICI Bank as Partner in financing practice

Senior Group Head of the Corporate Legal Group at ICICI Bank Jian Johnson has quit to join Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas as a Partner in the firm's Financing practice at Mumbai..Johnson is a 2009 graduate of National Law School of India University (NLSIU) Bangalore.With over 13 years of experience at ICICI, Johnson has serviced the project finance, markets, treasury, strategy, corporate centre, and securitisation verticals at the Bank, and advised on several marquee transactions including the first initial public offerings of Indian life and general insurers respectively. His areas of experience are derivatives, financial services M&A, financial regulatory, project finance, and securitisation..With his joining, CAM Financing practice now has a total of 34 partners..Welcoming him on board, Managing Partner Cyril Shroff said in a press release,“I am pleased to welcome Jian. He has impressive professional credentials and his addition to our Financing practice will further strengthen our capabilities to serve our clients.”.Partner & Chair – Finance, Projects & Insolvency at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas L Viswanathan added, “Jian’s capability and experience makes him a great addition to our market leading financing practice. Jian brings with him focus and perspectives on derivatives and financial regulation. With the changes in the derivatives and financial market, his addition will help our Firm strengthen its comprehensive offerings to its clients. I welcome him to the firm and look forward to working with him.” .On his new role, Johnson said, “I am both delighted and humbled in equal measure on joining the pre-eminent finance practice in the country. I thank the CAM leadership for placing faith in me and look forward to contributing and being a part of the firm’s journey.”.If you would like your Deals, Columns, Press Releases to be published on Bar & Bench, please fill in the form available here.