Former Corporation Bank Chairman Ramnath Pradeep joins PDS amp Associates as Chief Advisor

Ramnath Pradeep, former Chairman and Managing Director of Corporation Bank has joined PDS & Associates, a Mumbai-based law firm specializing in corporate commercial matters and transaction advisory. Pradeep has joined the firm as the Chief Advisor..Ramnath Pradeep, former Chairman and Managing Director of Corporation Bank has joined PDS & Associates, a Mumbai-based law firm specializing in corporate commercial matters and transaction advisory. Pradeep has joined the firm as the Chief Advisor..Pradeep retired as Chairman and Managing Director of Corporation Bank on September 30, 2011. He has also worked as the executive director of Central Bank of India. Pradeep has over 30 years of experience working in the Banking sector..On joining PDS & Associates, Ramnath Pradeep said, “I started my career as a legal professional and moved on to become a banker. In my role as a banker spanning more than three decades I understood the legal and financial issues and challenges faced by the corporates. PDS & Associates is a law firm with a great financial law expertise and I thought my experience can be best put to use with them.”.Sajid Mohamed, Principal Partner at PDS & Associates said, “We are certain that Mr. Pradeep’s immense experience in the banking sector would help further consolidate our practice in this area.”.Speaking to Bar & Bench, Sajid said, “Currently there is lot of stress in the system, which has a potential of generating restructuring mandates from the corporates. Mr Pradeep’s banking expertise will be very useful for servicing such clients.”.PDS & Associates is led by Partners Sajid Mohamed and Anish Ghoshal. Sajid is a graduate of University of Delhi. He initially practiced in the Supreme Court before moving to Mumbai to work on the corporate side. His areas of focus include private equity, mergers and acquisitions, corporate, and finance transactions..Anish Ghoshal is a graduate of Univerity of Mumbai. He started his career with Crawford Bayley & Co. He was also one of the founding partners of Dua Associates. Anish has more than 25 years of experience. He specializes in corporate and regulatory laws, acquisitions, joint ventures, labor laws, real estate and intellectual property laws..The firm has total 6 partners including the two principal partners.